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[US] J. Flaherty Tin Wife 200: Puerto Rican thugs on television [...] were being led to arraignment, jive-assing it for the cameras.
at jive-ass, v.
[US] J. Flaherty Tin Wife 65: I wouldn’t ask you to do something terrible. This is catshit. Forget the punk.
at catshit (n.) under cat, n.1
[US] J. Flaherty Tin Wife 40: Heavy hitter, juicer, yes; but never alcoholic. That was sick, not only sick but probably hereditary.
at heavy hitter (n.) under heavy, adj.
[US] J. Flaherty Tin Wife 51: The ‘nabes’. That said it all. Entertainment for the proles.
at nabe, n.1
[US] J. Flaherty Tin Wife 199: I never daydream about blowing away a spade or a PR.
at P.R., n.
[US] J. Flaherty Tin Wife 65: Don’t piss an unlimited career away by acting like a thick Mick.
at thick, adj.
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