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[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 17 Jan. 8/5: ‘No siree, he ain’t no burglar’s accomplice’.
at no siree (bob)!, excl.
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 5 Dec. 7/6: [She] disappeared into the kitchen, escorted by a reverent and remote train, maid, button boy, and the porter .
at button boy (n.) under button, n.1
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 1 July 1/4: Goofy hauls off and starts to bozo again [...] when somebody reaches out from behind him [...] and puts the slug on him.
at bozo, v.
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 1 July 1/4: Goofy hauls off and starts to bozo again [...] when somebody reaches out from behind him [...] and puts the slug on him.
at put the slug on (v.) under slug, n.2
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 22 June 4/3: Says his wife with a sneer, ‘You’d better go sit on a tack’.
at go sit on a tack! (excl.) under sit, v.
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 4 Oct. 19/5: Businessmen are sitting around sucking their thumbs and sobbing the blues.
at sob the blues (v.) under blues, n.1
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 12 June 21/1: [of two NYC Jewish pushcart pedlars] ‘I sad [sic] ’ reiterated Moe, ‘Howz business?’ To which the stubborn Ben boomed: ‘Does Macy’s tell Gimbel?
at does Macy’s tell Gimbel’s?, phr.
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 24 Aug. 4/3: Once there was a news editor who said, ‘We’ll ditch that page one leg art and sub this photo of the new Hoover commission’.
at leg art (n.) under leg, n.
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 30 Dec. 5/7: Soap Dodger Pendleton, the junkman’s son, a ‘blond, dirty resourceful brat’.
at soap dodger (n.) under soap, n.1
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 19 Apr. 22/1: Sockdolager Taken — Twenty-three and a half pounder of silver catfish.
at sockdolager, n.
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 7 May 12/8: At least a score of girls are now hppping bells at local inns, replacing the little jockeys who set down the bags, opened the windows and then opened those tickling palms.
at hop bells (v.) under bell, n.1
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 22 Aug. 6/6: But sure as shucks, I wasn’t looking for a Chamber of Commerce.
at sure as shucks under sure as..., phr.
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 10 Dec. 53/5: G.I. Dictionary, Korean Campaign. ‘He’s gone ape’ means he’s blown his top.
at go ape (v.) under ape, adj.
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 13 Feb. 6/4: The barbers classify such as you as the ‘shag-nasty’ boys.
at shag-nasty (adj.) under shag, v.1
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 20 Feb. 7/1: Barnett won the Phi Delts’annual trophy of a man slingin gthe bull by telling the best story at his fraternity [and] doesn’t seem to mind being kidded about being a ‘champion bullslinger’.
at bull slinger (n.) under bull, n.6
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 6 Nov. 26/4: A silent movie returns to an Akron screen Sunday [...] One of the attractions of Temple Israel’s carnival [is] the hit film ‘Will Success Spoil Becky the Bagel Bender’.
at bagel bender (n.) under bagel, n.
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 15 June 2/5: Federal Bankruptcy Court today order the immediate closing [...] of Sweeney’s Little Club, girlie bar and clip joint in downtown Cleveland [...] liquor agents had cited the place for using B-girls to solicit drinks from patrons.
at girlie bar (n.) under girlie, adj.
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl 11 Jan. 10/1: The Sting [...] There’s a vain, bullying Irish mobster [...] who’s just begging to be taken by any confidence men nervy enough. Well, Paul Newman and Robert Redford [...] are just the boys to handle a good hornswaggle.
at hornswoggle, n.
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 22 Mat. 27/1: He will feel naked as a jaybird without stickum.
at stickum, n.
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 11 Aug. 42/6: LOST, male cat, black and white, marked with black moustache, ‘Stashie’.
at stash, n.2
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 29 Aug. 38/2: Asked if he played golf, James cracked up. ‘Why, I couldn’t even bust a grape with a club,’ he said.
at couldn’t bust a grape... (v.) under bust a grape, v.
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 3 Apr. B9/1: [film listings] Downtown Adult Cinema 2 ‘Cherry Busters’ (X).
at cherry-buster (n.) under cherry, n.1
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 5 Nov. 14/1: Marcus preferred running his mouth to using his fists. ‘He wouldn’t bust a grape in a fruit fight’.
at couldn’t bust a grape... (v.) under bust a grape, v.
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 25 July E3/3: Dr Evil (Mike Myers) travels back in time to the 1960sand steals Powers’ (Myers) ‘mojo,’ leaving him all shagged out.
at shagged (out) (adj.) under shag, v.1
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 14 Sept. C005/4: ‘I started to settle in [...] my side pens have been good’.
at side pen (n.) under side, adj.
[US] Akron Beacon Jrnl (OH) 15 Feb. A013/1: The inevitable creep from sarcasm to snideness.
at snideness (n.) under snide, adj.
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