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[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 188: That floorwalker was a first-class, A-number-one brand of unadulterated fathead.
at A-1, adj.
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 118: What good was he? He wasn’t worth a fart in bed.
at not worth a fart, phr.
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 179: He’d just like to tell that thickhead a thing or two.
at know a thing or two, v.
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 397: She just looks out for A-Number-One in every way that she can.
at A-number-one, n.
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 2393: You’re a wisealeck, aren’t you? I tagged you for a wise guy the minute you walked in here, actin’ like you owned shares around here.
at smart aleck, n.
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 349: ‘Go on, you alley rats!’ Margaret yelled at the kids.
at alley rat (n.) under alley, n.1
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 116: That five-and-ten-cent edition of a man you call your brother.
at five and dime, adj.
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 449: Tact, my eye! Tact in a pig’s ass-hole!
at in a pig’s arse! (excl.) under pig’s arse!, excl.
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 43: That woman [...] the old telephone pole!
at beanpole, n.
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 186: I never met the beat of you two boys.
at beat, n.2
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 447: Cripes, the way she talks! I never heard the beat of it.
at beat, n.2
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 224: He wanted to see their tits [...] and their belly buttons.
at belly button (n.) under belly, n.
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 447: ‘Where in the hell does she get such a line of talk?’ ‘She’s a bird, Ned, isn’t she?’.
at bird, n.1
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 291: All the reform people are yelping like chickens [...] They are the ones who like blue laws.
at blue-nosed, adj.
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 216: I’m not going up to Miss Timmins and say you been bummin’ from school.
at bum, v.4
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 392: He’d [...] buzz Jack on the phone.
at buzz, v.1
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 76: I found myself strapped for ready cash.
at strapped (for cash), adj.
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 168: She was going to [...] start chewing the rag at him.
at chew the rag, v.
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 217: He must have dough to smoke fags as classy as these.
at classy, adj.
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 259: Margaret [...] anxiously thinking to herself how she might worm something out of this cold fish.
at cold fish (n.) under cold, adj.
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 479: ‘Crap luck!’ Bull Young said.
at crap, adj.
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 482: ‘I bought ’em!’ said Bill. ‘Crap! Crap!’ said Cross-Eyed Bucky.
at crap!, excl.
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 393: There was a satisfaction in punching some sonofabitch square in the jaw like that, calling curtains on him in one punch.
at curtains, n.1
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 145: He’s as cranky as the deuce.
at deuce, the, phr.
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 218: Ditch school, and come along downtown with me.
at ditch, v.1
[US] J.T.Farrell World I Never Made 399: Oh, Mother, you’re so cute [...] And you do forgive me, don’t you, you little dollie?
at dolly, n.1
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 190: I had my share of tank towns, dumpy hotels.
at dumpy, adj.
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 97: Say, you’re looking peacherinoes. [Ibid.] 159: It’s certainly a treaterino, all right.
at -erino, sfx
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 133: ‘Artie Lenehan, who always makes trouble and does this all the time,’ Danny said, lip-farting to show his grandmother what Artie always did.
at lip fart, v.
[US] J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 478: Go ahead! I’m from Missouri. Show me!
at I’m from Missouri, phr.
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