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[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 61: Then they both embraced their ‘angel,’ and declared him to be ‘the biggest little bit of all right they'd ever met!’.
at bit of all right, a, phr.
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 11: ‘Isn’t this a bird of a place for a show to get stranded?’ Jim Hickey asked, disgustedly.
at bird, n.1
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 42: The head waiter was an ex-pugilist, so he put the boots to me.
at put the boot in (v.) under boot, the, n.
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 36: Didn't I pipe him helping her up the steps the plate of cheese!
at cheese, n.1
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 39: See if you can give the telegraph operator the busy chin-chin while I do some more cooking.
at chin, n.2
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 109: We open in three weeks with the Co. that’s playing’ The Splinter In the Elbow.' I play the splinter and the manager gives us both the elbow on pay night.
at elbow, n.1
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 22: Early this morning I was up, and the first crack out of the box I ran into Sam Bishop.
at first crack out of the box (adv.) under first, adj.
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 35: We can't pull our freights away from here and leave the little woman and the kid alone in that Rube hash foundry.
at pull (one’s) freight (v.) under freight, n.
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 15: Well, I'm from Texas, so you'll have to steer me.
at I’m from Missouri, phr.
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 17: Stranded, here in this grass burg it's awful.
at grassville, n.
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 35: We can't pull our freights away from here and leave the little woman and the kid alone in that Rube hash foundry.
at hash factory (n.) under hash, n.1
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 11: Then he turned to his friend, the light comedian, and said, quite irrelevantly: ‘Hellsdelight!’.
at hell’s delight! (excl.) under hell, n.
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 15: At this rate it’ll take about 629 shows to get us to Jersey City, are you hip?
at hip, adj.
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 84: We could make sandwich money in front of a hootchy-kooch palace, barking at the Rubes .
at hootchy-kootchy, n.
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 14: We're a sad bunch of ploughboys on this old farm of a world when we haven’t a little mazume in the vest pocket.
at mazuma, n.
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 11: The woods for ours! Isn't this a bird of a place for a show to get stranded?
at mine, n.
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 35: ‘Not on your lithograph!’ Danny objected.
at not on your tintype, phr.
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 20: The lobster! Oh, oh ! what an onion that slob is!
at onion, n.1
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 12: Remember those nice white door knobs we ate for breakfast next morning? [...] I’ve got it in my pantry yet.
at pantry, n.
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 17: That's how I sized it [i.e. a play's receipts] up, and I allowed for the paper, same as you, Danny.
at paper, n.
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 17: Sam Bishop is a shine Manager [...] What he don't know about running a rep. show would keep any man in thoughts for a year.
at rep, n.
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 38: ‘We're a couple of splashes,’ he said fiercely.
at splash, n.1
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 63: Oh! the mazume, the spondools, the cush!
at spondulics, n.
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 18: Amy Bishop’s kid is an awful hit with me [...] that li'l tacker understands every word I say to him.
at tacker, n.
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 97: He said you must do a thinking part. The talky-talk puts you over on Woozy Avenue!
at talky-talk, n.
[US] G.V. Hobart Jim Hickey 14: ‘Bumped, good and hard, here in the tall grass,’ Jim complained [...] ‘Say! it has me winging all right, and that’s no idle hoot!’.
at wing, v.
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