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Elmtown’s Youth (2007) 221: ‘Grubbies’ are set off from the other students for many reasons [...] Boys and girls identified as grubbies are ‘nobody’ in the eyes of non-grubbies. To be rated a grubby is comparable to being blacklisted.at grubby, n.
Elmtown’s Youth (2007) 221: ‘Grubbies’ are set off from the other students for many reasons [...] Boys and girls identified as grubbies are ‘nobody’ in the eyes of non-grubbies. To be rated a grubby is comparable to being blacklisted. Elmtown’s Youth (1975) 316: They call themselves the Five F’s – ‘find ’em, feed ’em, feel ’m, f--- ’em, forget ’em’.at 4-Fs, n.
Elmtown’s Youth (1975) 81: The area below the canal [...] down by the garbage dump; where the river rats live; behind the tannery; the bush apes’ home; squatters’ paradise; where you’ll find the God-damned yellow hammers.at bush ape (n.) under ape, n.
Elmtown’s Youth (2007) 405: It is reputed to be a hangout for Poles, Italians (‘Eye-talians’), ‘bush apes,’ ‘brush monkeys,’ ‘yellow hammers,’ and ‘reliefers.’.at brush ape (n.) under brush, n.4
Elmtown’s Youth (1975) 316: The high school students refer to them as ‘clippers’ and ‘wolves’.at clipper, n.1
Elmtown’s Youth (2007) 288: Some of them are so darn dumb.at darn, adv.
Elmtown’s Youth (1975) 316: About half of their talk is ‘front’.at front, n.1
Elmtown’s Youth (1975) 304: The class V boy ‘swung a haymaker’ that missed.at haymaker, n.2
Elmtown’s Youth (1975) 48: There is a really low class here that is a lulu. It is made up of families who are not worth a ... damn.at lulu, n.1
Elmtown’s Youth (1975) 313: As he [i.e. a policeman] opened the door he saw a couple in a sex embrace [...] He turned off the spotlight and left, justifying his action by the remark, ‘There is no use to run parkers out of town’.at parker, n.2
Elmtown’s Youth (1975) 306: I’ll betcha a buck it was a white cow. Put up or shut up!at put up or shut up under put up, v.
Elmtown’s Youth (1975) 81: The area below the canal [...] down by the garbage dump; where the river rats live; behind the tannery; the bush apes’ home; squatters’ paradise; where you’ll find the God-damned yellow hammers.at river rat, n.
Elmtown’s Youth (2007) 405: It is reputed to be a hangout for Poles, Italians (‘Eye-talians’), ‘bush apes,’ ‘brush monkeys,’ ‘yellow hammers,’ and ‘reliefers.’.at reliefer, n.
Elmtown’s Youth (1975) 321: The young couple are generally ‘shivareed’ or ‘belled in’ by their friends and relatives.at shivoo, v.
Elmtown’s Youth (1975) 321: Rice and old shoes are thrown [...] these symbols of good luck accompany almost every shivaree.at shivoo, n.
Elmtown’s Youth (1975) 322: We acted as witnesses to two ‘shot-gun’ marriages.at shotgun wedding, n.
Elmtown’s Youth (1975) 298: The new ‘three-way’ girl Pete just brought down from Chicago.at three-way girl (n.) under three-way, adj.
Elmtown’s Youth (1975) 81: The area below the canal [...] down by the garbage dump; where the river rats live; behind the tannery; the bush apes’ home; squatters’ paradise; where you’ll find the God-damned yellow hammers.at yellowhammer, n.
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