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The Circus of Dr Lao choose

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[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 53: Back up a little, everybody.
at back up, v.1
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 25: Heh, heh. Old Baldy thinks that bear is a man. Guess his sight’s failing.
at baldy, n.
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 22: They got a booby hatch in this state for people what gets funny notions.
at booby-hatch, n.
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 14: Larry the infantryman, Larry the booze-fighter, Larry the whorechaser.
at booze-fighter, n.
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 75: Boyoboy [...] I wonder what word the Greeks had for that!
at boy!, excl.
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 87: Well, the Chinks they haul out the last guy, a great big bozo.
at bozo, n.1
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 86: One time down at a burg called Tongshan [...] the Chink soldiers rounded up a bunch of deserters.
at burg, n.1
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 90: Why didn’t you tell us she was going to be so goddam old? [...] Hell, I thought we was going to see a chicken.
at chicken, n.
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 87: Just about the time the non-com pulls the trigger, the big boy jerks his head to one side.
at non-com, n.
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 10: Why, that’s a goddam lie!
at god-damn, adj.
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 87: Damn place was dead when I got here, an’ it’s been getting deader.
at dead, adj.
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 87: I seen Pancho Villa ’dobe wall a bunch of guys once.
at dobe-wall, v.
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 18: How come it’s so doggone yellow?
at doggone, adv.
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 87: Well, the Chinks they haul out the last guy, a great big bozo, an’ fixes to bump him off an’ call it a day.
at fix, v.1
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 37: Now I ain’t got a heck of a lot of money.
at heck, n.
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 8: Generally these circus impresarios are hell on having their names smeared all over the place.
at hell on under hell, n.
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 19: Can you imagine a real honest-to-god satyr driving a gold-plated mule down the main drag of a hick town?
at hick town (n.) under hick, n.1
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 88: After I get done with that hitch, I reckon I’ll try the coast artillery in Hawaii.
at hitch, n.1
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 87: One of the Chink non-coms would come up with a big Mauser pistol an’ let him have it between the horns.
at horn, n.2
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 14: Larry the infantryman, Larry the booze-fighter, Larry the whorechaser, Larry the loud-mouthed.
at loudmouth, adj.
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 89: The doc tipped me off to something hot.
at tip off, v.2
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 71: They laughed at the little old man’s frenzy, threatening to sic the Japs on him if he didn’t pipe down.
at sic on, v.
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 88: What are you figgering on doing, Larry, when you pull out of this place?
at pull out, v.
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 85: Pleasantly saturated [...] Larry Kamper and his companion sat at the bar conversing.
at saturated, adj.
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 19: This is only a teaser to the main dish.
at teaser, n.4
[US] C.G. Finney Circus of Dr Lao 51: And don’t go turning on the weeps, either.
at weeps, n.
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