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Macaulay letter to Mr Ellis, in Life II 257: How they settle the matter I care not, as the Duke says, one two-penny damn.at not give a tuppenny damn, v.
Macaulay letter to Mr Ellis, in Life II 257: How they settle the matter I care not, as the Duke says, one two-penny damn. Life 1 292: Biff ! Yerp ! Bing ! Snayze ! He whacked the horse on the nostrils with absolute abandon.at biff!, excl.
in Life 8 Feb. 80: The [...] Drum-mer said [...] that if the Dea-con would give him one more Tray, he would carve the Stuf-fing out of Him [HDAS].at carve, v.
Life 8 Feb. 80: The Drum-mer said that as he had Got his other Tray, he would just El-e-vate him about Fif-ty [HDAS].at elevate, v.1
Life 24 Jan. 48: His honored father was one of the biggest potatoes – as the phrase is [in Boston] [HDAS].at big potato, n.1
Life 3 Apr. 186: ‘Dat ain’t none o’ yo’ bithniss,’ replied the brunette [HDAS].at brunette, n.
in Life 24 Jan. 47: Go yourself, you old gopher [HDAS].at gopher, n.1
in Life 10 Jan. 18: One of the most powerful tribes that ever [...] inhaled fire-water [HDAS].at inhale, v.
Life 4 200/1: The Bum-Bum drinketh the brine from the sea, / And the waybacker bloweth out the gas! at wayback, n.
Life 6 286/1: [title] An Idyll of Mugwumpery.at mugwump, n.
Life 15 153: No. 18 Mott Street is an unpretentious beer-joint.at beer joint (n.) under beer, n.
Life 22 Dec. 8/2: I’m gonna blow this joint now that the Christmas sugar is over.at blow the joint (v.) under blow, v.1
Life 8 Aug. 56: In their quieter moments, they discuss Swing with weird words like jive, gut-bucket, dog-house, push-pipe, agony-pipe.at agony pipe (n.) under agony, n.
Life 29 Aug. 38: ‘Leg art’ is the technical name for this kind of publicity picture, showing Marie in a bathing suit atop a studio prop.at leg art (n.) under leg, n.
Life 20 June 9: The Ford article [...] should be sweet medicine for some of those sour-pussed politicians of our administration.at sourpussed (adj.) under sourpuss, n.
in Life 31 July 24: He expects to be off the nut (even) by the Fair’s end.at off the nut under nut, n.1
Life 28 Oct. 99: Squacks are the native girls of the Pacific sometimes taken to mistress by sailors who assume the title of Shackmaster, and become Bamboo Americans.at bamboo, adj.
Life 18 Nov. 6: I was standing in the chow line [W&F].at chow line (n.) under chow, n.1
Life 27 Jan. 78: To go booging [W&F].at boog, v.2
Life 27 Jan. 78: ‘It curdles me’ = I loathe it [W&F].at curdle, v.
Life 27 Jan. 78: An orchestra that [...] sends [...] is called deadly [W&F].at deadly, adj.
Life 27 Jan. 79: A shot of dope = a coke [W&F].at dope, n.1
Life 14 Apr. 32/2: The Self-Same Betty Hill swathes herself in an approved ‘Sloppy Joe’ sweater.at sloppy Joe, n.
Life 21 Sept. 44: Last week the nation’s needle nuts and gandy-dancers (jitterbugs) were cut to the quick [etc.] [HDAS].at gandy dancer, n.
Life 5 Jan. 57: A fine bunch of statesmen they got in this town — nit.at nit!, excl.1
Life 27 Apr. 72: Soap operas [...] are 15-minute daytime serials aimed at housewives. Some people call them ‘washboard weepers’.at washboard weeper, n.
Life 20 Dec. 102: Soldiers and sailors call them...‘round heels,’...‘chippies,’ ‘good-time Janes,’ and...‘Victory Girls.’ [HDAS].at good-time Jane, n.
Life 10 May 78/2: Nik decided to run in and take the heat off the Searles brothers.at take the heat off (v.) under heat, n.
Life 27 Dec. 4: It's pretty bad when we start worrying about what to do to Germany when it is still giving the world a hell of a battle and probably will be for some time. Why not win the war first and do the Monday morning quarterbacking later? at Monday morning quarterback, v.
Life 15 May 65: They now understand that a drip is a ‘bag’ [HDAS].at bag, n.1
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