swanky ostentatiously stylish; expensive and showy.
lousy with dough here, oversupplied with money.
asthma a generally chronic disorder characterized by wheezing, coughing, difficulty in breathing, and a suffocating feeling, caused by an allergy to inhaled substances, stress, etc.
oiled up here, drunk, intoxicated.
sack bed.
digression a wandering from the main subject in talking or writing.
pedagogical of or characteristic of teachers or of teaching.
"It's a secret between he and I." Mr. Antolini surely knows that this example of poor grammar is one that Holden frequently slips into, using the subjective form of the pronouns instead of the objective. The correct form would be to say, "It's a secret between him and me."
