1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 119: Like many another outwardly impressive specimen, he’s Four-F.at 4-F, adj.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 185: I could still teach him a thing or two.at know a thing or two, v.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 127: You haven’t watched bushes at two and three ack emma.at ack emma, n.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 53: Too bad you didn’t make that offer after the storm broke. Then he could alibi you.at alibi (up), v.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 173: They ain’t all apple-polishers in your classes, bud?at apple-polisher, n.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 211: They could have boomeranged had I tried to use them against him – and hurt Amy instead.at boomerang, v.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 176: You are [...] the classic cluck who doesn’t know what time it is. A hell of an investigator.at classic, adj.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 209: The very idea makes me cotton-mouthed.at cottonmouth, n.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 106: They were dewy eyed and silent over their bottle of dago red.at dago red (n.) under dago, adj.1
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 142: ‘I’ll be double damned’, I said aloud.at I’ll be damned! (excl.) under damn, v.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 190: I’d be tempted to take a potshot at those youngsters. Scare the living daylights out of them.at frighten the (living) daylights out of (v.) under daylights, n.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 26: She’s always hated Hjalmar’s hide.at hate someone’s guts (v.) under gut, n.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 100: Hjerleid built most of it with his own two hams of hands.at ham, n.3
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 129: You ask Mason politely where the sizzling hell his boat was.at where the hell...?, phr.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 47: It’s ancient history now and it never was no secret.at be history under history, n.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 107: They held hands and drank a half bottle of red ink.at red ink, n.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 48: The guy couldn’t take it. How’d I know he was a lily?at lily, n.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 167: That Norski crowd is even more solid than most.at Norski, adj.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 158: I’ll make up to her for being a good wife when I make my pile.at pile, n.1
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 162: Girls who play around as often as not drive one of their boyfriends to murder.at play around (v.) under play, v.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 107: I can play ’em as close to my vest as Mrs. Hjerleid.at play it close to one’s chest (v.) under play, v.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 46: Popping him off don’t make the big apple mine.at pop, v.1
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 129: He heard a putt-putt start and pull away into the night.at putt-putt, n.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 169: There was more than a little of the stuffed shirt about the youthful lawyer.at stuffed shirt, n.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 172: ‘I’ve just been shot at!’ [...] ‘Ain’t that something?’.at something, n.
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 54: This is a hell of a place to keep tabs on.at keep tabs (on) (v.) under tab, n.3
1944 ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 203: ‘Is Pierre crazy?’ [...] ‘Not in the legal sense.’ I didn’t believe he was; twisted but not mad.at twisted, adj.2