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[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 45: He [...] walked away and thumbed his nose at six of us that tried to bag him down in the valley.
at bag, v.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 11: Eight thousand you get from some damned Pooh-Bah who’ll make a speech to you and then forget you.
at pooh-bah, n.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 299: What I did then was to break gaol.
at break, v.2
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 42: It was after his old bunkie, Dill Peters, was arrested for running guns into Mexico.
at bunkie, n.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 281: Busted open another bank?
at bust, v.1
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 62: D’you think I’m trying to make a crush on this cartoon?
at cartoon, n.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 109: ‘Aw, hell, Sally,’ said the yegg, ‘don’t come that over me.’.
at come over, v.1
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 20: If somebody wanted an extra puncher in your off season, what would you work for?
at cow-puncher, n.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 58: Why, Pleasant, we’ll crack out of this place.
at crack, v.2
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 62: D’you think I’m trying to make a crush on this cartoon?
at make a crush (v.) under crush, n.4
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 271: Pass me the box. Here’s the deuces and aces.
at deuce, n.1
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 50: ‘You, Chuck, shut your face,’ said the marshal peremptorily.
at shut one’s face (v.) under face, n.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 69: He does the financing – at damned fat interest.
at fat, adj.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 305: Lew was head-hunting.
at head hunt, v.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 287: ‘You damn head-hunter!’ said he.
at head hunter, n.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 303: If everything can’t be arranged the way I want – all the law dogs called off.
at law-dog (n.) under law, n.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 113: Go handle that fellow, Lefty!
at lefty, n.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 50: Doggone me, Jim, if it ain’t a shame the way these kids will shoot off their faces!
at shoot off one’s face (v.) under shoot off, v.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 147: Here’s Sally pegging out.
at peg out, v.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 109: You always was considered a square-shooter and a fair one.
at square shooter, n.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 55: You’ll sing small before you get out of this.
at sing small (v.) under sing, v.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 23: Tell me who the gents will be that might try to snag me?
at snag, v.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 44: Someone hooked up with that snaky devil, Tom Rizdal, that smart, gun-running hound!
at snaky, adj.1
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 182: ‘Stuff!’ said Sally.
at stuff!, excl.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 62: ‘Swallow your lip, Rizdal!’ boomed the gaoler.
at swallow one’s spit (v.) under swallow, v.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 111: You love him, don’t you? you bull-faced toad!
at toad, n.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Pleasant Jim 304: You’ve played so white with me.
at white, adv.
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