Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Quotation search

Date

 to 

Country

Author

Source Title

Source from Bibliography

Ballads and Songs of the Shanty-Boy choose

Quotation Text

[US] ‘The Festive Lumber-Jack’ in F. Rickaby Ballads and Songs of the Shanty-Boy (1926) 97: He’s as busy as a bed bug.
at busy as..., adj.
[US] ‘Heenan and Sayers’ in F. Rickaby Ballads and Songs of the Shanty-Boy (1926) 179: So whenever you boast of fighting, Johnnie Bull, mind your eye.
at mind your eye! (excl.) under eye, n.
[US] F. Rickaby Ballads and Songs of the Shanty-Boy (1926) 97: Every jack’s a cant-hook man; no others can be found. They do some heavy loggin’, but they do it best in town [DA].
at jack, n.6
[US] ‘The Festive Lumber-Jack’ in F. Rickaby Ballads and Songs of the Shanty-Boy (1926) 97: He’s a wild rip-snortin’ devil ever’ time he comes to town.
at rip-snorting, adj.
no more results