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[US] (ref. to c.1930s) R.A. Bruns Knights of the Road 200: Bull horrors. Obsessive fear of police.
at bull horrors, n.1
[US] (ref. to c.1930s) R.A. Bruns Knights of the Road 201: Canned heater. One who drank a deadly potion of cheap alcohol and water.
at canned heat, n.
[US] (ref. to c.1930s) R.A. Burns Knights of the Road 92: But for years afterward yeggs paid homage to their fallen martyr – the best of the ‘Johns.’.
at john, n.2
[US] (ref. to c.1930s) R.A. Bruns Knights of the Road 203: Mop stick. Barfly in cheap saloon.
at mopstick (n.) under mop, n.1
[US] R.A. Bruns Knights of the Road 14: Still nabbing an occasional slow freight .
at nab, v.1
[US] (ref. to c.1930s) R.A. Bruns Knights of the Road 204: Weeds. Jungle.
at weeds, the, n.
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