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Ladies’ Home Jrnl 1 64: A Bread-and-Butter Letter (as it is called) is due to your hostess, telling her of your safe arrival home, and speaking of your pleasant visit at her house.at bread and butter letter (n.) under bread-and-butter, adj.
Ladies’ Home Jrnl 1 64: A Bread-and-Butter Letter (as it is called) is due to your hostess, telling her of your safe arrival home, and speaking of your pleasant visit at her house. Ladies’ Home Journal Sept. 8: Mr. Brown gave his order: ‘Waiter, bring me a couple of poached eggs on toast and the yolks broken.’ The waiter shouted down to the cook: ‘Adam and Eve on a raft and wreck ’em.’.at Adam and Eve, n.1
Ladies’ Home Journal Nov. 19/1: In the ‘co-ed’ ’varsities the ‘frats’ and sororities pair off just as brothers and sisters do in a large family [DA].at frat, n.
in Ladies’ Home Journal Sept. 114: ‘Who’s your commanding officer?’ ‘Me [...] all the rest are “deados”.’ [HDAS].at deado, n.
Ladies’ Home Jrnl 47 66: And then R. J. did blow a gasket. He puffed out his cheeks, narrowed his eyelids, twitched his big hands.at blow a gasket (v.) under gasket, n.
Men are like Street Cars in Ladies’ Home Jrnl 49 10/3: He’s no drip [...] Ted’s a darn good egg. He stroked our crew. And what he doesn’t know about women — .at drip, n.
Ladies’ Home Journal Nov. 116: The day was an emotional block buster for them all.at blockbuster, n.1
Ladies’ Home Journal Sept. n.p.: Giant three-inch Dagwood sandwiches [HDAS].at dagwood, n.
Ladies’ Home Journal Jan. 146: Miss Dorothy Thompson quotes the term chicken-patty circuit, to describe speaking tours sponsored by women’s clubs in the smaller cities and towns of the United States.at rubber-chicken circuit (n.) under rubber, adj.
Ladies’ Home Jrnl 73 163: Learn [...] how to get that monkey off your back, and get along without washing dishes.at get the monkey off one’s back (v.) under monkey on one’s back, n.
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