1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 19: Reinhart derived nothing but an urge to escape, by any means less final than the Dutch act.at Dutch act, n.
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 46: And ‘action,’ that’s action, which tonight is craps in the second-floor front over Honey Dove’s Turkish Lounge.at action, n.
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 122: I ain’t got a brown bare-ass penny I can call my own.at bare-ass, adj.
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 37: Ensared in some Aunt Jemima’s circus-tent bloomers.at Aunt Jemima, n.
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 97: Go get your ball and chain and your deductions.at ball and chain (n.) under ball, n.1
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 98: The present client is the black sheep, the foul ball, of the moneybags clan.at foul ball, n.
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 128: There you are! [...] The balloon is going up.at when the balloon goes up under balloon, n.
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 99: In the eyes of the Big Boy upstairs we are all even as children.at big boss, the, n.
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 194: Try as he would to get at least some of the old snottiness from her in lieu of sex, he drew a blank.at draw a blank (v.) under blank, n.
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 151: I can’t give you no more straight salary than twenty a week, and don’t try to bleed me for better.at bleed, v.1
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 262: Bluenose Reinhart [...] slept very late next morning [...] in his chaste bed.at bluenose, n.1
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 43: You’ll have to go to that boogie joint [...] and order ptomaine goulash.at boogie, adj.
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 36: A good bracing now and then puts a man into a relationship with the high powers.at brace, v.
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 177: As long as we’re in Dutch anyway, might as well do it up brown.at do up brown (v.) under brown, adj.2
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 35: The truth [...] is that things are exactly as they appear, and symbols are the bunk.at bunk, n.2
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 157: By tomorrow I might have the necessary cabbage.at cabbage, n.2
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 23: ‘What’s that?’ ‘I never chew my cabbage twice.’.at boil one’s cabbage twice (v.) under cabbage, n.2
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 131: Ah dint come here to be called out of my name.at call someone out of their name (v.) under call, v.
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 152: He led Reinhart to his own swivel chair and forced him into it. ‘How do you feel in the catbird seat, boy?’.at in the catbird seat under catbird, n.
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 80: Already starting to gloat over the goods we’ll leave behind. Can’t wait till we cash in our chips.at cash in one’s chips (v.) under chip, n.2
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 145: ‘It’s as clear as mud.’ Meaning, rather, as glass, ice, cellophane, spring water, etc.at clear as mud (adj.) under clear, adj.1
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 84: Congrats, sir! King-size vol one reaches you in Friday’s mail.at congrats, n.
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 130: Furnishing the orator with disguise, bottle of Dutch nerve, and extravagant encouragement.at Dutch courage, n.
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 47: ‘Action?’ asked Reinhart. ‘Jelly roll,’ answered the Maker. ‘I got me a stable of cows.’.at cow, n.1
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 127: I cribbed most of that [i.e. a speech] from Henry Five, by William Shakespeare.at crib, v.2
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 124: I could cruise a few saloons, but I tell you, don’t look for much.at cruise, v.