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[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 53: The country’s not built up much, you stick out like a fly on a wedding cake.
at stick out like a sore thumb, v.
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 34: Agnes was Billy’s crime partner, his hell-around partner, and his buddy for over five years.
at hell-around, adj.
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 49: For God’s sake, they got you dead bang with the money in your pocket.
at bang, adv.
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 53: You know what, buddy? Maybe we’ve been jumping the wrong stump.
at bark up the wrong tree, v.
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 120: [of a hangover] I’ve got a beaut myself.
at beaut, n.1
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 18: He didn’t really trust anyone who hadn’t served big time.
at big time, n.2
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 103: Let’s not shoot any more blanks.
at shoot a blank (v.) under blank, n.
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 48: Did they blow it when you gave them a hard time?
at blow, v.2
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 44: He was only some harmless boob.
at boob, n.2
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 81: You can’t miss it when you’ve been around as many of these buckets as I have.
at bucket, n.
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 36: Can you borrow from someone? Someone you don’t mind burning?
at burn, v.
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 141: Hell no! We’re going to get out and start walking while this clown busts his britches to find the nearest cop.
at bust one’s ass (v.) under bust, v.1
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 12: We caught him with his pants down. Right in the place.
at catch someone with their pants down (v.) under catch, v.1
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 39: He looks cherry.
at cherry, adj.
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 38: I still think you’re too chicken to play against me.
at chicken, adj.
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 127: These broads probably have some loot around here. We’ll clean them out too.
at clean out, v.
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 48: He’s got to come off that watch.
at come off, v.1
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 102: The usher tapped Agnes. ‘You better cool it.’.
at cool it, v.
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 48: They probably thought you were going to cop out to every job pulled in this country in the last fifteen years.
at cop out, v.2
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 31: You wouldn’t cop to something you didn’t do, would you?
at cop (out) to (v.) under cop out, v.2
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 37: I’ll get you a cup. They put some kid in our cell last night – I’ll cop his.
at cop, v.
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 56: You better keep your mouth shut, cowboy, or you’ll be right out here with him.
at cowboy, n.
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 48: Agnes grinned at Billy. ‘Isn’t that a crack-up? I bet he gave those two clowns a fit.’.
at crack-up, n.2
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 10: Huey reached over into the back seat and cuffed him.
at cuff, v.2
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 121: Darn it, Dottie, put some clothes on.
at darn!, excl.
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 111: What a bunch of deadheads.
at deadhead, n.
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 116: Oh, diddle! Don’t give me that nonsense.
at diddle!, excl.
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 125: When this gets to be a drag we’ll steal a car and cut out.
at drag, n.1
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 142: How much of a duck do you think I am?
at duck, n.1
[US] M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 39: The watch was a good one [...] It was thin and dudeish looking with little gold dots in place of numbers.
at dudish (adj.) under dude, n.1
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