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The Maison de Shine choose

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[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 86: Eva’s acting to me as if she had an ace in the hole, an’ she might get tipped off.
at ace in the hole (n.) under ace, n.
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 182: I’ll have to ast yuh to come acrost with sumpin’ to-day, seein’ as my own rent’s due.
at come across, v.
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 270: Has Bill been actin’ up ag’in?
at act up, v.
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 3: They had nothin’ better’n an old bum tiger from Injy [...] an’ callin it ‘Fanny Adams’.
at fanny adams, n.1
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 118: I hate to see you goin’ bug over that old alligator.
at alligator, n.
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 217: I’ll string with you.
at string (along) with (v.) under string (along), v.
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 287: He’ll bite some party sure as shootin’.
at sure as shooting under sure as..., phr.
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 126: He’ll wisht he never come ’round tryin’ to bawl out one of the his best customers when I git there.
at bawl out, v.1
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 196: He’s busted Mangle’s beak.
at beak, n.2
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 130: Pop swung on a guy an’ come near knockin’ his bean offa him.
at bean, n.1
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 263: Ain’t she a world beater?
at beater, n.2
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 111: As for settling now, I’ll be there with bells on Sat’day, sure.
at with bells on under bell, n.1
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 169: I hate that mutt [...] He went an’ put a new benny on the cheese der me once.
at benny, n.1
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 78: Ain’t she the bird.
at bird, n.2
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 226: ‘Four bits deposit,’ said the landlady, ‘on all keys.’.
at four bits (n.) under bit, n.1
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 81: Oh, am I allus to be cursed with gells too blame lazy to stir a step!
at blame, adv.
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 89: [of a person] If they got no more sense than to blow one who’s everything she should be, with a figger which win a medal [...] them let him go.
at blow, v.2
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 57: I presume I’m good enough when yer swell frens blow you.
at blow, v.2
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 278: An’ yet ev’ry ball an’ benefit gave fur parties in the perfession I git boned fur a contribution.
at bone, v.1
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 209: I’m a reasonable feller, an’ have been. All I ast is an even break.
at even break, n.
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 217: Well, the way things are breakin’, Bill [...] we better grab what we can.
at break, v.2
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 28: A party’s liable to make a break, an’ yet mean the best in the world.
at break, n.1
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 227: She suttenly is a ravin’ bug when she begins.
at bug, n.4
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 118: I hate to see you goin’ bug over that old alligator. [Ibid.] 126: Them people’d drive yuh bug!
at bug, adj.
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 275: Oh, every gelmun gits a bun on onct in a while.
at bun, n.2
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 133: He can’t do no imitations like me, an’ his act’s the bunk. [Ibid.] 225: Their act was a bunk.
at bunk, n.2
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 206: The impression’d git under his skin, even if he was a little bunned.
at bunned, adj.
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 2: It ain’t no wonder that hotels is bustin’ every day.
at bust, v.1
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 65: It’s drivin’ me to the buzzy house, an’ that ain’t no joke.
at buzzy house, n.
[US] H. Green Maison De Shine 52: Why don’t you be game? I’d like to see some feller call me, an’ me not get back to him!
at call (out) (v.) under call, v.
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