1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 115: One thing is stickin’ out a foot an’ that is that Henrietta found out that the original bonds [...] was gone.at stick out like a sore thumb, v.
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 46: Nobody gave a durn about whether granworth Aymes committed suicide or not.at not give a damn, v.
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 53: A pompadour that woulda made Marie Antoinette look like a big cheese.at -a, sfx
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 83: I wonder if Mr Lemuel H. Caution, the ace ‘G’ man, is going to do a forlorn woman a good turn ace, in cards.at ace, adj.
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 33: The way she has her hair done is aces. It is swell.at aces, adj.
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 46: If I was you I’d come across. Slip me the works.at come across, v.
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 183: He has been pullin’ an act on Henrietta that if he don’t marry her he can make things plenty hot for her.at pull an act (v.) under act, n.
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 8: I got him hired at the Miranda House [...] but he was so lousy they gave him the air.at give someone the air (v.) under air, n.
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 106: He could get married to some film star for a coupla months before she got sick of ante-ing up all the time to keep his palooka in hair-oil.at ante (up), v.
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 79: Her pa wanted her to get hitched to some young bible-student who was kickin’ about the place.at kick around, v.
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 118: Then Paulette discovers that Benito is sick as a rat.at …a (poisoned) rat (adj.) under sick as…, adj.
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 130: That old battle-axe started tellin’ me that some boy had spotted me.at battle-axe, n.1
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 91: I have only gotta go for her an’ I am right in the front row with bells on.at with bells on under bell, n.1
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 64: You can betcha sweet an’ holy life that some guy will be busy startin’ a big lion hunt just to show her what a swell guy he is.at bet one’s (sweet) life (v.) under bet, v.
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 7: ‘Say, this town is the berries.’ ‘You betcha.’.at you bet! (excl.) under bet, v.
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 60: ‘Swell, Langdon. Okie-doke. An’ I play it the way we said.’ [...] ‘You bet your life.’.at (you) bet your life! (excl.) under bet, v.
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 64: While I am flying back to Palm Springs I think out how I am goin’ to handle this bezusus.at bezesus, n.
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 33: He makes himself out to be the big guy.at big guy (n.) under big, adj.
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 99: I reckon she’ll blow the works on anything if she thinks that talkin’ is goin’ to help her any.at blow, v.1
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 64: Just how Henrietta is breakin’ wit these guys out at the Hacienda, I do not know.at break, v.2
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 126: I said it was pretty tough for me being sick to think she was running around with a guy who had swindled me. Well, that broke her up. I reckon she was sorry.at break up, v.
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 67: He speaks good English but he’s a lousy breed. His mother was a dago and his father was something else that smelt funny.at breed, n.
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 33: This dame has got what it takes — an’ then a bundle!at bundle, n.1
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 13: She [...] looks like she could bite a snake’s head off. She’s permanently burned up.at burned up, adj.
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 107: I reckon he ain’ so pleased with my bustin’ in like this.at bust in (v.) under bust, v.1
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 13: There’s all sorts of janes bust around here.at bust around (v.) under bust, v.1
1937 P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 15: In about two minutes I’ve got the lock open as good as any professional buster-in coulda done it.at buster-in, n.