a load of dough>
a load of money>
a lot of money
"he made a pot of dough in the undertaking business after he got out of pencey" (salinger 16).
"we all had to stand up in the grandstand and give him a locomotive" (salinger 16)
a load of bullshit, also a swear word
"I had to sit and LISTEN to that crap" (salinger 11)
"well, you could see he really felt pretty lousy about flunking me" (salinger 12)
to be expelled from school. kicked out, etc.
"The gave me frequent warning to start applying myself-- especially around midterms, when my parents came up for a conference with old Thurmer-- but i didn't do it. So i got the ax" (salinger 4)
acronym for tuberculosis. a common and deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria.
"I practically got t.b. and came out here for all these goddam checkups and stuff" (salinger 5).
acronym for tuberculosis. a common and deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria.
"I practically got t.b. and came out here for all these goddam checkups and stuff" (salinger 5).