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Checkers 129: I do n’t know, and, what’s more, I do n’t care a damn.at not give a damn, v.
Checkers 129: I do n’t know, and, what’s more, I do n’t care a damn. Checkers 39: I had money, a wife and friends, and was doing the Vanderbilt act.at do the — act (v.) under act, n.
Checkers 46: I’d put up a song to my Uncle Giles, and try to make a little ‘touch.’.at song and dance, n.1
Checkers 62: Separating the angels he got next to from their gold.at angel, n.
Checkers 27: [of a racehorse] There’s the baby’ll get the dough.at baby, n.
Checkers 153: I’ll go next door to the ‘beanery’ and get a roll and a cup of coffee.at beanery, n.
Checkers 50: Did you ever get a jag on sherry? Well [...] it gives you a ‘beaut.’.at beaut, n.1
Checkers 236: He’s likely to ‘unbelt’ right away.at unbelt (v.) under belt, n.
Checkers 230: I had an egg this morning and it was a ‘bird.’.at bird, n.1
Checkers 22: The ‘bookies’ are swipin’ it off the boards.at off the boards (adv.) under boards, n.
Checkers 183: The First National Bank of Little Rock has gone up – busted.at busted (out), adj.
Checkers 50: This sort of sobered Arthur up, and for a while he played ’em ‘cagey.’.at cagey, adj.1
Checkers 50: Did you ever get a jag on sherry? Well [...] it gives you a ‘beaut.’ Arthur had a ‘carry-over’ that lasted him for about three days.at carry-over (n.) under carry, v.
Checkers 127: I’ve had four on ’em [i.e. women] in my time, and they’ve worn the soul-case off’n me.at soul-case, n.
Checkers 37: I’ve been playing ‘the bank,’ and they’ve cleaned me flat.at clean, v.
Checkers 113: You’re ‘playing a dead one.’ It’s a hundred-to-one shot in the first place, and there is Arthur in the second.at play a dead one (v.) under dead one, n.
Checkers 36: Say, on the dead, I’m glad to see you.at on the dead under dead, n.2
Checkers 22: Domino’s got a ‘dickey’ leg, and he won’t be anything but last.at dicky, adj.1
Checkers 11: Senator Irby, a stake-horse, to be beaten out by an old dog like Peytonia.at dog, n.2
Checkers 203: Thar ye go, with yer dog-durned laziness.at dog-durned (adj.) under dog, n.1
Checkers 43: One day a tout tried to ‘get me down’ on a ‘good thing’ he had.at get down, v.1
Checkers 47: I thought after all we had done for him, he could n’t hardly lay down on his nephew.at lay down on (v.) under lay down, v.
Checkers 43: I’m a goat if it did n’t win, and I pulled down a thousand.at pull down, v.
Checkers 53: The hardest job of my life was not to ‘pinch’ that coin and ‘duck.’.at duck, v.1
Checkers 56: You don’t look very fit.at fit, adj.
Checkers 43: My money made me kind of ‘flossy,’ and whenever I’d feel like it, I’d just throw up the job and quit.at flossy, adj.
Checkers 8: I ’m jes’ takin’ a flyer on her to win today.at take a flier (v.) under flyer, n.2
Checkers 42: After that he ‘pulled his freight’ and went to Baltimore.at pull (one’s) freight (v.) under freight, n.
Checkers 146: He expressed a desire to be ‘good and damned if that ride would n’t frost a cigar-sign Indian.’.at frost, v.
Checkers 28: ‘Say, girls, look at Grady,’ yelled Checkers.at girl, n.1
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