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[US] ‘Weekly Wire’ Boston Phoenix 4 May 🌐 Ondine was a self-described ‘A-head,’ an amphetamine freak, who was so high during much of the taping that listening to him is like putting your ear up to a radio and scanning the stations with the volume cranked up full blast.
at a-head, n.
[US] Boston Phoenix 6 Apr. 🌐 Most of these folks are just working folks. You don’t get Lady Astor’s pet horse.
at Astor’s pet horse, n.
[US] Boston Phoenix 2 Nov. n.p.: If you open yourself up to it, pop can serve as a backdrop (or a catalyst) for any old thing.
at any old thing (n.) under thing, n.
[US] in Boston Phoenix 24–31 Aug. 🌐 No one wants to live with a prude, but a drooling boozehead who prays to the porcelain god each evening isn’t exactly a prime candidate for the spare bedroom either.
at booze-head (n.) under booze, n.
[US] Boston Phoenix 12 Sept. 🌐 The Boston Marathon [...] also provides an excuse to carbo-load beer and nachos while watching from the comfort of a Comm Ave bar.
at carbo-load, v.
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