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[US] F.R. Pierce ‘Butler’s Nag’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 73/1: He’s a little off upstairs.
at off, adv.4
[US] P. Gallico ‘The Yellow Twin’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 39/2: There was not much incentive to do so [i.e. stay fit] in the clean-up trips through the sticks.
at clean up, v.
[US] P. Gallico ‘The Yellow Twin’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 39/2: He agreed that Barney would take a dive somewhere between the seventh and ninth rounds.
at take a dive (v.) under dive, n.1
[US] P. Gallico ‘The Yellow Twin’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 38/2: Barney Cassidy [...] stood the fans on their ears by knocking out Mickey Toohey.
at stand someone on their ear (v.) under ear, n.1
[US] P. Gallico ‘The Yellow Twin’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 41/1: That was a dumb trick letting him get the jump on me.
at get a jump on (v.) under jump, n.
[US] P. Gallico ‘The Yellow Twin’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 39/2: Hanford [...] was barnstorming the middle west, pushing over set-ups for pin money.
at set-up, n.1
[US] P. Gallico ‘The Yellow Twin’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 40/1: If [...] you went out there expecting a waltz, and got knocked off, you’d never forgive me.
at waltz, n.
[US] P. Gallico ‘The Yellow Twin’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 36/1: He brought his right up [...] and popped Mike on the whiskers.
at whiskers, n.1
[US] ‘Max Brand’ ‘The Ghost’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 61/2: I ain’t going to try no funny stuff.
at funny business, n.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ ‘The Ghost’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 59/2: I ain’t no gossipin’ bit of calico.
at calico, n.1
[US] ‘Max Brand’ ‘The Ghost’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 63/1: Tell me what the wall-eyed cayuses figure on doin’!
at cayuse, n.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ ‘The Ghost’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 63/1: They’d have the sheriff [...] stick you in the coop.
at coop, n.1
[US] ‘Max Brand’ ‘The Ghost’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 61/2: Do you think I’d try and gunplay while you have the drop on me?
at have the drop (on) (v.) under drop, n.1
[US] ‘Max Brand’ ‘The Ghost’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 63/2: I’ll [...] line out for new hunting grounds.
at line out, v.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ ‘The Ghost’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 61/2: I ain’t a guy to bet a measly pair of treys against a full house.
at tray, n.1
[US] ‘Max Brand’ ‘The Ghost’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 63/1: Those two-card Johnnies over to town know something of what you’ve done.
at two-card (adj.) under two, adj.
[US] ‘Stampede’ in T. Goodstone Pulps (1970) 86/1: Glenn Vernam an’ Joe Archibald got together an’ cleaned me purty.
at clean, v.
[US] ‘Stampede’ in T. Goodstone Pulps (1970) 86/1: We gotta fork leather again an’ hunt for three missin’ hombres.
at fork, v.1
[US] ‘Stampede’ in T. Goodstone Pulps (1970) 86/1: The third hairpin is none other than our own Dishpan Charlie!
at hairpin, n.
[US] ‘Stampede’ in T. Goodstone Pulps (1970) 86/1: Climb down, hombres and hombresses, an’ rest for a mite.
at hombre, n.
[US] ‘Stampede’ in T. Goodstone Pulps (1970) 86/1: The first of these lost jaspers is Leonard Olsen.
at jasper, n.
[US] T.T. Flynn ‘The Deadly Orchid’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 105/1: Listen to me, you sack of wind!
at bag of wind (n.) under bag, n.1
[US] J.E. Grinstead ‘Old Pard’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 67/2: Then all hands put another helping of healing balm on the inside.
at balm, n.
[US] R.O. Case ‘A Ticket Outside’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 78/1: You’ve been robbing Joe blind from the start.
at rob blind (v.) under blind, adv.1
[US] T.T. Flynn ‘The Deadly Orchid’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 106/1: I went in with a fat billfold, a boiled shirt, tails and everything.
at boiled shirt (n.) under boiled, adj.
[US] J.E. Grinstead ‘Old Pard’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 66/1: A man who [...] bust out in a foreign tongue.
at bust out, v.4
[US] J.E. Grinstead ‘Old Pard’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 66/2: He would [...] say to the barkeep: ‘Just leave it there, Chub.’.
at chub, n.1
[US] T.T. Flynn ‘Deadly Orchid’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 105/2: Corker, isn’t she?
at corker, n.2
[US] T.T. Flynn ‘The Deadly Orchid’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 105/1: When I pay sixty-seven crackers for a cardboard box [...] I want to see what I’m stung with.
at cracker, n.4
[US] T.T. Flynn ‘The Deadly Orchid’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 104/2: Forget-me-not eyes, a knock ’em dead face, and a clinging manner.
at knock-’em-dead, adj.
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