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(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 37: That mean barrel-bottom back-scuttler!at backscuttler (n.) under backscuttle, v.
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 37: That mean barrel-bottom back-scuttler! (con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 52: You’ve got a whale on the bat if you’d only go to it.at on the bat (adv.) under bat, n.2
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 42: ‘You’re a bum [...] and you are beat.’.at beat, adj.
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 79: Niggers will beat up their gums, for all they can do is talk.at beat one’s gums, v.
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 40: Lookeheah, big shot [...] we don’t wanta hear no bellyache blues.at big shot, n.
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 77: A new soul from the upper realms of biggity and dicty iniquity of Harlem.at biggity, adj.
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 26: I’ll blow the gang to Montmartre tonight.at blow, v.2
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 39: This special bootleg was sold at 25 cents a bottle.at bootleg, n.
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 27: When Ned was bounced off, I said: this money is my God, now.at bounce, v.1
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 47: Or else you wouldn’t be bunking down there on Eighth Avenue.at bunk, v.2
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 50: I don’t drink any more of those camouflage cocktails [...] the bootleg now is deadly.at camouflage cocktail, n.
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 41: Don’t hand us that stuff, for we ain’t taking [...] Don’t play us cheap.at play cheap (v.) under cheap, adj.
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 39: They drink [hooch] because it’s cheap and to feel cockish.at cockish, adj.
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 51: ‘Cooperate how?’ said irritated Buster. ‘You’re going to shoot that crap again?’.at shoot (the) crap (v.) under crap, n.1
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 77: A new soul from the upper realms of biggity and dicty iniquity of Harlem.at dicty, adj.
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 85: I used to read a lot about you [...] and the dicty crowd in the Harlem Nugget.at dicty, adj.
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 52: Stop kidding, sweet-back. [...] Can’t I see you’re on easy street, you hot dog.at hot dog, n.2
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 52: Stop kidding, sweet-back [...] Can’t I see you’re on easy street, you hot dog.at easy street, n.
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 46: To keep always in the white folks grace / [...] / You must know how to feed they face.at feed one’s face, v.
(con. 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 24: Baron, my foot!at my foot!, excl.
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 52: Keep your stinking mouth offa Charlotte, you plug-ugly mugger-fugger.at mugger-fugger, n.
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 23: Since you’re in the game why don’t you play it right?at game, n.
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 52: Batty chuckled: ‘Now get off that dime. You know a husband [...] don’t phase no cullud woman.’.at get off the dime (v.) under get off, v.3
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 51: They were gypped so often [...] The women had their bags rifled and some of the men lost their expensive overcoats.at gyp, v.
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 22: Most people borrowed money with no intention of paying it back; it was just a respectable holdup.at hold-up, n.
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 39: Folks afflicted with a Prohibition hangover who drink hooch like you drink medicine. They won’t touch good liquor.at hooch, n.1
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 87: I nevah seen any colored people more African than you all. I don’t know how come I got mahself hooked by one.at hook, v.1
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 78: Oh, Harlem is hyped with a different behavior.at hype, v.1
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 40: Suddenly he said: ‘I’ll be jitterbugged [...] Why, if it ain’t the big Buster himself.’.at I’ll be jitterbugged! (excl.) under jitterbugged, adj.
(con. early 1930s) Harlem Glory (1990) 87: That hooch is a knock-out [...] I believe it’s responsible for most of the crazy-acting people in Harlem.at knockout, n.
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