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[US] M. Levin Reporter 154: Campaigner against frozen-mindedness, ballyhooer for evolution.
at ballyhoo, v.
[US] M. Levin Reporter 55: [running head] Bee’s Knees Nothing To These.
at bee’s knees, n.
[US] M. Levin Reporter 182: He could always [...] go benching at night in the parks.
at bench, v.1
[US] M. Levin Reporter 169: Rewrite men are rowdies, blackjacks, pencil-swipers, milk-soppers, and subjects for the priesthood to practice upon.
at blackjack, n.2
[US] M. Levin Reporter 122: Aha! Blooey the story. What’s the diff. Nobody knows.
at blooey!, excl.
[US] M. Levin Reporter 375: Susie the Sassy was blowing the nose of the newest ward alderman.
at blow one’s nose (v.) under blow, v.1
[US] M. Levin Reporter 371: Blowouts and wild parties that table had served.
at blow-out, n.1
[US] M. Levin Reporter 253: Two Bandits Captured [...] One Escapes With $10,000 Boodle-Bag.
at boodle bag (n.) under boodle, n.1
[US] M. Levin Reporter 305: They swore to boom him for national commander.
at boom, v.
[US] M. Levin Reporter 261: [of a robber] And now let us return to Barney (Bulldoze) Rogers.
at bulldoser, n.
[US] M. Levin Reporter 396: She had to go to Dr. Stein. You know that butcher?
at butcher, n.1
[US] M. Levin Reporter 52: There are some people that double-cross you if you work cahoots.
at in cahoots (with) under cahoots, n.
[US] M. Levin Reporter 206: The publicity agent [...] was one of those agreeable chaps [...] ‘Anything up?’ said the reporter. The p.a. motioned towards several mimeographed stacks of canned copy.
at canned, adj.
[US] M. Levin Reporter 32: At Welf Anjou’s funeral [...] they jumped Catsnuts Maloney for trying to make a grave picture.
at cat’s nuts (n.) under cat, n.1
[US] M. Levin Reporter 314: Dropped their tail light —! Chasing a Chev . . . !
at Chevvy, n.
[US] M. Levin Reporter 249: ‘Denies it cold as a fish,’ phoned the reporter.
at cold fish (n.) under cold, adj.
[US] M. Levin Reporter 57: The one about the robber, and the crack about the ass’s milk.
at crack, n.1
[US] M. Levin Reporter 71: Say, I have one for you that’s a dandy! How about a call on the Vice President?
at dandy, n.2
[US] M. Levin Reporter 54: She was rerouging her lips. (Drawing by John Held, Jr.) Hot Diggity!
at hot diggety (dog)!, excl.
[US] M. Levin Reporter 19: Patting her smutty hand on the head of the first cute little dinkus.
at dinkus, n.1
[US] M. Levin Reporter 325: The old dutch peers through his glasses. ‘Dot? Dot’s his vife!’.
at Dutch, n.1
[US] M. Levin Reporter 323: The old dutchman is scared as firecrackers. ‘Ayah, he says, ‘vot iss it?’.
at Dutchman, n.
[US] M. Levin Reporter 130: Oh well call her up from the eat joint.
at eat joint (n.) under eat, v.
[US] M. Levin Reporter 16: He would be furiously disgusted. El furioso.
at el-, pfx
[US] M. Levin Reporter 22: Wish to thunder the god-damn fat-mouth would brain himself.
at fatmouth, n.
[US] M. Levin Reporter 63: Haines was a queer fish.
at queer fish (n.) under fish, n.1
[US] M. Levin Reporter 157: A dainty, pink-faced youth [...] drifted in. His flippy way of walking reminded the reporter of Malone. [Ibid.] 274: She was suddenly a flouncing, flippy, free and easy girl of the city.
at flippy, adj.
[US] M. Levin Reporter 7: Hit ’er up, old man; Parksite hotel. Newspaper stuff so let ’er go.
at let her go (Gallagher)!, excl.
[US] M. Levin Reporter 134: For cry sake, quit that gas. You newspaper guys.
at gas, n.1
[US] M. Levin Reporter 133: Reciting his experience to a bearded old gazook who was an eyewitness.
at gazook, n.
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