1939 W. Attaway Let Me Breathe Thunder (1940) 224: I was the only man she ever took up with that could really hit the ball.at hit the ball, v.
1939 W. Attaway Let Me Breathe Thunder (1940) 218: He was being dragged to the open door of the ‘balling’ car. The kid gave a sharp cry.at ball, v.1
1939 W. Attaway Let Me Breathe Thunder (1940) 201: Thrown out on the street buck naked.at buck-naked (adj.) under buck, n.1
1939 W. Attaway Let Me Breathe Thunder (1940) 20: Ain’t nothing there but Spick and Mex shacks.at Mex, adj.
1939 W. Attaway Let Me Breathe Thunder (1940) 12: ‘A pony and two glasses,’ ordered Step, slapping the bar with the fat of his hand.at pony, n.
1939 W. Attaway Let Me Breathe Thunder (1940) 212: ‘Got any ready-mades?’ ‘I handed him a cigarette and lit one for myself’.at ready-made (n.) under ready, adj.
1939 W. Attaway Let Me Breathe Thunder (1940) 224: We got so we liked each other just like regular folks.at regular guy (n.) under regular, adj.
1939 W. Attaway Let Me Breathe Thunder (1940) 225: With a rooster like me in her house Mag was the target of every sporting woman in the West.at sporting lady (n.) under sporting, adj.
1939 W. Attaway Let Me Breathe Thunder (1940) 225: I was the best sweetman this side of the Rockies in my day.at sweetman, n.