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[US] J. Thurber Years with Ross 49: In [a drawing] [...] showing a man and his wife and another woman at a table [...] the designing minx was playing footy-footy with the husband.
at play footsie(s) (v.) under footsie-footsie, n.
[US] J. Thurber Years with Ross 75: Some orneriness of mood aggravated by [...] peptic ulcers.
at orneriness (n.) under ornery, adj.
[US] J. Thurber Years with Ross (2001) 11: We damn near printed a newsbreak about a girl falling off the roof. That’s feminine hygiene, somebody told me just in time.
at fall off the roof (v.) under roof, n.
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