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[US] Afro American 15 Oct. 9/4: Mr. Editor, I think it would be a good idea to warn our people through your publication of this Northern ofay’s (so-called white) boast how easily he is getting rich off the profits to be made from our people.
at ofay, n.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 1 Dec. 12/1: The old-timers [...] can get a close-up view of the bare legs [and] sip the old big-juice [sic] to bring back memories of former days.
at bug juice (n.) under bug, n.4
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 15 Dec. 14/3: What lass got too hep celebrating her first day on earth day?
at hep, adj.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 22 June 15/3: Bud Fisher, gliding with an armful.
at armful (n.) under arm, n.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 22 June 15/3: The popular pill dispenser is reported to be a member of the ranks of benedicts.
at benedict, n.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 29 June 15/1: The blue-pencil boys will never let that pass.
at blue-pencil, v.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 6 Apr. 15/1: Johnny Wyche gave two sepia lads the bum’s ruish, because they were with two ofay girls.
at bum’s rush, n.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 23 Mar. 15/1: What Malden cookey is trying to gain the love and affection of Eldood .
at cookee, n.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 6 Apr. 15/1: Can you imagine an ofay doing a cover-up for a sepia guy who was playing an ofay gal?
at do a cover-up (v.) under cover-up, n.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 2 Mar. 15/1: By the way, Art is a cradle pirate too.
at cradle-robber (n.) under cradle, n.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 16 Mar. 15/1: The boastful lady-loving femme did a cut-in act on the hubby.
at cut in, v.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 30 Mar. 15/1: The smashed engagement of a certain lass of night life fame and a dicty Depression Hill lad.
at dicty, adj.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 20 Apr. 15/2: The lass [...] was sixteen hundred smackers richer when her digit selection rolled out last week.
at digits, n.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 30 Mar. 15/1: The lads of the shady side of life really meant business, which means that the Owl has declined to dosh the works.
at dish the works (v.) under dish, v.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 23 Mar. 15/1: Another [church trustee] was taken by the ducks for one hundred smackers.
at duck, n.12
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 13 Apr. 15/3: The gendarmes are making a ruthless attack against the users and sellers of those Mexican narcotic fags, called love weeds.
at fag, n.3
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 23 Mar. 15/1: To you [...] who delight in talking to the galloping dominoes, recent statistics reveal that 100,000 pairs of dice are sold [...] every year.
at galloping dominoes (n.) under galloping, adj.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 16 Mar. 15/1: Watch out for Mocha and his gut-bucket stooges.
at gutbucket, adj.2
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 16 Feb. 15/1: Joshua (Nonchalant) Bonds [...] is to ‘throw the hammer’ to a certain Tush-Hawk — City smart aleck to you.
at throw the hammer (v.) under hammer, n.2
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 2 Mar. 15/1: To some, the Challengers are a group of high-hatted intelligentsia.
at high-hat, adj.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 2 Mar. 15/1: The yarn of a widow who had two heart-beats — one [...] a sugar daddy, and the other a gigolo.
at heartbeat (n.) under heart, n.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 16 Feb. 15/1: Joshua (Nonchalant) Bonds [...] is to ‘throw the hammer’ to a certain Tush-Hawk — City smart aleck to you.
at tush hog, n.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 19 Jan. 14/3: Shame! Shame! that some sepia lad will do a hook-up with such a lass.
at hook-up, n.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 16 Mar. 15/1: What lady-loving femme who openly boasts of this habit was recently assisted in making a get-away [etc].
at lady lover (n.) under lady, n.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 6 Apr. 15/1: They were found guilty of possessing a drug known as love weeds [...] The gendarmes testified that he [...] had love weeds in his possession.
at love weeds (n.) under love, n.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 13 Apr. 15/3: The gendarmes are making a ruthless attack against the users and sellers of those Mexican narcotic fags, called love weeds.
at love weeds (n.) under love, n.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 2 Mar. 15/1: Mary Jumper is the lovelikins of what Pleasant View Avenue lad?
at lovelikins (n.) under lovely, n.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 6 Apr. 15/1: Tom Simmons [...] fell down on the job [...] Was it really too much lush?
at lush, n.1
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 16 Mar. 15/1: I’ve got a private file of information that would blow the lid off this burg. But the minute I used it I’d start hell-bent on a one-way ride.
at one-way ride, n.
[US] E. Freeman ‘The Whirling Hub’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 29 June 15/1: Those wise lassies of the pavement set a high price upon ofay lovers .
at lassie of the pavement (n.) under pavement, n.
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