1929 R. McAlmon ‘Potato Picking’ in Knoll McAlmon and the Lost Generation (1976) 34: Ellsworth was a putty-nosed mamma’s boy.at putty-brained (adj.) under putty, n.
1930 R. McAlmon ‘Blithe Insecurities’ in Knoll McAlmon and the Lost Generation (1976) 44: Boutwell’s mad as a goat.at mad as..., adj.
1930 R. McAlmon ‘Blithe Insecurities’ in Knoll McAlmon and the Lost Generation (1976) 61: People get old sitting on their behinds while they rot in their belfries.at belfry, n.
1930 R. McAlmon ‘Blithe Insecurities’ in Knoll McAlmon and the Lost Generation (1976) 42: Is it just lack of drink and decent food that’s shocked the old boozehound to shivers?at booze-hound (n.) under booze, n.
1930 R. McAlmon ‘Blithe Insecurities’ in Knoll McAlmon and the Lost Generation (1976) 48: Say cull, slip me a jit, can’t juh.at cull, n.1
1930 R. McAlmon ‘Blithe Insecurities’ in Knoll McAlmon and the Lost Generation (1976) 80: Let’s go there instead of the dinkie town dance.at dinky, adj.2
1930 R. McAlmon ‘Blithe Insecurities’ in Knoll McAlmon and the Lost Generation (1976) 73: We’ll take him into my barn and make him dish it [...] Grant agreed, and in the barn tried to make Frank use his finger.at dish it (v.) under dish, v.
1930 R. McAlmon ‘Blithe Insecurities’ in Knoll McAlmon and the Lost Generation (1976) 43: Pop knows you’re featherbrained.at feather-headed, adj.
1930 R. McAlmon ‘Blithe Insecurities’ in Knoll McAlmon and the Lost Generation (1976) 81: ‘We won’t fuss,’ she said. ‘I think it’s cheap and gets one all upset, but let’s be cozy.’.at fuss, v.
1930 R. McAlmon ‘Blithe Insecurities’ in Knoll McAlmon and the Lost Generation (1976) 83: Marie was gay, having had three bottles of beer.at gay, adj.
1930 R. McAlmon ‘Blithe Insecurities’ in Knoll McAlmon and the Lost Generation (1976) 40: Pop knew Dinkie was only half there.at half-there, adj.
1930 R. McAlmon ‘Blithe Insecurities’ in Knoll McAlmon and the Lost Generation (1976) 85: I’m going back and get pop-eyed drunk.at popeyed, adj.
1930 R. McAlmon ‘Blithe Insecurities’ in Knoll McAlmon and the Lost Generation (1976) 79: Ain’t you the likely lad? You was a splinter when I last saw you.at splinter, n.
1930 R. McAlmon ‘Blithe Insecurities’ in Knoll McAlmon and the Lost Generation (1976) 88: Marie’s not meant for hickville.at -ville, sfx1
1957 Generation (U. Michigan) 9 23/1: You know you get your cookies gigging for the stiffs and digging all the pretty little foxes.at get one’s cookies (v.) under cookie, n.1