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[US] World’s Work Aug. 1100/2: First there is the ballyhoo — any sort of a performance outside the show, from the coon songs of the pickaninnies in front of the Old Plantation, to the tinkling tambourines of the dancers on the stage of ‘Around the World’.
at ballyhoo, n.
[US] World’s Work Aug. 1100/2: Last of the professions on the Midway are those of the ‘barker’, ‘ballyhooer’ and ‘spieler’.
at ballyhoo, v.
[US] World’s Work Dec. 13748: The two brothers ‘deadheaded’ around the state (for in those days a pass was a privilege and not a crime) [DA].
at deadhead, v.
[US] World’s Work 16 94/1: Parish, pump politicians who manage affairs of national concern in the spirit of a Tooley Street tailor.
at Tooley Street tailor, n.
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