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[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 17: I sure get ants when I have to stay in a spot long.
at ants, n.
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 17: That bud of mine is a horse’s behind.
at horse’s ass, n.
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 111: ‘You are getting smart now.’ ‘Forget it,’ Acel said. ‘I’m just poppin’ off. It’s none of my business.’.
at pop off (at the mouth), v.
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 62: Those old smoke belches from the Bowery are gumming it up.
at belch, n.
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 248: ‘What was you doing to that old man over in that car on the avenue?’ Acel asked. ‘Puttin’ the bing on him?’ ‘Yeah [...] I scared the hell out of that old man. I told him, by god, I hadn’t eaten in two days and I had to have some money.’.
at bing, v.2
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 47: That guy was full of blow.
at blow, n.3
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 79: What I hate is the idea of sleeping down here in this sweat-box.
at sweat-box, n.
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 72: I got a bud. He’s twenty-two now.
at bud, n.2
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 176: I’m not half as buggy as some people think.
at buggy, adj.2
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 47: He might be bullin’ some, but that man has been around.
at bull, v.1
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 3: I [...] put the bum on a priest out there.
at put the bum on (v.) under bum, n.3
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 108: We ought to be gettin’ a buzz on this stuff pretty soon.
at buzz, n.
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 60: Did you ever date a Chink girl?
at Chink, adj.
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 241: ‘Where did you get those tailor-mades?’ [...] ‘I chumped off.’.
at chump off (v.) under chump, v.
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 186: You wanna catch her back toward the crumby, though, ’cause there’s always a bunch of empties up forward.
at crummy, n.3
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 261: If I couldn’t whip a derail like him, I’d kiss anything you say.
at derail, n.
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 186: I spots this house, and I says to myself, I’m going to ding this place if it’s the last thing I do.
at ding, v.3
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 190: They’re talking about that bird that had the dinky hat on.
at dinky, adj.1
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 101: I’m getting fogbound over you.
at fog-bound (adj.) under fog, n.
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 116: You got a pretty nice front on you there. Where did you get that suit?
at front, n.1
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 102: I’m too far gone on you.
at gone on (adj.) under gone, adj.1
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 90: You go to hell, you goddamned guiney.
at guinea, n.1
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 62: Those old smoke belches from the Bowery are gumming it up.
at gum, v.2
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 232: He hates cops to beat hell.
at to beat hell (adv.) under hell, n.
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 248: I scared the hell out of that old man.
at scare (the) hell out of (v.) under hell, n.
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 97: I wish I didn’t have these hickeys on my face.
at hickey, n.2
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 174: I’m over the hill myself [...] the bug house. They say I’m crazy.
at over the hill under hill, n.
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 48: I’d like to be jellied out and staking Lundgren and run into Boats.
at jellied out, adj.
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 153: I don’t want to miss this manifest.
at manifest, n.
[US] E. Anderson Hungry Men 189: I don’t like the way the birds in these Sallies and Munies order you around.
at muni, n.
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