1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 19: Rougher than a cob. Wilder than a woodchuck [...] Madder than nine hundred dollars.at madder than a woodheap, adj.
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 19: Rougher than a cob. Wilder than a woodchuck [...] Mixed-up, screwed-up people.at ...a cob under rough as..., adj.
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 100: Quit popping off at your mouth!at pop off (at the mouth), v.
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 369: You know, you’re an awful, awful smart girl.at awful, adv.
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 12: This is th’ roughest bastardly boxcar that I ever swung into.at bastardly, adj.
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 422: I never did see such a dirty, messy, bloody, beat-up bunch of people in my whole life.at beat-up, adj.
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 178: They quit jumping on me for two reasons: I’d beat the hound out of them, and the others wanted to ride on that motorcycle.at beat the hound out of (v.) under beat, v.
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 415: Man gits outta woik, tho’, goes off on a Goddam blink.at on the blink (adj.) under blink, n.1
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 353: You’re not going to hurt anybody, Mister Blowoff!at blow off, n.1
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 20: Quiet down! You damn bunch of liars, you! Blowin’ off at yer head what all you can do! I hear this talk all up an down these railroads! [...] You go around blabbin’ off at your mouth.at blow off at the mouth (v.) under blow off, v.2
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 250: Bad time uv year fer them right blue northers!at blue, adj.1
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 372: There’s a blue jillion things wrong with how th’ country’s run.at blue, adj.5
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 28: Kin ya rally beat it out on dat jitter box dere, mister?at jitter box, n.
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 343: Bar flies, brass railers.at brass rail (n.) under brass, adj.1
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 297: I hit the breeze again.at hit the breeze (v.) under breeze, n.1
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 97: She was so broke up and hurting that she couldn’t stand still.at broke up, adj.
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 227: The white puts out a long arm [...] The dark one is buffaloed.at buffaloed, adj.
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 383: They want ya ta sing pure ol’ bull manure an’ nothin else.at bullshit, n.
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 206: Then I got so dizzy I caved in.at cave in (v.) under cave, v.
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 304: Then I put in my three cent’s worth.at put in one’s two cents’ (worth) (v.) under two cents’ worth, n.
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 277: She acted crabby and fussy, chewing the rag.at chew the rag, v.
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 364: You don’t hafta swing that pump aroun’s so much [...] You don’t want to konk none of yer own soldiers out, do you?at conk (out), v.
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 122: Little too much noise there, buddy [...] Walk along with me till you cool off.at cool off, v.2
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 356: The whole bunch of thugs made a big run at us sailing cuss words of a million filthy, low-down, ratty kind.at cuss-word (n.) under cuss, n.2
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 19: I’m th’ best dadgum blacksmith in Logan County!at dad-gum, adj.
1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 75: Well, now there you go again with your dang fool infernal questions.at dang, adv.