1949 R. Chandler Little Sister 207: I’m not worth a plugged nickel to anybody.at not worth a plugged nickel, phr.
1949 R. Chandler Little Sister 74: Sometimes I do not give a good goddamn.at not give a good goddam, v.
1949 R. Chandler Little Sister 87: ‘In a pig’s valise,’ Alfred said.at in a pig’s arse! (excl.) under pig’s arse!, excl.
1949 R. Chandler Little Sister 178: How much longer we have to barber around with this monkey?at barber, v.
1949 R. Chandler Little Sister 60: Some of those old ladies [...] go big for the nicer angles of murder.at go big (v.) under big, adv.
1949 R. Chandler Little Sister 109: Sit down and rest your ankles, big stuff.at big stuff (n.) under big, adj.
1949 R. Chandler Little Sister 123: Receipt of which you acknowledge on the copy of this letter. Blah, blah, blah.at blah, blah, blah under blah, v.
1949 R. Chandler Little Sister 80: An evening with the sports page, the blatting of the radio.at blat, v.
1949 R. Chandler Little Sister 62: He don’t have the [...] personality to bounce cheques.at bounce, v.2
1949 R. Chandler Little Sister 180: They’ll [...] line them up for the camera boys after they pull the raid.at boys, the, n.
1949 R. Chandler Little Sister 119: The Krauts cleaned most of it out. Our brass got the rest.at brass, n.1
1949 R. Chandler Little Sister 32: You ain’t getting no place with that breezy manner.at breezy, adj.1
1949 R. Chandler Little Sister 61: A bright boy doesn’t lay open that easy.at bright boy (n.) under bright, adj.3
1949 R. Chandler Little Sister 5: The call houses that specialize in sixteen-year-old virgins.at call house, n.
1949 R. Chandler Little Sister 134: ‘Nasty little scenes. They don’t mean a thing.’ ‘Cat talk.’.at cat, n.1
1949 R. Chandler Little Sister 83: [She] chisels me down to a shopworn twenty to find her brother.at chisel, v.
1949 R. Chandler Little Sister 103: I hope to Christ this doesn’t mean Sunny Moe Stein’s mob have started in business again.at to Christ under Christ, n.
1949 R. Chandler Little Sister 145: All the neurotic types that can’t take it [i.e. life] cold.at cold, adj.