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[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 30: You two [...] catch air. I got a bug to put in the big boy’s ear. [Ibid.] 155: When I reach for Pat, he’s breezed. Never see a man catch so much air so fas’.
at catch air (v.) under air, n.
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 55: ‘Well, kiss my assorted peanuts!’ ejaculated Bubber. [Ibid.] 148: Well, kiss my Aunt Annie’s preserves!
at kiss my arse!, excl.
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 163: It makes him mad as a wet hen to run out’n anything.
at ...a wet hen under mad as..., adj.
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 29: I been haulin’ pianos; but when they starts plantin’ dynamite, this baby’s gonna start haulin’ hindparts! [Ibid.] 300: Haul hiney. Depart in great haste.
at haul ass, v.
[US] Rudolph Fisher Walls Of Jericho 29: I been haulin’ pianos; but when they starts plantin’ dynamite, this baby’s gonna start haulin’ hindparts!
at baby, n.
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 13: ‘This boogy,’ explained Bubber, ‘thinks he’s bad. Come slippin’ me ’bout my family. He knows I don’t play nuthin’ like that.’.
at bad, adj.
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 116: I want you and that bad-haired husband of yours to come to a little stomp-down Saturday night.
at bad hair (n.) under bad, adj.
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 181: Well, this Joshua thought he was the owl’s bowels.
at bee’s knees, n.
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 88: She’s right hyeh at d’belly-rub to-night, big boy.
at belly rub (n.) under belly, n.
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 145: ‘Got the big boy goin’, huh?’ grinned Pat.
at big boy, n.
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 195: He’s big-time dickty. Dickties is evil.
at big-time, adv.
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 26: He’s my boy. Ain’t you my boy, biggy?
at biggy, n.1
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 13: ‘This boogy,’ explained Bubber, ‘thinks he’s bad. Come slippin’ me ’bout my family. He knows I don’t play nuthin’ like that.’.
at boogie, n.2
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 26: He’s my boy. Ain’t you my boy, biggy?
at boy, n.3
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 34: Wise guy [...] Can y’ beat it —? Wonder how many kinds of a jackass that bozo thinks I am?
at bozo, n.1
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 155: But when I reach for Pat, he’s breezed.
at breeze, v.1
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 217: Go to one of these drugstores that [...] could sell you the best rye right off at five or six bucks a pint.
at buck, n.3
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 30: You two [...] catch air. I got a bug to put in the big boy’s ear.
at put a bug in someone’s ear (v.) under bug, n.4
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 110: I’m going to get that bump-the-bump dance if it takes me the whole darn night!
at bump, n.1
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 7: I don’t think no shine’s got no business bustin’ into no fay neighborhood.
at bust in (v.) under bust, v.1
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 6: There now – shake that one off yo’ butt!
at butt, n.1
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 239: He couldn’t make her listen to reason, so he tried cave-man stuff. There was quite a scuffle.
at cave-man, n.
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 303: mr. charlie Non-specific designation of ‘swell’ whites [...] ‘That boogy’s got a straight-eight just like Mr. Charlie’s.’.
at Mr Charlie, n.
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 297: Synonyms of Negro [...] : Cloud, crow, darky, dinge.
at cloud, n.
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 269: The plump cocoa porter, his eyes on Shine, clawed absently and futilely at the place on the blanket where his pile should have been.
at cocoa, adj.
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 297: Synonyms of Negro [...] : Cloud, crow, darky, dinge.
at crow, n.2
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 233: ‘You better go see a doctor and make sure you’re all right.’ Damned if he would.
at damn, v.
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 8: Hyeh’s a dickty tryin’ his damndest to be fay – like all d’ other dickties.
at dicty, n.
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 94: Don’t a man move! – knew I’d turn the bug on you dinkies this time! And he threw down an ace and a jack, the supreme combination.
at dinky, n.1
[US] R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 297: Synonyms of Negro [...] : Cloud, crow, darky, dinge, dinky.
at dinky, n.1
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