1920 R. Lardner Big Town 75: He [...] pulls a pair of African golf balls out of a drawer in his desk. ‘These dice is real ivory and they cost me twelve and a half berries.’.at African golf ball (n.) under African, adj.
1920 R. Lardner Big Town 149: When Bradley give him the air, I took him.at give someone the air (v.) under air, n.
1920 R. Lardner Big Town iii: So this Codd baby had give himself an introduction to my Mrs. and Kate.at baby, n.
1920 R. Lardner Big Town iv: It wound up by us going to New York too. We seen a picture and batted round till midnight.at bat, v.
1920 R. Lardner Big Town iii: This got a laugh from Lady Perkins and the other dude, but it didn’t go very big with Doc.at go big (v.) under big, adv.
1920 R. Lardner Big Town 156: Once in a wile, of course, you get the bad news and forget to mail him the check and he feels blue over it.at blue, adj.1
1920 R. Lardner Big Town iii: All the ones that’s got a piece of change ducks out somewhere where they can get the air.at change, n.
1920 R. Lardner Big Town 180: I’m going to tell you a secret and if you don’t keep your clam shut I’ll roll you for a natural.at clam, n.1
1920 R. Lardner Big Town 139: I guess a man won’t make no mistake following a bird that bets five and ten thousand at a clip.at clip, n.1
1920 R. Lardner Big Town 184: He asked me for the tenth or eleventh time if I could keep a secret. He made me hold up my hand and swear I wouldn’t crack what he was going to tell me.at crack, v.3
1920 R. Lardner Big Town 188: If Mercer was crossing me, I’d give Ella and Kate their $400 like they had win it, and say nothing.at cross, v.1
1920 R. Lardner Big Town 233: Some egg in the gallery hollered ‘You said a mouthful, kid!’.at egg, n.2
1920 R. Lardner Big Town 18: Every time one of them looked our way I give him the fish eye and the non-stop signal.at give someone the fish-eye (v.) under fish-eye, n.1
1920 R. Lardner Big Town 188: I seen Mercer and you wouldn’t of never knew he’d fell off the wagon.at fall off the (water) wagon (v.) under fall, v.1
1920 R. Lardner Big Town 217: I got a flop on my hands unlest I can get a couple of ideas.at flop, n.4
1920 R. Lardner Big Town 152: Besides the Janes and the fat rascals with them, you seen a flock of ham actors.at ham, adj.1
1920 R. Lardner Big Town 101: But they’s only one in the bunch that’s got any handle to her name; that’s Lady Perkins.at handle, n.
1920 R. Lardner Big Town i: When the war broke loose and leather went up to hell and gone I and my wife thought he would get prosperous.at to hell and gone under hell, n.