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Bullets for the Bridegroom choose

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[US] 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
[US] 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
[US] D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 24: The girl is a brunette, pretty, looks like money and class.
at class, n.
[US] D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 26: They had another drink and left the bar, mildly cockeyed.
at cock-eyed, adj.2
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 9: Take it easy, honey.
at honey, n.1
[US] 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
[US] D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 6: ‘Jesus, he saw you guys working, didn’t he?’ weasel-face said plaintively.
at Jesus!, excl.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 34: Casey Jones was the rounder’s name.
at rounder, n.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 80: ‘Slick as a whistle,’ Casey said cheerfully.
at slick as owl shit under slick, adj.
[US] D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 31: Something was very smelly somewhere.
at smelly, adj.
[US] 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.
[US] D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 18: Pop, you old fool, straighten up.
at straighten up (v.) under straighten, v.1
[US] D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 22: The neighbourhood was much too swank for a shabby delivery truck.
at swank, adj.
[US] D. Dodge Bullets For The Bridegroom (1953) 25: He was waiting for the other guy to give him the word.
at word, the, n.
[US] 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.
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