1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 42: ‘Fucking A!’ Fat Dog said. I could feel him getting keyed up.at fucking A!, excl.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 169: When you got the moolah these Hebes got, who gives a rat’s ass for a few chickenshit million a year?at not give a rat’s ass, v.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 65: He’d chug-a-lug a half pint of bourbon, get up on a card table and suck his own dick.at chug-a-lug, v.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 105: She popped her final ace — ‘Walter, if you persist with this behaviour, I shall have to call Judge Gray and have you committed’.at ace, n.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 153: When she hit the busy Ensenada streets she cleaned up her act, slowing down and driving with restraint.at clean up one’s act (v.) under act, n.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 94: My parents had died recently and I was totally up in the air.at up in the air (adj.) under air, n.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 186: There were no clues, the motive was still ‘up in the air’.at up in the air (adj.) under air, n.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 236: Three hundred and fifty scoots for an all-nighter.at all-nighter, n.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 214: I collected the bets, sent guys to the track to place them, that kind of thing. It was penny ante.at penny ante, adj.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 15: Here I was, four hundred miles away, putting the arm on some counter-culture bimbo.at put the arm on (v.) under arm, n.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 66: Think it over. Kick it around with your shrink. [Ibid.] 128: Omar was nodding his head, taking in the information and kicking it around.at kick around, v.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 119: A shit-ass town like this having a championship course.at shit-ass, adj.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 202: It didn’t take me long to spot the caddy shack [...] the carelessly dressed men coming out of it were a dead giveaway.at give-away, n.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 220: [I] drove to the apartment of an informant and got blown away on hash.at blow (someone) away, v.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 79: The boss would give me the axe quick if I pulled the shit Omar does.at axe, n.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 55: I stopped by the office and picked up the file. What I don’t remember, this baby does.at baby, n.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 142: ‘Back off there, Brother Bob,’ I said. ‘I’m on your side and just making friendly overtures.’.at back off!, excl.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 79: He’s always [...] taking off to hang out at the drug recovery crashpad, leaving me holding the fucking bag.at hold the bag, v.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 144: In a small way, you have life by the ass and I salute you.at have someone/something by the balls (v.) under balls, n.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 187: The authorities tell us there were drugs involved! I say ‘Baloney’.at baloney!, excl.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 109: They caught the guys wham, blam, thank you ma’am.at wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am, phr.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 21: He got a bang out of that and started to laugh.at get a bang (out of) (v.) under bang, n.1
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 150: Servicemen in civvies beginning an evening of barhopping.at bar-hop, v.
1981 J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 16: The woman was on her knees, hurling invectives. Her best shot was ‘urban barracuda’.at barracuda, n.