1907 ‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp (1916) 35: Babbitt was in last night as full as a boiled owl.at drunk as a boiled owl, adj.
1907 ‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp (1916) 115: Did you ever notice me [...] peering in the window of the five-and-ten? at five and dime, n.
1907 ‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp (1916) 209: Count Fernando Mazzini was his name. I never saw the beat of him for elegance.at beat, n.2
1907 ‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp (1916) 169: Eagerly gulping down the strong black headlines to be followed as a chaser by the milder details of the smaller type [DA].at chaser, n.1
1907 ‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp (1916) 13: He isn’t a millionaire so hard that you could notice it, anyhow.at hard, adv.
1907 ‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp (1916) 238: I managed to soak in a little straight or some spilled Martini [...] whenever I could.at straight, n.1