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‘The Shocks of Doom’ in Voice of the City (1915) 98: I’m sorry to say that I’m all in, financially.at all in, adj.
‘The Shocks of Doom’ in Voice of the City (1915) 98: I’m sorry to say that I’m all in, financially. ‘The Voice of the City’ in Voice of the City (1915) 6: Billy, you’ve lived in New York a long time – what kind of a song-and-dance does this old town give you?at give someone a song and dance (v.) under song and dance, n.1
‘From Each According to his Ability’ in Voice of the City (1915) 223: ‘Double the ante!’ cried the criticised one, greedily. ‘Give me more of it.’.at up the ante (v.) under ante, n.
‘The Rathskeller & the Rose’ in Voice of the City (1915) 179: Member of the famous ‘Dickey-bird’ octette.at dicky-bird, n.1
‘A Philistine in Bohemia’ in Voice of the City (1915) 213: He’s the same thricks of spakin’ and blarneyin’ wid his hands.at blarney, v.
‘Clarion Call’ Voice of the City (1915) 196: You’ve had this murder case worked over by your staff of bright young blockheads.at blockhead, n.1
‘The Rathskeller and the Rose’ in Voice of the City (1915) 179: She had ascended by the legitimate and delectable steps of ‘broiler,’ member of the famous ‘Dickey-bird’ octette, [...] to the part of the maid ‘Toinette’.at broiler, n.
‘The Shocks of Doom’ in Voice of the City (1915) 101: I should think a man put on the bum from a good job just in one day would be tearing his hair.at on a/the bum under bum, n.3
‘Clarion Call’ in Voice of the City (1915) 192: Here is where I go ‘busted’.at go bust (v.) under bust, adj.
‘The Complete Life of John Hopkins’ in Voice of the City (1915) 14: Hopkins [...] entered and called genially for his ‘bunch of spinach, car-fare grade’.at cabbage, n.2
‘The Clarion Call’ in Voice of the City (1915) 191: You’ve called the turn.at call the turn (v.) under call, v.
‘The Easter of the Soul’ in Voice of the City (1915) 154: The onlookers unselfishly gave the warning cry of ‘Cheese it – the cop!’.at cheese it!, excl.
‘Dougherty’s Eye-Opener’ in Voice of the City (1915) 35: You can have swell chuck tonight if you want it.at chuck, n.3
‘The Fool-Killer’ in Voice of the City (1915) 167: Why can’t you go back South and kill Congressmen and clay-eaters and let us alone?at clay-eater (n.) under clay, n.
‘The Memento’ in Voice of the City (1915) 234: There was a brief clinch, two simultaneous labial dabs.at clinch, n.
‘The Defeat of the City’ in Voice of the City (1915) 92: He played the yokel, the humorous clodhopper.at clodhopper, n.
‘The Shocks of Doom’ in Voice of the City (1915) 101: ‘You take it cool,’ said Ide, ‘if you’ve told it to me straight.’.at take it cool (v.) under cool, adv.
‘The Shocks of Doom’ in Voice of the City (1915) 98: I didn’t know but what he was a fly cop.at fly cop, n.
‘From Each According to his Ability’ Voice of the City (1915) 228: What was that cow-puncher’s name?at cow-puncher, n.
‘The Memento’ in Voice of the City (1915) 243: You’re damn right.at damn, adv.
‘Nemesis and the Candy Man’ in Voice of the City (1915) 120: Yer’d make a dandy magazine cover.at dandy, adj.
‘Squaring the Circle’ Voice of the City (1915) 131: Howdy, Cal! I’m durned glad to see ye.at darned, adv.
‘The Clarion Call’ in Voice of the City (1915) 191: After a job I can crook elbows with my old friend Barney with a clear conscience.at crook the elbow (v.) under elbow, n.1
‘From Each According to his Ability’ in Voice of the City (1915) 226: He depicted the ravages of ‘redeye’ in a border town.at red-eye, n.
‘One Thousand Dollars’ Voice of the City (1915) 75: If it had been ten thousand a fellow might wind up with a lot of fireworks and do himself credit.at fireworks, n.
‘The Rathskeller and the Rose’ in Voice of the City (1915) 179: She is in the heyday of flattery, fame and fizz.at fizz, n.1
‘The Shocks of Doom’ in Voice of the City (1915) 97: ‘I used to be a high-flyer myself – some years ago. What knocked you out of the game?’ ‘I, oh, I lost my job,’ said Vallance.at high-flyer, n.
‘Transients in Arcadia’ in Voice of the City (1915) 170: By Gad, sah!at gad, n.1
‘The Harbinger’ Voice of the City (1915) 56: I hadn’d any idea the old girl was soft any more under the foolish rib.at old gal, n.
‘The Clarion Call’ Voice of the City (1915) 195: Kind of rattles you, doesn’t it, to have the mysterious villain call up [...] and tell you what a helpless old gas-bag you are?at gasbag, n.
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