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The Power House choose

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[US] B. Appel Power-House 19: I don’t get this brother act.
at act, n.
[US] B. Appel Power-House 253: ‘Satchel-ass Schneck,’ Murph whispered to Joe.
at satchel-arsed, adj.
[US] B. Appel Power-House 15: Ask me anodder.
at ask (me) another! (excl.) under ask, v.
[US] B. Appel Power-House 256: Joe, the phoney baloney!
at phonus balonus, n.
[US] B. Appel Power-House 254: The fans rooted. ‘No more stallin’!’ ‘Cut the crap!’.
at cut the crap, v.
[US] B. Appel Power-House 14: I’ll doll up and meet a real nice cutey.
at cutie, n.1
[US] B. Appel Power-House 230: You and your ‘depresh.’ I’ll get a job.
at depresh, n.
[US] B. Appel Power-House 240: Bill dinged out his cigarette in the red metal ash-tray.
at ding, v.1
[US] B. Appel Power-House 386: This time I didn’t keep my ear-flaps open.
at earflap (n.) under ear, n.1
[US] B. Appel Power-House 12: You tin-eared stooges!
at tin-eared, adj.
[US] B. Appel Power-House 26: He started to shoot. He’s dead. He flopped away—.
at flop, v.
[US] B. Appel Power-House 31: She’d come out of the Brooklyn streets, a good-time Madge, easy for every pair of pants.
at good-time Jane, n.
[US] B. Appel Power-House 252: Bittsy wouldn’t take guff from nobody.
at guff, n.1
[US] B. Appel Power-House 243: What a lumpin’ they soaked up.
at lumping (n.) under lump, v.2
[US] B. Appel Power-House 12: ‘Look who’s talkin’ now. The big meatball,’ Ray sneered.
at meatball, n.
[US] B. Appel Power-House 24: Cut the cryin’ or I’ll mobilize you.
at mobilize, v.
[US] B. Appel Power-House 253: Murph’s his pratt boy.
at prat-boy (n.) under prat, n.1
[US] B. Appel Power-House 253: Pukin’ heel, that Murph!
at pukey, adj.
[US] B. Appel Power-House 252: Murph the heel, Murph the yellowbelly, the big wire-puller!
at wire-puller, n.1
[US] B. Appel Power-House 20: Kerrigan, the s.o.b. prince of s.o.b.’s!
at s.o.b., n.
[US] B. Appel Power-House 15: Trouble with this bunch, we got too many shrimps.
at shrimp, n.
[US] B. Appel Power-House 249: I’m through. Even shrimpy Bittsy’s better’n me.
at shrimpy, adj.
[US] B. Appel Power-House 250: A dumb stinkpot. That’s all. You’re too yellow to fight.
at stinkpot, n.
[US] B. Appel Power-House 14: Wasn’t that proof Brain Guy was on his toes.
at on one’s toes under toe, n.
[US] B. Appel Power-House 13: He’d be worm meat in a few years.
at wormbait (n.) under worm, n.
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