1928 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.
1928 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.
1928 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.
1928 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.
1928 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.
1928 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.
1928 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.
1928 R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 181: Well, this Joshua thought he was the owl’s bowels.at bee’s knees, n.
1928 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.
1928 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
1928 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
1928 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
1928 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
1928 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
1928 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
1928 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.
1928 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.
1928 R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 297: Synonyms of Negro [...] : Cloud, crow, darky, dinge.at cloud, n.
1928 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.
1928 R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 297: Synonyms of Negro [...] : Cloud, crow, darky, dinge.at crow, n.2
1928 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.
1928 R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 8: Hyeh’s a dickty tryin’ his damndest to be fay – like all d’ other dickties.at dicty, n.
1928 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
1928 R. Fisher Walls Of Jericho 297: Synonyms of Negro [...] : Cloud, crow, darky, dinge, dinky.at dinky, n.1