1945 R.M. Lindner Stone Walls and Men 46: When you sell a stock now, no sales-talk, no promotion, no big-dealing.at big deal, v.
1945 R.M. Lindner Stone Walls and Men 106: He served them well by becoming the ‘fall-guy’ for the ring.at fall guy, n.
1945 R.M. Lindner Stone Walls and Men 106: With all their left-handed kindnesses to him, however, he served them well by becoming the ‘fall guy’.at left-handed, adj.
1945 R.M. Lindner Stone Walls and Men 356: If you talked in your sleep it meant court and you were therefore charged with ‘running your mouth’ in the dormitory.at run one’s mouth (off) (v.) under mouth, n.
1945 R.M. Lindner Stone Walls and Men 271: ‘Snot-nose Louie.’ This is the name he was always known by [...] He always had a running nose.at snot-nosed, adj.
1945 R.M. Lindner Stone Walls and Men 356: If you talked in your sleep it meant court and you were therefore charged with ‘running your mouth’ in the dormitory.at run one’s mouth (off) (v.) under run, v.
1945 R.M. Lindner Stone Walls and Men 271: He was a dumbbell, a moron and wasn’t all there upstairs.at upstairs, adv.