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[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 26 Sept. [synd. cartoon strip] Oh ye gods and little fishes / Willie hasta wipe the dishes.
at ye gods (and little fishes)!, excl.
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 4 Nov. [synd. cartoon strip] I’m a cheese at [writing]. I wasted up nine sheets of paper already.
at cheese, n.1
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 3 Nov. [synd. cartoon strip] I got the nail you ran into your foot. We’ll put it on exhibition and clean up.
at clean up, v.
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 5 Feb. [synd. strip] I’ll bet a dollar she gigged that dog outer her — dellum-kumtesent’ store and slipped it to him.
at dog, n.2
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 2 Oct. [synd. cartoon strip] Duck ya freight before I knock ya outa ya clothes.
at freight, n.
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 17 Sept. [synd. cartoon strip] Hafta shake with my left [hand] [...] my right’s on the fritz.
at on the fritz (adj.) under fritz, n.2
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 25 Nov. [synd. cartoon strip] Gosh, I’m all the time in German!
at in German (adj.) under German, n.
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 5 Feb. [synd. strip] I’ll bet a dollar she gigged that dog outer her ‘dellum-kumtesent’ store and slipped it to him.
at gig, v.4
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 23 Sept. [synd. cartoon strip] Gosh all button hooks. Everybody is on the job but old Eaglebeakie.
at gosh all hemlock! (excl.) under gosh, n.
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 26 May [synd. cartoon strip] Too bad me wing is on the blink, too bad — jumpin’ jingoes.
at jumping Jesus!, excl.
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 18 July [synd. cartoon strip] Gee, I’m sorry I didn’t lam that darn kid.
at lam, v.1
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 11 July [synd. cartoon strip] Maybe I kin bull him out of his mad and make him invite me.
at mad, n.
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 23 Sept. [synd. cartoon strip] Hey Skinny, how’s ya mit.
at mitt, n.
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 21 Nov. [synd. cartoon strip] Well, oilve oil, as we say at the club.
at olive oil, phr.
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 1 Oct. [synd. cartoon strip] If I didn’t have to treat myself for pullin’ such a slick scheme [etc].
at pull, v.
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 25 Aug. [synd. cartoon strip] I’m quite a punkin’ [...] since I wan that game from the Southies.
at pumpkin, n.
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 15 Aug. [synd. cartoon strip] I goes and yanks de Giants [sandlot team] outa de cellar and lands ’em on de roof, don’t I?
at roof, n.
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 20 July [synd. cartoon strip] Aw shuckles, it’s no use!
at shucks!, excl.
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 9 Sept. [synd. cartoon strip] I’ll go down and take a slant at the movies.
at take a slant (v.) under slant, n.
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 16 July [synd. cartoon strip] Now wait a minit don’t get all stewed up. Lemme exclaim.
at stewed, adj.1
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 9 Apr. [synd. cartoon strip] Not a thing done. It’s all on account of that bonehead Puggy Malone.
at bonehead, n.1
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 15 Jan. [synd. cartoon strip] How’s the boy?
at how’s the boy?, phr.
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 12 May [synd. cartoon strip] ’Lo Cap, which one of us do you want to open up with today.
at cap, n.1
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 10 May [synd. cartoon strip] Foolin’ ’round chewin’ the mop with them suffragetts!
at chew the rag, v.
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 8 Sept. [synd. cartoon strip] My stars, ain’t Emily cuttin’ up awful since she losted them ear-rings?
at cut up, v.1
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 10 Sept. [synd. cartoon strip] Theres something darned funny about all this.
at darned, adv.
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 19 Feb. [synd. cartoon strip] Gosh, it’s lonesome as the deuce without Skinny.
at deuce, the, phr.
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 6 Aug. [synd. cartoon strip] When the ship started to move I got scared as the dickens.
at dickens, the, phr.
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 2 June [synd. cartoon strip] Gee but things is certainly runnin’ tough this year [...] The team’s on the fritz and — .
at on the fritz (adj.) under fritz, n.2
[US] T. McNamara Us Boys 24 Feb. [synd. cartoon strip] That snake charmin’ gag is the bunk.
at gag, n.
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