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A Rope of Sand choose

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[US] ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 119: Like many another outwardly impressive specimen, he’s Four-F.
at 4-F, adj.
[US] ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 185: I could still teach him a thing or two.
at know a thing or two, v.
[US] ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 127: You haven’t watched bushes at two and three ack emma.
at ack emma, n.
[US] ‘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.
[US] ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 173: They ain’t all apple-polishers in your classes, bud?
at apple-polisher, n.
[US] ‘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.
[US] ‘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.
[US] ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 209: The very idea makes me cotton-mouthed.
at cottonmouth, n.
[US] ‘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
[US] ‘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.
[US] ‘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.
[US] ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 30: We’d better make for our diggings.
at diggings, n.
[US] ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 47: The cops were fixed.
at fixed, adj.1
[US] ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 26: She’s always hated Hjalmar’s hide.
at hate someone’s guts (v.) under gut, n.
[US] ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 100: Hjerleid built most of it with his own two hams of hands.
at ham, n.3
[US] ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 129: You ask Mason politely where the sizzling hell his boat was.
at where the hell...?, phr.
[US] ‘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.
[US] ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 107: They held hands and drank a half bottle of red ink.
at red ink, n.
[US] ‘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.
[US] ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 166: Those Norskis stick together.
at Norski, n.
[US] ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 167: That Norski crowd is even more solid than most.
at Norski, adj.
[US] ‘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
[US] ‘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.
[US] ‘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.
[US] ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 46: Popping him off don’t make the big apple mine.
at pop, v.1
[US] ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 129: He heard a putt-putt start and pull away into the night.
at putt-putt, n.
[US] ‘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.
[US] ‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 172: ‘I’ve just been shot at!’ [...] ‘Ain’t that something?’.
at something, n.
[US] ‘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
[US] ‘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
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