1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 299: Diction-airs ain’t worth a drat [...] People don’t talk those words.at not worth a damn, phr.
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 329: Hell, Oakie, I just got up in the air.at up in the air (adj.) under air, n.
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 299: I’m tard of you bein’ so all-blamed smart.at all, adv.
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 324: Can she make with her ass or’s she too old to remember what it’s like?at ass, n.
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 116: Oklahoma referred to him as, ‘that kiss-ass’.at kiss-ass, n.
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 82: ‘Baloney,’ said Danny. ‘You can’t tell one weed from another.’.at baloney!, excl.
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 252: ‘Jew boy,’ had been one of the nicknames his friends had given him.at Jew boy, n.
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 324: You, a date? Wad yuh know. What is she, a five-by-five?at five by five, n.
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 39: Oh, fiddle, fiddle, fiddle / While you can, / Before she lurns to sell ’er can.at can, n.1
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 260: Pop was sore he hadn’t had his two cents’ worth. Pop liked them young. Ask Mom, she knew.at two cents’ worth, n.
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 61: I figure the last night ashore oughta be something worth remembering [...] A real blowout, not a mugging party with a chocolate drop.at chocolate drop (n.) under chocolate, adj.
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 111: Oklahoma bet two chips on his pair of tens showing. No sense scarin’ ’em out on a cinch hand.at cinch, adj.
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 95: ‘Cut the comedy,’ said Ross.at cut the comedy (v.) under comedy, n.
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 140: I’m so tard I couldn’t bat my way through a wet paper bag.at couldn’t fight their way out of a paper bag under couldn’t..., phr.
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 56: Kisses get like beans, and hooking tootsies together winds up just plain cruddy.at cruddy, adj.
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 127: Swing them along, boys, show them how to dance, give it the juice, make like you’re cutting the mustard.at cut the mustard, v.
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 127: Push them around like a dog face, handle them like a bus driver.at dogface (n.) under dog, n.2
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 10: Dog me if he ain’t a big one. [Ibid.] 325: This little girl treated me like I was decent and somebody. Aw, dog take it. [Ibid.] 329: Ah don’t want yuh sore at me. Ah’d do most anythin’ for yuh. Dog eat it, yuh know that blame well.at dog, v.2
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 112: Oklahoma bet the limit, four chips. Might as well chase ’em out as have ’em drop on me. Think I’ll quit after this hand.at drop, v.1
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 11: The Lord sure musta frowned on his ma to make her drop one that size.at drop, v.5
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 44: Sore? You thinnies may be as sore as us fatties, but sure ain’t as much sore.at fatty, n.1
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 61: I figure the last night ashore oughta be something worth remembering [...] You know, fizz, a snazzy band, a dame that can dress.at fizz, n.1
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 44: Say, ever hear who discovered fuzz on peaches, her boy friend, he-he-he. That’s a good one, ain’t it?at fuzz, n.2
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 17: Aw, up your giggy with a wire brush.at up your giggy! (excl.) under giggy, n.
1953 W. Eyster Far from the Customary Skies 305: ‘You’re griped because I beat you out of second class,’ Average retorted.at griped, adj.