1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 132: ‘Okay Rita, break a leg.’ Show-business talk. I grinned.at break a leg!, excl.
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 36: ‘You turn tricks?’ [...] ‘No I do not.’ How could she ask such a question? ‘Well, you sure look like a trickster. Your face and everything.’.at turn a trick, v.2
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 93: You think because of your all-fired principle some of the men won’t feel like putting their white sheets on and riding over here to stir up trouble?at all-fired, adj.
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 165: He opened his pants. Dignity rode his face bareback.at bareback, adv.
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 113: You truck on down to the candy store / And bust your conk on peppermint candy.at bust one’s conk (v.) under conk, n.1
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 155: My silly dilly wife stopped letting me have any.at dilly, adj.1
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 160: Clara runs a straight house. No three-way girls and no freak parties.at freak party (n.) under freak, n.1
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 52: ‘You like grifa?’ ‘Yes. I smoke.’.at greefo, n.
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 169: They won’t let you smoke hemp.at hemp, n.
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 162: When you turn the first trick, you’ll be a ’ho. A stone ’ho.at ho, n.1
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 158: Old hot-tailed bitch. I know what she wants.at hot-tailed (adj.) under hot, adj.
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 91: I’ll slap you into the middle of next week if you even dare open your mouths again.at knock into the middle of next week (v.) under knock into, v.
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 166: They tell you how beautiful you are [...] And wonder what you’re doing being a whore all the time they’re jugging in you.at jug, v.3
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 162: I’m a damn good one. I’m a mud-kicker. In the streets I make more money by accident than most bitches make on purpose.at mud-kicker, n.
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 91: Now, take that filthy pattern and stick it you-know-where.at you know where, n.
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 206: He reminded me of the phrase often used to describe me, ‘A long drink of water’.at long drink (of water) (n.) under long, adj.
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 91: I shall call you Miss Idiot, Miss Stupid, Miss Fool.at Miss, n.
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 43: And we can have a ham [...] Nigger ham. A watermelon.at nigger ham (n.) under nigger, n.1
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 38: Lots of white women trust their babies with me [...] Can’t you just see them? Snotty-nosed little things growing up talking about ‘I had a colored mammy.’ Huh?at snotty-nosed, adj.
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 13: ‘Busting some goddam suds.’ Disgust wrinkled his face.at bust suds (v.) under suds, n.1
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 162: I’ll be back switching and bitching and getting merry like Christmas.at switch, v.1
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 160: Clara runs a straight house. No three-way girls and no freak parties.at three-way girl (n.) under three-way, adj.
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 3: Hadn’t we all joined together to [...] put that little rice-eating Tojo in his place?at Tojo, n.
1974 (con. 1945) M. Angelou Gather Together In My Name 113: Dream about a reefer five foot long [...] You’ll be high but not for long / If you’re a viper.at viper, n.
2008 T. Price-Thompson Gather Together in My Name 132: I get my head bad, yeah, but I stay up on what’s going with my people too.at get one’s head bad (v.) under bad, adj.