1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 34: You can’t have wise-guys in a war, or smart-alecs either.at smart aleck, n.
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 35: They had bowled together, had dime-beers together, grabbed ass together.at grab-ass, v.
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 85: But you’re the big cheese, Charlie [...] Me and Mrs Gneiss are nothing. You’re the one who makes the rules.at big cheese, n.
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 28: ‘You’re early,’ said Miss Ball. ‘You’re an early bird.’.at early bird, n.1
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 53: So we sit here blabbing about it [...] Why don’t we do something about it?at blab, v.
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 40: There was a bit of the Irish in him [...] Full o’ blarney, he was.at blarney, n.1
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 87: Oh, botheration! [...] How can I drive the getaway car if I can’t drive?at botheration!, excl.
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 87: Oh, botheration! [...] How can I drive the getaway car if I can’t drive?at getaway car, n.
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 49: ‘You’re a card,’ said Mrs Gneiss. ‘Not so bad yourself, Grandma!’.at card, n.2
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 15: He got choked up. Something of a patriotic nature always brought rheum to his eyes.at choked, adj.
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 87: Think you can do that? Or have I got a real clinker in my platoon?at clinker, n.7
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 53: Decided to have a word in private with the manager [...] Finally went in. You guessed it! A coon in the chair! What could I do?at coon, n.
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 86: ‘Criminy sakes,’ said Miss Ball. ‘I can’t do it for the life of me.’.at criminy!, excl.
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 22: Like when you find out that your best buddy is a crumby stooge.at crummy, adj.2
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 39: Or shall I tell you he was a big producer who did me dirt?at do dirt to someone (v.) under dirt, n.
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 31: ‘He’ll talk your ear off,’ said Miss Ball.at talk someone’s ear off (v.) under ear, n.1
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 28: He dressed fit to kill and was very well-mannered.at fit to kill under fit to..., phr.
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 30: ‘They fixed him up real good. Then he learned.’ ‘Fixed him up?’ [...] ‘Beat the living stuffings out of him.’.at fix, v.1
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 19: Two voices – one from the radio, one from the seat next to him – sassed him, told him he was a useless old fool, a flop.at flop, n.4
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 48: ‘Years ago the Hershey Bars were the big things.’ ‘Nowadays they’re a gyp,’ said Mrs Gneiss.at gyp, n.1
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 52: The real problem is right here in our midst: the You-Know-Whos [...] they’re all as Red as they are black.at you know who, n.
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 57: This is the real thing, boy. Get the lead out of your pants.at get the lead out (v.) under lead, n.
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 59: Is it legal for some bastard with dark skin and a Party Card, all niggered-up with fancy clothes, to walk into your own bank and put his fingers all over your money?at nigger up (v.) under nigger, n.1
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 52: ‘Oodles of spunk left,’ Miss Ball interjected. ‘Oodles.’.at oodles, n.
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 34: I plugged my best friend. He used to wise around the place all the time. Had to give him the pay-off.at payoff, n.
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 51: Listened to news of the President’s [...] negotiations with what Mr Gibbon called ‘The Yellow Peril.’.at yellow peril, n.
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 16: Want to know what the Jerries were really like? Ask Pop Gibbon.at pop, n.3
1969 P. Theroux Murder in Mount Holly (1999) 40: ‘He was a regular S.O.B.,’ said Miss Ball. ‘And I hope you know what that means ...’.at s.o.b., n.