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[US] R. Chandler ‘Nevada Gas’ Spanish Blood (1946) 166: What’s the beef?
at beef, n.2
[US] R. Chandler ‘Spanish Blood’ Spanish Blood (1946) 16: Don’t take it too big.
at take it big (v.) under big, adv.
[US] R. Chandler ‘Spanish Blood’ Spanish Blood (1946) 45: The papers will play it big for a while.
at big, adv.
[US] R. Chandler ‘Spanish Blood’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 41: A sucker on the big time is still a sucker.
at on the big time under big time, n.1
[US] R. Chandler ‘Nevada Gas’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 158: Drop the gat, blondie.
at blondie, n.
[US] R. Chandler ‘Spanish Blood’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 12: We went to school together. We used to be buddies.
at buddy, n.
[US] R. Chandler ‘Nevada Gas’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 148: Too many grifters bummed around in its worn leather rockers.
at bum, v.3
[US] R. Chandler ‘Nevada Gas’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 161: I’d rather take a beating and keep my chin buttoned.
at button one’s lip, v.
[US] R. Chandler ‘Nevada Gas’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 142: Kick that cannon over this way.
at cannon, n.1
[US] R. Chandler ‘Nevada Gas’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 161: With Parisi dead he’d clam up.
at clam (up), v.
[US] R. Chandler ‘Spanish Blood’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 37: They clean up. Yeah—they clean up.
at clean up, v.
[US] R. Chandler ‘Spanish Blood’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 16: I guess he played it as clean as he could, but he couldn’t help but make enemies.
at clean, adj.
[US] R. Chandler ‘Nevada Gas’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 140: I like to clock the ponies.
at clock, v.1
[US] R. Chandler ‘Nevada Gas’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 139: I called copper on Mops Parisi.
at call copper (v.) under copper, n.
[US] R. Chandler ‘Spanish Blood’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 21: This your crate?
at crate, n.
[US] R. Chandler ‘Nevada Gas’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 136: Listen, Francy. When do you ditch this gambler and let me set you up?
at ditch, v.1
[US] R. Chandler ‘Nevada Gas’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 169: They faded.
at fade, v.2
[US] R. Chandler ‘Nevada Gas’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 165: I want a finger put on the bird that had me grabbed.
at put a finger on (v.) under finger, n.
[US] R. Chandler ‘Spanish Blood’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 32: Framed him for a few bindles of heroin from a slant-eyed Flip.
at Flip, n.
[US] R. Chandler ‘Spanish Blood’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 16: Well . . . they got him, Sam. They got him at last.
at get, v.
[US] R. Chandler ‘Nevada Gas’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 165: I want a figure put on the bird that had me grabbed.
at grab, v.
[US] R. Chandler ‘Nevada Gas’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 159: Just drop the gat, blondie. The rest of you grab air.
at grab (the) sky (v.) under grab, v.
[US] R. Chandler ‘Spanish Blood’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 21: What’s the grift?
at grift, n.
[US] R. Chandler ‘Nevada Gas’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 148: Where does he hang his hat?
at hang one’s hat (v.) under hang, v.2
[US] R. Chandler ‘Spanish Blood’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 10: I’m a sucker to play any games at all with you, you damned highbinder.
at highbinder, n.
[US] R. Chandler ‘Spanish Blood’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 9: Hit me again, Dave.
at hit, v.
[US] R. Chandler ‘Spanish Blood’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 16: He’s been playing house with a night club number called Stella La Motte.
at play house (v.) under house, n.1
[US] R. Chandler ‘Nevada Gas’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 142: ‘Where we going, punk?’ De Ruse asked casually. ‘Save it,’ Chuck snarled.
at save it!, excl.
[US] R. Chandler ‘Spanish Blood’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 43: She’s a junkie and junkies are like that.
at junkie, n.
[US] R. Chandler ‘Spanish Blood’ in Spanish Blood (1946) 10: I have a lady too, John. Also an ace.
at lady, n.
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