1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 192: When I start to figure, it all goes blooey.at go blooey (v.) under blooey!, excl.
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 147: What we had the big blow-off over was the beer license.at blow off, n.1
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 158: Let’s let Goebel keep those bughouse cats for their board.at bughouse, adj.2
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 134: That was when I burned Sackett. I got up and made a speech to the court.at burn, v.
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 13: A guy came along that was all burned up because somebody had pasted a sticker on his wind wing.at burned up, adj.
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 24: Her arms were round me before I even cut the lights.at cut, v.4
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 173: It don’t cost me a thing to make you dance on air. And that’s what you’re going to do. Dance, dance, dance.at dance on/in (the) air (v.) under dance, v.
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 56: The docs never saw a fracture like it.at doc, n.
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 131: He’s my gumshoe man now. She thought she was talking to a dick, but she really was talking to a dummy.at dummy, n.1
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 92: I’m in dutch all right.at in Dutch under Dutch, n.1
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 61: It was the worst flop of a home-coming you ever saw in your life.at flop, n.4
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 53: I was plenty blue around the gills.at green about the gills (adj.) under gills, n.1
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 71: By golly. Is swell.at by golly! (excl.) under golly!, excl.
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 18: They got neon signs. They show up better, and they don’t burn as much juice.at juice, n.1
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 19: Swell. That’ll knock them for a loop.at knock for a loop (v.) under knock, v.
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 170: Next time I try to act smart, will you hang one on my jaw?at hang one on (v.) under one, n.1
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 97: If I hadn’t been there, and begun promoting him for something to drink.at promote, v.
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 126: He was giving me the razz, because he had a perfect case.at give someone the razz (v.) under razz, n.
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 157: These Californian and Mexican things are just scrubs compared to them.at scrub, n.1
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 143: Have a drink. You’ll feel better. That’s what Sackett said when he put the spot on me, the louse.at put on the spot (v.) under spot, n.3
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 117: That guy Katz, he’s nothing but a cop’s stool.at stool, n.
1934 J.M. Cain Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 190: I’m getting up tight now. [Ibid.] 192: I’m up awful tight, now. I think they give you dope in the grub, so you don’t think about it.at uptight, adj.2
1941 J.M. Cain Mildred Pierce (1985) 501: It’s nothing but the do-re-mi – the old army game.at army game (n.) under army, n.2
1941 J.M. Cain Mildred Pierce (1985) 481: He told Mildred she was ‘smart’, and probably knew where she was coming out.at where one is at, phr.