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Been Down So Long It Seems Like Up to Me choose

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[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 18: Give me the Victorian for ‘how’s your ass, ace?’.
at ace, n.
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 61: Who [...] was [...] Hop Harrigan’s ace buddy?
at ace boy (n.) under ace, adj.
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 94: You feel like dancing, maybe fool around a little?
at fool around, v.
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 100: ‘You mean to tell me,’ lowering his voice, pulling them closer, ‘that this here’s the article?’.
at article, n.
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 18: Give me the Victorian for ‘how’s your ass, ace?’.
at how’s your ass? under ass, n.
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 73: Oh bad-ass scene. Get them out of here.
at bad-ass, adj.
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 59: They threw me out [...] Out out on my ass, bump down the stairs.
at out on one’s ass under ass, n.
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 17: Got her drunk on grasshoppers and she barfed all over the back seat.
at barf, v.
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 20: I might dig it and pledge. Wear a propellor-topped beanie during Hell Week, pull a quacking toy to class.
at beanie, n.1
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 146: Plucked petals, by any other name / would be as beat.
at beat, adj.
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 49: ‘You tried at least.’ ‘Bet your sweet ass I tried.’.
at bet one’s (sweet) ass (v.) under bet, v.
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 49: I blew it after that. I mean I really packed it up.
at blow, v.1
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 191: She caught me with a boner, dammit.
at boner, n.4
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 55: May I go now? Ought to be hitting the books.
at hit the books, v.
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 61: You bet your rosy buns they threw me out.
at buns, n.
[US] R. Farina Been Down So Long 51: They can’t bust you, Heff.
at bust, v.1
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 40: ‘They busted me out at midterm [...] but I appealed.’ ‘They can’t bust you, Heff.’.
at bust out, v.5
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 48: Twelve, maybe thirteen chucs in all. Hybrid physiognomy, weird little pig-eyes.
at chuc, n.
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 120: Returning a six-pack of Ballantine ale and a church key with a synthetic ruby on the handle.
at church key (n.) under church, n.3
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 43: Distract the cat, cool the five bucks [fine].
at cool, v.2
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 86: Skip the crap, what are we even bothering for.
at cut the crap, v.
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 36: ‘Never mix shit and booze,’ came the reprimand. ‘Oh crap, a mother.’.
at crap!, excl.
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 48: Nasty lush: ethyl alcohol cut with Gallo sauterne and tequila.
at cut, adj.3
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 97: Spider had cut the lip off a blonde Deke in a white seersucker suit three years before.
at deke, n.1
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 27: ‘Siamese twins? Really?’ ‘Joined at the left diddly.’.
at diddies, n.
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 91: That South American ring-ding with his sequined rodeo shirt.
at ring-ding, n.2
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 112: Lush does your head, baby.
at do someone’s head in (v.) under do in, v.
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 64: ‘What the hell are all those things, Paps?’ ‘A whole lot of doodley-shit.’.
at doodley-shit, n.
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 197: I’m dosed, baby. Clap.
at dosed (up), adj.
[US] (con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 47: Man, he had it all down.
at have something down (v.) under down, adv.2
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