1936 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.
1936 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.
1936 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.
1936 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.
1936 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.
1936 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
1936 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.
1936 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.
1936 J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 447: Cripes, the way she talks! I never heard the beat of it.at beat, n.2
1936 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.
1936 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
1936 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.
1936 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
1936 J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 76: I found myself strapped for ready cash.at strapped (for cash), adj.
1936 J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 168: She was going to [...] start chewing the rag at him.at chew the rag, v.
1936 J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 217: He must have dough to smoke fags as classy as these.at classy, adj.
1936 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.
1936 J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 482: ‘I bought ’em!’ said Bill. ‘Crap! Crap!’ said Cross-Eyed Bucky.at crap!, excl.
1936 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
1936 J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 218: Ditch school, and come along downtown with me.at ditch, v.1
1936 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
1936 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
1936 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.
1936 J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 478: Go ahead! I’m from Missouri. Show me!at I’m from Missouri, phr.