1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 15: He didn’t like Walter Gates for sour apples.at for sour apples (adv.) under apple, n.1
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 34: Whit had just seen him on the bum in Reno.at on a/the bum under bum, n.3
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 24: The girl is a brunette, pretty, looks like money and class.at class, n.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 26: They had another drink and left the bar, mildly cockeyed.at cock-eyed, adj.2
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 18: And I’m damned if I can see what business it is of yours or anyone else’s.at I’ll be damned! (excl.) under damn, v.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 34: Whit said thoughtfully, ‘I’ll be god damned’.at I’ll be goddamned! (excl.) under god-damn, v.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 24: Whit and Kitty picked the dive nearest to the spot where they parked the car upon their return to Reno.at dive, n.2
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 6: The man on the packing cases had come to the end of the road.at end of the line (n.) under end, n.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 27: It’s usually slack about this time. The night-hawks are folding up, and the morning crowd comes in after breakfast.at fold up, v.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 5: ‘He’s going.’ The heavy-set man did not shift his eyes from the face of the man on the packing cases.at go, v.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 11: A gallon and a half of gas gone to hell, just like that.at all to hell under hell, n.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 35: Why would a stranger give a hoot because somebody came across the street in his direction?at give a hoot (v.) under hoot, n.2
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 6: ‘Jesus, he saw you guys working, didn’t he?’ weasel-face said plaintively.at Jesus!, excl.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 35: ‘I thought the groom was leaving you in the lurch,’ the blonde said to Kitty.at lurch, n.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 27: One of them was run by a henna-haired female with a hard face who was getting a play from three or four night-owls when Whit arrived.at night owl, n.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 27: It’s usually slack about this time. The night-hawks are folding up, and the morning crowd comes in after breakfast.at nighthawk, n.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 8: James Whitney [...] stepped on the gas as the road straightened out in front of him.at step on the gas (v.) under step on, v.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 27: One of them was run by a henna-haired female with a hard face who was getting a play from three or four night-owls when Whit arrived.at give someone a play (v.) under play, n.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 35: Why would a stranger give a hoot because somebody came across the street in his direction? It was damn queer.at queer, adj.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 34: Casey Jones was the rounder’s name.at rounder, n.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 9: I wanted to sew you up tight [...] You’re too good-looking to leave lying around loose while I’m in an army camp.at sew up, v.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 26: He knew he would lose his shirt sooner or later if he bucked the house percentage.at lose one’s shirt (v.) under shirt, n.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 80: ‘Slick as a whistle,’ Casey said cheerfully.at slick as owl shit under slick, adj.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 31: Something was very smelly somewhere.at smelly, adj.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 33: He weighed the number of gas tickets in his ration book against the possibility that he and Kitty were about to be snatched.at snatch, v.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 18: Pop, you old fool, straighten up.at straighten up (v.) under straighten, v.1
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 22: The neighbourhood was much too swank for a shabby delivery truck.at swank, adj.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 25: He was waiting for the other guy to give him the word.at word, the, n.
1948 D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 19: Get a licence in three-four hours [...] and have the knot tied in ten minutes.at tie the knot (v.) under tie, v.