1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 310: They still lie to you, tuck the animal in bed and spoon-feed him chicken soup like he’s Mr. Apple Pie America.at apple pie, adj.
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 127: Old Man Hunt who thinks his only kid’s a fuckin’ fairy because you’re not a mean-ass-son-of-a-bitch slumlord who don’t give a shit about anybody’s welfare or feelings.at mean-ass, adj.
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 54: Maybe I’m shooting blanks, Pete.at shoot a blank (v.) under blank, n.
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 376: His eighty-one Mercury Lynx blew the transmission.at blow, v.2
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 315: So he was approached in a men’s room and lost his cookies? What happened? What psychosis?at lose one’s cookies (v.) under cookie, n.1
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 367: What better time than when you’re half crocked and getting out of your car on a dark driveway in the middle of nowhere?at crocked, adj.
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 175: ‘I don’t suppose he’s a journalist for some tabloid,’ I said in jest. ‘Yo. Dream on.’.at dream on!, excl.
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 49: You got any idea how many frootloops call in this kind of crap on a regular basis?at fruit loop, n.2
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 309: I just might [...] slap you with a warrant and haul your ass off to lockup for accessory to murder.at haul oneself (v.) under haul, v.
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 127: They was sorry as hell to see you leave.at as hell (adv.) under hell, n.
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 365: We finally caught up with him at Sloppy Joe’s, by which time he was three sheets to the wind.at three sheets in the wind, phr.
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 232: He related to her killer to the point he freaked, took himself out of circulation, kissed off before he cracked.at kiss off, v.
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 211: Sometimes he snitches a little, other times he zips his lip.at zip one’s lip, v.
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 266: ‘You prefer light meat, don’t you?’ he asked, selecting a pale flesh-colored male chest.at white meat, n.
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 310: Swear to God I’ll pop ’im if I have to, nail his ass.at nail someone’s hide to the (barn) door (v.) under nail, v.
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 174: If he was, it’d probably be soprano after the number you done on him.at do a number on (v.) under number, n.
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 247: One of the queerbaits from the restaurant she wrote about in her letters is dying of AIDS even as we speak.at queerbait (n.) under queer, n.
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 344: I told her to stay here. I told her to screw the rent, that she could stay.at screw, v.
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 344: It’s screwed me, too, PJ. [...] I’m living Beryl’s nightmare.at screw, v.
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 310: I hate like shit when someone lies to me.at like shit (adv.) under shit, n.
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 376: He was reciting what he knew from conversations with his sicko pal.at sicko, adj.
1991 P. Cornwell Body of Evidence (1992) 377: He saw it coming – what his squirrelly pal finally did to Beryl.at squirrely, adj.