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Paper Tiger (2007) 51: He was one of a group of redoubtable old boys who attempted to knock the corners off the Amherst youth of that era.at knock the corners off (v.) under knock, v.
Paper Tiger (2007) 51: He was one of a group of redoubtable old boys who attempted to knock the corners off the Amherst youth of that era. Paper Tiger 53: [B]atting for a [fraternity] brother who was in the hospital.at bat for (v.) under bat, v.
Paper Tiger 227: [The bomb] did not explode; however, the admiral did. He called Flynn and blistered him for twenty minutes.at blister, v.
Paper Tiger 281: After my retirement on April 1, 1962, the boys at the Tribune threw a brawl for me in Toots Shor’s and a lot of old friends came.at brawl, n.
Paper Tiger 217: I pulled a major bull by walking around after dark without having ascertained the pass word.at pull a bull (v.) under bull, n.2
Paper Tiger 3: The coal passer looked so formidable that many a tough guy took bumps and insults without calling him. However, he was finally called, and the fight that resulted was the most remarkable in the unofficial history of the ring.at call, v.
Paper Tiger 215: I was [...] for the first and only time equipped to wage successful war in either craps or poker. [...] I was cleaning all the boys.at clean, v.
Paper Tiger 137: It was a cold scoop and it made a sensation and forced the other morning papers into a late rewrite job.at cold, adj.
(con. 1917) Paper Tiger 73: [T]he Protestant undertakers [...] had to be checked three times a day [for a notable death]. The Catholics and Jews gave us no worry. They would call us the minute a prominent citizen cooled off.at cool off, v.2
Paper Tiger 3: [T]he men of the Amphion were more ugly and nervous than ever as they god-damned their sister ship and scanned the horizon for smoke.at god-damn, v.
Paper Tiger 252: The first couple of months I worked there [at The Compass, a newspaper] I doubled in brass, coincidentally finishing the football book for Dell.at double in brass (v.) under double, v.1
Paper Tiger 189: They said the buzz-bombs were thick that day but I was too far gone to be frightened.at far gone, adj.
Paper Tiger 121: The other Boston papers flunked the riot entirely.at flunk, v.
Paper Tiger 111: He was to get ten dollars for the job. This sum might win sneers from a present-day hopper but it was good money for New London in the twenties.at hop, n.5
Paper Tiger 42: [T]he Amherst [football] team immediately [...] started once again to knock the whey out of the Williamses.at knock the whey out of (v.) under knock, v.
Paper Tiger 3: Brown, anguished by the fact that Amherst had defeated its Rose Bowl team, 7-0, the year before, ran up a telephone-number score.at telephone number, n.
(con. 1917) Paper Tiger 73: We got hold of the diplomat and he reluctantly gave us a detailed description of his losses. We opened him up by telling him that the Worcester police were on the point of recovering everything.at open up (v.) under open, v.
(con. 1917) Paper Tiger 79: We played in a series of tough mill towns and usually had to put up with a great deal of unfavorable comment from the crowd. [...] I was seldom bothered by the riding but a fan in Rochdale finally got my combination.at riding, n.
Paper Tiger 112: I avoided thinking about the formidable lead story. Better to roll with it and do it freehand.at roll with (the punch) (v.) under roll, v.
(con. 1917) Paper Tiger 58: [of Gov. Calvin Coolidge] I found my father sitting on a bench under a maple tree smoking a cigarette. ‘What an old seed!’ said my father.at seed, n.
(con. 1917) Paper Tiger 61: I couldn’t get an able seaman’s ticket, let alone a deck officer’s license.at ticket, n.1
Paper Tiger 277: At times he was very considerate of my authority in the Sports Department. At other times he walked over me.at walk (all) over (v.) under walk, v.
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