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How to be Poor choose

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[US] F. Fay How To Be Poor 132: But the kid — boffo! — he’s a goner.
at boffo!, excl.
[US] F. Fay How To Be Poor 20: I put away chunks and gobs of the ‘filthy’ for the ‘rainy days’.
at filthy, the, n.
[US] F. Fay How To Be Poor 3: You are ‘loaded,’ and I don’t mean liquor — I mean ‘you’ve got what it takes’.
at loaded for bear (adj.) under loaded, adj.
[US] F. Fay How To Be Poor 3: You have the ‘moola’ (sometimes abbreviated ‘moo’).
at moo, n.2
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