Green’s Dictionary of Slang
L. Allen Hot Stove League 151: [A] red-headed bantam from Ashland, Pennsylvania, who spent his boyhood [...] learning to fight during his lunch hour .at bantam, n.
L. Allen Hot Stove League 107: Bullpen, of course, is also used in prison slang to designate the fenced-in area where prisoners are permitted to exercise.at bullpen, n.
L. Allen Hot Stove League 196: ‘You lug! You should have lifted the bum in the sixth!’.at bum, n.3
L. Allen Hot Stove League 171: The word ‘fan’ was coined by Ted Sullivan, the legendary manager and scout of the early days, as an abbreviation of fanatic. [...] Before that fans were known as ‘cranks’.at crank, n.1
L. Allen Hot Stove League 191: [T]he Tulsa team [...] was sold to Mrs. Lucille Thomas [...] Sports writers were alarmed by this threat of petticoat ownership.at petticoat, n.
L. Allen Hot Stove League 3: [H]e had to spell [his name] out three times for a Chicago traffic cop who was issuing him a tag.at tag, n.3
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