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John Henry 78: He tried to get ‘Janice Meredith’ but Frank McKee cut across lots and headed him off.at across lots, phr.
John Henry 78: He tried to get ‘Janice Meredith’ but Frank McKee cut across lots and headed him off. John Henry 13: All the time I’m giving this glad speech I’m going down the line mentally to see who will give me quick action on a steam-heated touch.at action, n.
John Henry 38: When a fellow [...] runs into a lot of low-foreheads he has to back up.at back up, v.1
John Henry 32: They have to beat around the bush and chase their friends to the swamps by throwing things like ‘svelte’ at them.at beat about the bush (v.) under beat, v.
John Henry 11: Long before Papa drops in with his usual bundle of benzine.at benzine, n.
John Henry 54: I was always loafing around the outside of the Knowledge Factory, printing my name on the fence with a jackknife.at knowledge box, n.
John Henry 87: I saw that I was out to get bumped if I didn’t forget my fears, so I braced and began to cut grass.at brace, v.
John Henry 87: I saw that I was out to get bumped if I didn’t forget my fears.at bump, v.1
John Henry 93: The old canary was still hunting me up with eyes ablaze with love.at canary, n.1
John Henry 15: Right there was where I fell in the cellar.at in the cellar under cellar, n.
John Henry 65: Did you ever drop in of an evening and try to play pool under a cross-fire from the chair-warmers.at chair-warmer (n.) under chair, n.
John Henry 54: A fish diet is said to be the real cheese for the brain.at cheese, the, n.
John Henry 65: From the moment you reach for your cue the sofa-pounders cut loose and chin you to a call-down.at chin, v.
John Henry 25: Gay as a love clinch from Laura Jean Libbey’s latest.at clinch, n.
John Henry 53: Simply because a guy is a genius does he have to rush around with a mop on his koko, and butt into a public building every time he thinks in the open air?at coco, n.1
John Henry 78: If he had seen ‘David Harum’ first he would have made Billy Crane look like a plate of cold potatoes.at cold potato, n.1
John Henry 56: He [...] comes out with the assertion that I couldn’t write a postal card to a friend and finish right.at come out with (v.) under come out, v.
John Henry 14: The track-walkers on the stage were talking Dago!at dago, n.
John Henry 77: His language is all fine and daisy.at daisy, adj.
John Henry 11: You find yourself saying day-day long before Papa drops in.at day-day under day, n.
John Henry 19: Before the second act was half through I went off my dip.at off one’s dip (adj.) under dip, n.1
John Henry 55: All I can do is to squeeze into a pool-room, bury my face in the dope, and crawl out [...] with a hatful of money.at dope, n.3
John Henry 13: ‘I think it is awfully nice of you [...]’ says The Real Thing, throwing a goo-goo at me that settles everything. [Ibid.] 76: He’ll turn such a warm pair of goo-goo eyes on her that somebody will have to get up and yell for the fire department.at goo-goo eyes, n.
John Henry 75: He’s out to bet [...] that he has Herbert Kelcey fanned to a finish.at fan, v.1
John Henry 57: Well, there’s no literary fiff that can give me the elbow.at fifi, n.
John Henry 87: One night recently I went out with Clara Jane to one of those progressive euchre fights.at fight, n.
John Henry 83: Day after tomorrow he’ll flash the intelligence on me that he has invented a stranglehold line of business.at flash, v.1
John Henry 11: The four-flush call-down makes you back-pedal.at four-flush, adj.
John Henry 17: She hadn’t time to decide that I ought to be on my way to a foolish house.at foolish house (n.) under foolish, adj.
John Henry 10: Gee! I got to get shaved this evening!at gee!, excl.
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