1945 L. Hoban ‘Time to Kill’ Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 But five C’s — when you were just contemplating if Shanty Sam around the corner would go on the arm for another couple of hamburgers — definitely was real kush.at on the arm (adv.) under arm, n.
1945 L. Hoban ‘Time to Kill’ Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 The guy holding the other end [...] was giving me the bad eye.at bad-eye, n.2
1945 L. Hoban ‘Time to Kill’ Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 He was corn-cockeyed, a boozed-bosky, a lush-lalapalooza.at boozed, adj.
1945 L. Hoban ‘Time to Kill’ Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 He was corn-cockeyed, a boozed-bosky, a lush-lalapalooza.at bosky, adj.
1945 L. Hoban ‘Time to Kill’ Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 ‘Sit down, brains,’ she said, ‘and listen to a fairy tale. Lugs like you have to learn the facts of life sometime.’.at brain, n.1
1945 L. Hoban ‘Time to Kill’ Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 And here I’ve been selling my services to Jergin for a buck and a half a week.at buck, n.3
1945 L. Hoban ‘Time to Kill’ Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 I bent over, turning the caboose to the blonde and the gat.at caboose, n.
1945 L. Hoban ‘Time to Kill’ Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 ‘How did you figure that angle out, Casso?’ ‘Just figuring it safe, cluck.’.at cluck, n.1
1945 L. Hoban ‘Time to Kill’ Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 But five C’s — when you were just contemplating if Shanty Sam around the corner would go on the arm for another couple of hamburgers — definitely was real kush.at cush, n.1
1945 L. Hoban ‘Time to Kill’ Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 I didn’t feel right about it — but wotinell, I only work on salary.at what the hell!, excl.
1945 L. Hoban ‘Time to Kill’ Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 ‘How about seeing us tomorrow morning?’ Well that was quite a kiss-off, but after all he was the boss.at kiss-off, n.
1945 L. Hoban ‘Time to Kill’ Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 He was corn-cockeyed, a boozed-bosky, a lush-lalapalooza.at lallapaloosa, n.
1945 L. Hoban ‘Time to Kill’ Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 Boy, what a soft touch this was, boy, oh boy!at soft touch (n.) under touch, n.1
1945 L. Hoban ‘Time to Kill’ Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 When I opened the compartment door, I saw the trigger guy in the beaverskin coming toward me.at trigger, n.1
1945 L. Hoban ‘Time to Kill’ Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 I’ve been looking for a guy — a guy that had a want on him.at want, n.
1945 F. Kane ‘Suicide’ in Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 What’s with this cancer of the throat gag?at what’s with —?, phr.
1946 T. Thursday ‘Once Upon a Crime’ in Crack Detective Sept. 🌐 Come on, Cap; forget the phonus-balonus and let’s have the lowdown.at phonus balonus, n.
1946 T. Thursday ‘Once Upon a Crime’ in Crack Detective Sept. 🌐 If you and the other brass hats would observe the crooks and murderers around town [...] you might get some place.at brass hat (n.) under brass, adj.1
1946 T. Thursday ‘Once Upon a Crime’ in Crack Detective Sept. 🌐 I wouldn’t be surprised if the guy who cooled Jerome was right in Ami City now.at cool, v.3
1946 T. Thursday ‘Once Upon a Crime’ in Crack Detective Sept. 🌐 Please bring Miss Smarty Britches down here.at smarty-pants, n.
1947 T. Thursday ‘Sing Sing Sweeney’ in Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 He only slips a five-bucker in my pocketbook.at five-bucker (n.) under five, adj.
1947 T. Thursday ‘Sing Sing Sweeney’ in Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 When the [Chicago] Loop became too loopy, he looped to Broadway, New York.at loop, v.2
1947 T. Thursday ‘Sing Sing Sweeney’ in Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 I saw she was in some kinda trouble and so I just slips over and puts some dough in her poke.at poke, n.2
1947 T. Thursday ‘Sing Sing Sweeney’ in Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 And, boy, was he going to shear this sheep!at shear, v.
1947 T. Thursday ‘Sing Sing Sweeney’ in Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 Seven Sure Systems for Soaking Suckers.at soak, v.2
1947 T. Thursday ‘Sing Sing Sweeney’ in Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 I just come down to Miami for my health. [...] The quack told me that the Florida sunshine would be the works.at works, the, n.
1947 T. Thursday ‘Sing Sing Sweeney’ in Crack Detective Jan. 🌐 So this yamhead liked to help folks out, huh?at yamneck, n.