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[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 74: Why are we goin’ outta the Big Apple?
at Big Apple, n.
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 60: He fished in his wallet and brought out a bill [...] ‘This is for the baby if you bust your ass making it over there,’ and was thrown back against the seat cushions as the cab careered away from the kerb.
at bust ass under ass, n.
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 61: He’ll probably want a few of those little Bufferin B’s zonking around in his system.
at B, n.1
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 22: Is my monkey bothering you? [...] The one on my back.
at monkey on one’s back, n.
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 50: This is it, baby, it with spangles!
at with bells on under bell, n.1
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 65: You’d better hope the Colonel doesn’t breeze in here.
at breeze, v.1
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 130: It was gutty, almost burley bump-&-grind treatment with every whump!
at burley, n.1
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 48: Take it slow, kid. You’re going to cack-’em-out completely tonight.
at cack, v.2
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 56: He even paid the speeding ticket – with a grin that annoyed [...] the prowl cop.
at prowl cop (n.) under prowl car, n.
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 71: You keep chewin’ on me bitch, I’m gonna climb your frame.
at chew on (v.) under chew, v.
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 78: At the door he paused [...] and said, ‘Chaow!’ Then he was gone.
at chow, phr.
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 114: You’ve acted like king of the hill and clipped the Colonel, and me, for every penny you could get.
at clip, v.1
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 51: The combo began a soft comp.
at comp, n.
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 21: That’s pretty damned cornball.
at cornball, adj.
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 67: I don’t care what Kilgallen or Winchell or anydamnbody says.
at damn, adj.
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 84: She had, indeed, cut a demo.
at demo, n.1
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 63: Your boy Stagorooney does a good job.
at -eroonie, sfx
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 51: As a small-time DJ [...] he had experienced the dynamiting done by flak-merchants.
at flak, n.
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 130: The horde went wild, and behind him, in the dressing room, the little redhead did her own private flip.
at flip, n.3
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 132: He won’t last past forty; the gaff’ll kill him.
at gaff, n.1
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 107: They soon became known as ‘The Ginchy Set’.
at ginchy, adj.
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 51: He went over. Big. Very big.
at go over big (v.) under go over, v.
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 34: This was big gravy now, no time for sentiment.
at gravy, n.
[US] H. H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 56: He purposely opened it full-throat and allowed a growler to run him to the kerb. He even paid the speeding ticket.
at growler, n.1
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 130: It was gutty, almost burley bump-&-grind treatment with every whump!
at gutty, adj.2
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 95: I’ll tell you why, you little hardon.
at hard-on, n.
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 161: No longer the hotshot, hard-rock flak man who could sell sandboxes to Arabs.
at hardrock, adj.
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 65: Go to bed, kid [...] We’ve got a heavy one tomorrow.
at heavy, adj.
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 162: He’s been getting into hock more and more.
at in hock under hock, n.2
[US] H. Ellison Rockabilly (1963) 70: Stag – who had kept the lamps going all the night before in the watering-holes.
at watering hole, n.
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