1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 130: ‘How you feeling, Coke?’ asked Regan. ‘A-one,’ said Coke. ‘I feel like a champion.’.at A-1, adj.
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 133: Favour that right tomorrow night, Coke [...] and you’ll have an ace in the hole.at ace in the hole (n.) under ace, n.
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 282: I might know where you been [...] Fooling around with some woman.at fool around, v.
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 39: Look at that hook, George [...] that’s the baby that’ll put old Mike to sleep.at baby, n.
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 129: She’s a bear for looks [...] I wish I had a wife like that.at bear, n.
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 31: Coke met him and hit him a belt to the body that sent him spinning.at belt, n.
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 121: ‘Your wife’s a mighty sweet little woman, Mr. Mason.’ ‘You bet,’ said Coke.at you bet! (excl.) under bet, v.
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 57: ‘Smart girl, Mr. Riley.’ ‘You bet your life, Mr. Regan.’.at (you) bet your life! (excl.) under bet, v.
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 227: Listen, blondy; when I came up here I made up my mind to be nice to you, but it can’t be done.at blondie, n.
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 287: Regan was bossy and pig-headed and hard to get along with.at bossy, adj.
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 65: Don’t try to kid me about that boiler-maker of yours. Mike think’s he’s all build-up.at build-up, n.
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 293: Why did he feel slightly sick at his stomach? Maybe he had eaten some bum food.at bum, adj.
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 107: Gate-crashers, bunco men, small time and big shot gamblers, a noted gunman from Chicago, and a scattering of burlesque comedians.at bunco man (n.) under bunco, n.
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 287: Regan was bossy and pig-headed and hard to get along with [...] but he knew his business, and if anybody tried to tell him what to do he shut them up.at business, n.
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 221: Coke took out a cigar and gave it to the waiter. ‘I’ll see you when we bust up.’.at bust up, v.
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 131: We’re all betting on your boy and we came out for a chin.at chin, n.2
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 33: Twenty men crowded through the door [...] reporters, amateurs, pugs, hangers-on, and plain citizens.at citizen, n.
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 105: You been soldiering on me, Coke.at come the old soldier (v.) under come the..., v.
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 10: Lay off that cow-town soubrette, she’ll make a bum out of you.at cow town, n.
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 81: Mike crossed them all by getting banged up in a motor-car accident.at cross, v.1
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 247: ‘Well, I’ll be damned,’ said Coke.at I’ll be damned! (excl.) under damn, v.
1930 W.R. Burnett Iron Man 278: ‘We ain’t friend no more.’ [...] ‘You ought to be darn glad you’re not.’.at darn, adv.