- Gaaaleee: An exclamation expressing surprise or disbelief.
- gimme: Contraction of "give me", meaning to provide or hand over something.
- Aw gaaaaalleeeee: An exclamation expressing surprise or exasperation.
- fly-by-night: Describing something or someone who is unreliable or not trustworthy.
- proposition: A plan or proposal.
The following lines are taken from act 1, scene 1. Explain what each underlined colloquialism means in each sentence. You do not need complete sentences for your explanations.
Travis: Gaaaleee! I don’t ask her, she just gimme it sometimes!
Ruth: Aw gaaaaalleeeee, Mama! … Get on out of here or you going to be late.
Travis: Whoopee–
Walter: … This ain’t no fly-by-night proposition, baby. I mean we figured it out, me and Willy and Bobo.
Walter: You a horrible-looking chick at this hour.
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