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Down the Line with John Henry choose

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[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 96: Those musicale things would be aces if the music didn’t set them back.
at aces, adj.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 68: Her husband had been up in the air with a bum automobile.
at up in the air (adj.) under air, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 14: Isn’t it cruel how a slob will cut the guy-ropes and go up in the air just because his Baby is by his side?
at go up in the air (v.) under air, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 19: ‘This may be a real Alexander,’ I said to myself.
at alexander, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 37: Buck is a sweller. He thinks he strikes twelve on all occasions, but his clock is all to the bad.
at to the bad under bad, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 63: Steve has been throwing keys at the wall for some time, and knows how to burn the beefers.
at beefer (n.) under beef, v.1
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 80: When it came to benzine buggies I felt that my education was complete.
at benzine buggy, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 37: It’s a pipe that they can sell bills to each other all day and never wake up.
at bill of goods, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 22: A bundle for a bite — you’re on a cold plate.
at bite, n.1
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 93: When it came to cracking merry booboos he could pull Lew Dockstader off the horse and leave him under the fence.
at boo-boo, n.1
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 79: As an honest, hard-working man it was my duty to put the boots to Edgerton.
at put the boots to (v.) under boot, the, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 30: He spent $218 at a boozeologist’s that night getting statistics on how it happened.
at boozeologist, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 29: It was a swift squad of sports that climbed into a coach [...] one morning last week. A bunch of brisk boys — believe me!
at brisk, adj.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 66: It is Willie’s joy and delight to get a ginger ale bun on and recite ‘’Ostler Joe’.
at bun, n.2
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 63: Steve has been throwing keys at the wall for some time, and knows how to burn the beefers.
at burn, v.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 48: She’d have a happier time if we tramped down to the tunnel and butted in among the Italians just as the twelve o’clock whistle blew.
at butt in, v.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 38: Across the aisle sat two pet canaries from Plainfield, New Jersey. They were [...] en route to the West to join the ‘Bunch of Birds Burlesque Company’.
at canary, n.1
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 82: I was her candy boy for sure.
at candy boy (n.) under candy, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 81: For a chaser she wore one of those feather boas.
at chaser, n.1
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 106: His chips were all in and he was Simon with the Souse, for sure.
at hand in one’s chips (v.) under chip, n.2
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 16: ‘A skinch!’ said Nash. ‘Go as far as you like.’.
at cinch, n.1
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 31: Tod’s main hold is to creep into the ‘reading room’ of a Rube hotel after the chores are done of an evening and throw salve at the come-ons.
at come-on, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 43: In the annals of the road no one could look back to the proud day when Sledgeheimer had coughed.
at cough, v.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 51: He wanted to know what troupe the soubrette was cutting-up with.
at cut up, v.1
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 13: I’m a dub on the dope, but it was my play to be a Wise Boy [...] on this particular occasion.
at dope, n.3
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 14: I confided to her the fact that I doped a turtle named ‘Pink Toes’ to win the next day.
at dope, v.2
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 35: ‘Oh! she’s such a happy wappy ’ittle fing!’ giggled the dotty dame.
at dotty, adj.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 101: When we reached Westchester we met a Society duck named Lionel von Hamburg.
at duck, n.1
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 52: Muttheimer’s is one of those eateries where the waiters look wise because they can’t speak English.
at eatery, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Down the Line 40: The Sweet Dreams across the way were giving Buck the glorious eye-roll.
at give someone the eye (v.) under eye, n.
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