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[US] Indiana Eve. Gazette 20 Mar. 9/2: When a concern ‘takes a bath’ it undergoes bankruptcy proceedings.
at take a bath (v.) under bath, n.
[US] Indiana Eve. Gazette 20 Mar. 9/2: A clarinet [may be called] a ‘gobblestick.’.
at gob-stick (n.) under gob, n.1
[US] Indiana Eve. Gazette 20 Mar. 9/2: In Manhattan hotels, any guest who doesn’t tip is known among the bellhops as ‘Mr. McGee.’.
at Joe McGee, n.
[US] Indiana Eve. Gazette 20 Mar. 9/2: A saxophone [may be called] a ‘meerschaum’.
at meerschaum, n.
[US] Indiana Eve. Gazette 20 Mar. 9/2: Variety [...] was the first to call an orchestra an ‘ork.’.
at ork, n.
[US] Indiana Eve. Gazette 20 Mar. 9/2: One [girl] warns another of dangling slip by some mention of a Ph.D. degree. ‘Ph.D.’ seems to stand for ‘petticoat hanging down.’.
at p.h.d., phr.
[US] Indiana Eve. Gazette 20 Mar. 9/2: An accordion may be called a ‘stomach pump.’.
at stomach Steinway (n.) under stomach, n.
[US] Indiana Eve. Gazette 20 Mar. 9/2: A well-informed individual is said to ‘know the right time.’.
at know what time (of day) it is (v.) under time, n.
[US] Indiana Eve. Gazette 10 June 7/8: The agents testified that they found [...] a quanitity of yen shee, a drink made from opium ashes.
at yen-shee, n.
[US] Indiana (PA) Eve. Gazette 22 Jan. 15/1: Debbie Steffey, we’ll cut you a break this time!
at give someone/something a break (v.) under break, n.1
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