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Jerry on the Job choose

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[US] Jerry on the Job [comic strip] I’m as good a pick and shovel chauffeur as y’ever see.
at pick and shovel chauffeur, n.
[US] Jerry on the Job [comic strip] I guess I’ll ankle over and take the matter up.
at ankle, v.
[US] Jerry on the Job [comic strip] I’m as busy as a one-armed guy buttoning his glove.
at busy as a one-armed paper-hanger (adj.) under busy as..., adj.
[US] Jerry on the Job [comic strip] If a Chinaman is going to have his nut cut off he can hire a substitute. – Oboy – that’s a bear.
at bear, n.
[US] Jerry on the Job [comic strip] I’ll step over and slip some candy gab to old Mr. Popple – he looks worried.
at candy, adj.3
[US] Jerry on the Job [comic strip] I’ll give the matter a short stick of thick thought – Maybe I can catch an answer.
at catch, v.1
[US] Jerry on the Job [comic strip] I simply gotta cook up some gag to cop a hunk of change.
at change, n.
[US] Jerry on the Job [comic strip] Daggunit! Daggunit!
at dag, n.3
[US] Jerry on the Job [comic strip] I simply gotta cook up some gag to cop a hunk of change.
at gag, n.
[US] Jerry on the Job [comic strip] How come all the heavy gab, Mr. Givney???
at heavy, adj.
[US] Jerry on the Job [comic strip] Here’s a pip of a story about capital punishment.
at pip, n.2
[US] Jerry on the Job [comic strip] Hey – what’s the plot?? Where d’ya get that stuff?
at what’s the plot? under plot, the, n.
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