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The New Girls choose

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[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 306: She [...] felt great that she was going to ace her exams.
at ace, v.
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 325: The other letter was essentially a bread-and-butter letter from Lisa.
at bread and butter letter (n.) under bread-and-butter, adj.
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 54: My dear, she thinks I’m the cat’s ass. Which I am, of course.
at cat’s ass, n.1
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 312: You get past all that trivial bullshit – how’s your work, how’s your ass.
at how’s your ass? under ass, n.
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 271: Fat chance, babycakes.
at babycakes (n.) under baby, n.
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 208: They did a bang-up job raising money for the symphony.
at bang-up, adj.
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 123: ‘It wouldn’t be that bad,’ said Ann doubtfully. ‘You bet your ass it would.’.
at bet one’s (sweet) ass (v.) under bet, v.
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 234: She’s gonna blow lunch ...
at blow lunch (v.) under blow, v.1
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 303: Ann’s class was quite browned off [...] to miss the chance of seeing television.
at browned off, adj.
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 130: Jesus, she really is bucking for Government, isn’t she?
at buck for, v.
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 135: She didn’t think Miss Purse was completely bughouse.
at bughouse, adj.1
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 191: Oh, God, the coal’s gone from the end of your cigarette. Where is it? I think your pants are on fire.
at coal, n.1
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 20: The other girls go to Congo – that’s the Congregational Church.
at congo, n.3
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 235: I know a guy who got suspended from Princeton for taking a dump in Times Square.
at take a dump (v.) under dump, n.4
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 267: The mother’d been in AA for years, but she fell off the wagon and had to be locked up.
at fall off the (water) wagon (v.) under fall, v.1
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 306: She’d get to feeling good, even, to [...] getting up as early as she liked without having to take any flak from Rowley.
at flak, n.
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 51: I was sure that Miss Moltke would flunk me, the flit.
at flit, n.2
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 98: Ann learned [...] about how hard it is to make the varsity soccer team even though you were practically the best regular substitute on the whole frosh team.
at frosh, n.
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 105: ‘Give my granny a frosty.’ Pear reached into an ice bucket and produced a can of Ballantine ale.
at frosty, n.
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 227: He’s so fucking gorgeous.
at fucking, adv.
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 312: The only other thing that gets me off like that is coke.
at get off, v.3
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 257: They know a girl with a record of leadership at Miss Pratt’s will offer them just as much as some greasy grind with straight A’s from the local high school.
at grind, n.
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 167: I’d be embarrassed, actually, to [...] see real grossers representing Miss Pratt’s.
at grosser, n.
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 182: You get in line for the grunts [...] and we’ll belly up to the bar.
at grunt, n.
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 245: Prince Charming was always some awful grunt.
at grunt, n.
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 55: I thought I was going to split a gut laughing.
at bust a gut (v.) under gut, n.
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 44: It seemed like so much smug hoohah to me.
at hooha, n.
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 287: Found some babe who’s so hot for it she wants to take us both on!
at hot for (adj.) under hot, adj.
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 136: My dear, it must be a little drunk out.
at it, n.1
[US] B. Gutcheon New Girls (1982) 22: ‘Lisa,’ her father interrupted, ‘you can put a lid on that girl chat for just a minute, can’t you?’.
at put the lid on (v.) under lid, n.
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