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Veeck — as in Wreck 83: He used to play around with a dozen or so penny stocks for kicks. None of them was worth anything, they were all cats and dogs.at cats and dogs, n.
Veeck — as in Wreck 83: He used to play around with a dozen or so penny stocks for kicks. None of them was worth anything, they were all cats and dogs. Veeck — as in Wreck 189: [A] St. Louis railroad section detective put the arm on him because he answered the description of a young guy who had held up a liquor store.at put the arm on (v.) under arm, n.
Veeck — as in Wreck 333: I didn’t have Rudie Schaffer to backstop me, either.at backstop (n.) under back, adj.2
Veeck — as in Wreck 72: Greek spotted a line of baldheads in the seats a little below us.at baldhead, n.
Veeck — as in Wreck 125: I called down to the locker room and asked [baseball stars] Boudreau and Feller to dash over and barber with them [i.e. out-of-town fans] until the train came.at barber, v.
Veeck — as in Wreck 119: If the home team wins, you will do twice as much business during the concession blowoff; that is, in the amount of money the customers spend as they are leaving the park. Being happy, they are twice as willing to leave some money behind.at blow off, n.2
Veeck — as in Wreck 67: Bill Norman, who came to me as a player [...] was a booze man then.at booze, n.
Veeck — as in Wreck 288: Had I tried to bull my way into first Milwaukee and then Baltimore? I had. There was no other way to do it.at bull, v.1
Veeck — as in Wreck 35: [M]y visitors were thoughtful enough to bring along their flasks. [...] when my father and mother arrived, I was so far gone that I didn’t know who they were.at far gone, adj.
Veeck — as in Wreck 187: Well, not really a customer. Only a freebie.at freebie, n.
Veeck — as in Wreck 285: In less than five minutes, I knew that I had been had.at have, v.
Veeck — as in Wreck 79: ‘I’d rather be dead than getting a hosing like you’re giving that live one of yours, poor Cox’.at hose, v.1
Veeck — as in Wreck 52: Charlie would give himself a lift by going up into the stands and tearing off a couple of solo numbers [i.e. on the banjo].at tear off, v.2
Veeck — as in Wreck 132: There is almost nothing I won’t do for a player who is putting out for me.at put out, v.
Veeck — as in Wreck 203: I had sworn off hard liquor [...] I settled thereafter for beer and ‘Polish pop’ (sparkling Burgundy wine).at Polish pop (n.) under pop, n.1
Veeck — as in Wreck 140: Frank, of course, is round-heeled when it comes to a trade. [...] I mean that if you come to Frank with a proposition, he can’t say no.at roundheeled, adj.
Veeck — as in Wreck 365: [I]t was obvious from the beginning that the Brown-Autry group was in the saddle.at in the saddle (adj.) under saddle, n.
Veeck — as in Wreck 139: [H]e called back to tell me that Uncle Clark had agreed. I wasn’t going to give Unc a chance to have any second thoughts.at unc, n.
Veeck — as in Wreck 190: [J]ust sharply enough to let Clint know he was ready for him any time Clint wanted to make something of it.at want to make something of it? under want, v.
Veeck — as in Wreck 45: [A] wrestling manager who was supposed to be able to put a whammy on his boy’s opponents.at put the whammy on (v.) under whammy, n.
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