1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 222: All you have to worry ’bout is one lil’ ding-a-thing when you got a boy . . . but when you got a girl, you got to worry ’bout all the ding-a-things on the block!at ding-a-ling, n.2
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 211: I’m not goin’ to waste a lot o’ time shuckin’ ’n jivin’.at shuck and jive, v.
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 150: Kwendi shakes his hand again, straight-arrow style this time.at straight-arrow, adj.
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 174: We all know you hung up on that funny-ass horn you playin’ and all.at -ass, sfx
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 116: I wish some jinny-ass nigger would even dare try to approach me with some of the bullshit . . . ha!at jenny-ass, n.
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 196: Fergy [...] hits the bottom step of the front stoop, heading for the great b.s.at b.s., n.
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 155: Thank you, old bean . . . better luck next time.at old bean (n.) under bean, n.2
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 10: Go ’head and play! That’s one o’ them habitual bitchers! Don’t nobody never complain about us playin’ down here but him!at bitcher (n.) under bitch, v.
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 55: Gimme eight bones ’n put it on. Twenty carat gin-u-wine Swiss!at bone, n.4
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 84: The city of Marseilles . . . fantastic booyea base.at boo-ya, adj.
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 127: We had to pay for that damn ham . . . which makes it [...] a helluva lot different from boostin’.at boosting, n.
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 69: Committin’ any kind of little funny, off-brand crime in order to make sure I had a wake-up shot.at off-brand, adj.
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 12: Adjusting and readjusting his large, white-rimmed burgundy brim.at brim, n.2
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 52: Black cul-tural nationalism, my buns!at my buns! (excl.) under buns, n.
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 149: With all that bush Lubertha has on her head these days, she’s gonna have t’ play with it awhile.at bush, n.1
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 12: Haul ass ’less you want t’ get a cap busted in it!at bust a cap (v.) under cap, n.2
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 55: Gimme eight bones ’n put it on. Twenty carat gin-u-wine Swiss!at twenty-four carat, adj.
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 120: I’m ’pectin’ some change to be laid on me in a lil’ while.at change, n.
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 126: Everything is cool … we stand in the checkout line, chit-chattin’.at chit-chat, v.
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 21: Awwwright . . . that’s cool . . . we’ll check . . . you. [...] We’ll check you out later on.at check, v.
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 79: Why don’t you cats put your coins together and get some good wine?at coin, n.
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 57: That sho’ musta been a cold shot for her t’ find her T.V. gone.at cold shot (n.) under cold, adj.
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 21: Awwwright . . . that’s cool . . . we’ll check . . . you.at that’s cool under cool, adj.