1940 M. de la Roche Whiteoak Heritage (1949) 146: But if you think that either of those men care a curse for you, you’re damned well mistaken.at not care a curse, v.
1940 M. de la Roche Whiteoak Heritage (1949) 99: Just tell your family, since you’re so above-board, what time you came home last night.at above board, adj.
1940 M. de la Roche Whiteoak Heritage (1949) 21: We want to hear how he carved up the Germans.at carve up, v.
1940 M. de la Roche Whiteoak Heritage (1949) 22: He [...] then helped himself liberally to chow-chow.at chow-chow, n.1
1940 M. de la Roche Whiteoak Heritage (1949) 55: He’ll soon find out he can’t be high cockolorum here.at high cockalorum, n.
1940 M. de la Roche Whiteoak Heritage (1949) 61: ‘Mrs. Clinch doesn’t like it.’ ‘Mrs. Clinch be damned.’.at damn, v.
1940 M. de la Roche Whiteoak Heritage (1949) 72: You did hurt it after all. It’s aching like the dickens.at dickens, the, phr.
1940 M. de la Roche Whiteoak Heritage (1949) 72: It’s out, you little duffer! I pulled it.at duffer, n.2
1940 M. de la Roche Whiteoak Heritage (1949) 122: At the moment I think you’re rather a queer egg.at egg, n.2
1940 M. de la Roche Whiteoak Heritage (1949) 228: ‘Gad!’ he exclaimed, ‘that girl can ride!’.at gad!, excl.
1940 M. de la Roche Whiteoak Heritage (1949) 96: ‘I can’t imagine you swearing in this outfit.’ ‘The hell you cant!’ she exclaimed, incredulously.at hell, the, phr.
1940 M. de la Roche Whiteoak Heritage (1949) 116: ‘So you’ve got on to the racket too!’ ‘What racket?’ ‘That she doesn’t open her door to others when she has her favourite visitor inside.’.at onto, adj.
1940 M. de la Roche Whiteoak Heritage (1949) 20: It was annoying to see heedless Piers devouring those juicy bits [...] just north of the Pope’s nose.at pope’s nose (n.) under pope, n.
1940 M. de la Roche Whiteoak Heritage (1949) 51: He’s like my father, I’m sorry to say [...] he’d skin a flea for its hide and tallow.at skin a louse (v.) under skin, v.1