1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 69: Just if there wasn’t enough trouble knocking about.at knock about, v.1
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 55: I start doin’ a big Sherlock Holmes act. I start a big reconstruction scene which is what the ace detective in the book always does when somethin’ happens. [Ibid.] 89: If somebody wasn’t doin’ a big shadow act on me I’d feel nervous.at do a/an — act (v.) under act, n.
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 70: I could go for you one hundred per cent an’ then plenty.at and then some!, excl.
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 54: Pedro then says oh yeah an’ that she is a so-an’-so liar.at so-and-so, adj.
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 8: I am an Americano who is kickin’ around lookin’ for a ranch that I wanta buy.at kick around, v.
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 7: I tell you that babe was talkin’ plenty sense.at babe, n.
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 43: I reckon the whole gang was [...] listening to this Jamieson guy explain his stuff maybe, when the balloon went up.at when the balloon goes up under balloon, n.
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 30: He has gotta beat on some tough stuff that is happenin’ over the border.at beat, n.5
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 46: Some bozo [...] who can throw a spot of light on all this bezesus.at bezesus, n.
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 34: I wonder in blazes this dame manages to get ice around here.at blazes, n.
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 81: The air hostess, who is one little blonde bundle, and a nifty proposition that I could go for in a very big way indeed.at bundle, n.1
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 106: When he got to France he would be a first-class mental case an’ no errors.at case, n.1
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 81: I’m not stoppin’ for anythin’ until I get around to Chicago because [...] the next act in this big drama is goin’ to be played out in the Windy City.at Windy City, n.
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 62: I sit there rackin’ my brains to find out some angle for [...] gettin’ her to talk very cold turkey to me.at talk cold turkey (v.) under cold turkey, adv.
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 36: Don’t you get any funny ideas [...] that you can pull a fast one on me an’ try to cross me up.at cross up (v.) under cross, v.1
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 55: Pepper is dead as a cutlet an’ pushin’ up cactus seeds under four feet of desert earth in a wooden box.at push up (the) daisies, v.
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 12: They [...] look around with that sorta dead pan look that always comes on to a Mexicano’s puss when he’s goin’ to do a job of work.at deadpan, adj.
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 33: I ease away in the direction behind the house.at ease, v.2
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 38: I hear that you was [...] singin’ at that one-eyed dump.at one-eyed, adj.
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 10: Why don’t yu take your weight off your feet an’ sit down, Fatty.at fatty, n.1
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 7: I would rather four-flush a team of wild alligators outa their lunch-pail.at four-flush, v.
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 49: I start [...] wonderin’ why she pulled that gag on me with the cigarette case.at pull a gag (v.) under gag, n.
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 7: I would rather four-flush a team of wild alligators outa their lunch-pail than try an’ tell a Mexican momma that I was tired of her geography an’ did not wish to play any more.at geography, n.1
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 109: We got him once [...] on a carryin’ concealed weapons charge.at get, v.
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 51: I reckon I have been a bit of a mug sleepin’ in this place [...] with an empty gun. Anybody coulda handed it out to me pronto if they’d wanted to.at hand it out (v.) under hand, v.
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 75: This is where I hand in my dinner pail [...] I sorta feel you boys are goin’ to be rough with me.at hand in one’s dinner-pail (v.) under hand, v.
1939 P. Cheyney Don’t Get Me Wrong (1956) 38: She is real Spanish Señora an’ one hundred per cent high hat if you get me.at high hat, n.