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[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 97: The observation that men were all in at 40 and rauss mittim at 60.
at all in, adj.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 24: ‘One hundred and sixty bucks to the bad for mine,’ laughed Bunch.
at to the bad under bad, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 27: A Reub constable pinched him [...] and threw him in a rural Bastile for the night.
at bastille, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 25: There we sat, two sad boys without a baubee in the jeans.
at baubee, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 87: Ike is beyond the breakers for mine.
at beyond the breakers, adj.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 58: If that’s the case I’m glad the Japs put the boots to the Czar.
at put the boots to (v.) under boot, the, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 14: Bunch had just tied his Bubble to a tree at the track and was in the act of giving it a long cool drink of gasolene.
at bubble, n.2
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 45: Peaches my wife, acquired the amateur photography bug last week.
at bug, n.4
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 89: Cornelius Sudslifter, the well known inventor of the patent chowless chow chow.
at chow-chow, n.1
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 100: After he gets to the age of 60 he is a dead rabbit and it’s the woods for his.
at dead rabbit (n.) under dead, adj.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 24: Every dog we had mentioned to the Bookies proved to be a false alarm.
at dog, n.2
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 14: I’m going to fall off the sense wagon and break a five dollar bill.
at fall off the (water) wagon (v.) under fall, v.1
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 57: Say, did you ever spar a few hot rounds with a real attack of grip?
at hot, adj.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 68: She put up a howl that brought the rest of the family around the bedside on a hurry call.
at put up a howl (v.) under howl, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 25: There we sat, two sad boys without a baubee in the jeans.
at in(to) one’s jeans under jeans, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 64: ‘Have you a sort of nervous hesitation in your hunger and does everything you eat taste like an impossible sandwich?’ ‘Keno!’.
at keno!, excl.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 18: Some kind and thoughtful stranger had lifted fifty cents from George’s surplus.
at lift, v.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 106: Resist the awful temptation to go down the line and plant burning kisses on the front teeth of those beautiful maidens.
at line, n.1
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 77: Despair would grab him and he’d be oscar with the souse thing for sure.
at Oscar, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 27: A Reub constable pinched him and the whole outfit and threw him in a rural Bastile for the night.
at outfit, n.1
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 9: It’s many a long day since I’ve been a Patsy for the ponies.
at pony, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 18: The horse that Yates was doing a rave over had been dead for four years.
at rave, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 28: I received a letter the other day that put me over the ropes.
at over the ropes (adj.) under rope, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 27: A Reub constable pinched him [...] and threw him in a rural Bastile for the night.
at rube, adj.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 13: I haven’t bet a nickle on a skate for two years.
at skate, n.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 30: The young man arose, put on his gum shoes, and skedaddled out of the house.
at skedaddle, v.
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 16: He has trained these twelve skeets to sing ‘Zobia Grassa’.
at skeet, n.1
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 31: I’m a slob on that bridge whist thing.
at slob, n.1
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 89: Cornelius Sudslifter, the well known inventor of the patent chowless chow chow.
at suds, n.1
[US] ‘Hugh McHugh’ Get Next 46: Which was tough on Peaches, but good for the bungalow.
at tough on under tough, adj.
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