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[US] E. Caldwell Poor Fool 65: Why in hell do you want to walk around dragging your butt on the ground because of her?
at drag one’s ass, v.
[US] E. Caldwell Poor Fool 27: Salty wanted to cross-up the men on the inside.
at cross up (v.) under cross, v.1
[US] E. Caldwell Poor Fool 27: If you don’t lay off that wench of yours you’ll take a fall next Friday night.
at take a fall (v.) under fall, n.
[US] E. Caldwell Poor Fool 28: Ah’s a little scared of taking a fall for another guy. They might doublecross you.
at take the fall (v.) under fall, n.
[US] E. Caldwell Poor Fool 172: ‘How much this time?’ Big John asked. ‘Same lump?’ ‘A lump apiece,’ Salty promised [...] ‘A hundred when?’ Big John wanted to know.
at lump, n.
[US] E. Caldwell Poor Fool 12: ‘Hey Bill! [...] Come here! and bring the old man with you.’ The ‘old man’ was a lead pipe with the ends rounded smoothly [...] so the sharp edges would not break the scalp and make a lot of blood for the police to kick about.
at old man, n.
[US] E. Caldwell Poor Fool 21: The bastard who was running me sold me out.
at sell out, v.
[US] E. Caldwell Poor Fool 164: I’m getting him for pushing Louise off.
at push off (v.) under push, v.
[US] E. Caldwell Poor Fool 152: Salty Banks ain’t going to shoot nothing up when I’m around.
at shoot up, v.1
[US] E. Caldwell Poor Fool 29: He got soaked the last two or three times.
at soak, v.2
[US] E. Caldwell Poor Fool 45: Some high class whoopee joint you got here.
at whoopee joint (n.) under whoopee, n.
[US] E. Caldwell Poor Fool 176: She’s [a machinegun] working like a nigger full of turpentine tonight.
at work like a nigger (v.) under work, v.
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