Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Quotation search

Date

 to 

Country

Author

Source Title

Source from Bibliography

The Sons of Martha choose

Quotation Text

[US] (con. 1941) R. McKenna ‘King’s Horsemen’ Sons of Martha 62: Now we’ll choke off them little yellow bastards to where they have to fight!
at choke off, v.
[US] (con. 1930s) R. McKenna Sons of Martha 141: This is Honcho-dori, the main drag. [...] Did you know that’s where the slang word ‘hunky-dory’ comes from?
at hunky-dory, adj.
[US] (con. 1930s) R. McKenna ‘Fool Errand’ in Sons of Martha 75: ‘Go clean bilges, you dunnigan!’ he’d beller.
at dunnaken, n.
[US] (con. 1930s) R. McKenna Sons of Martha 123: Flangeface Hogan stood watching.
at flangehead, n.
[US] (con. 1930s) R. McKenna ‘Fool Errand’ Sons of Martha 70: My first day aboard he sent me out to borrow a left-handed monkey wrench.
at left-handed monkey wrench (n.) under left-handed, adj.
[US] (con. 1930s) R. McKenna Sons of Martha 145: What you buy in Frisco is just the orgasm [...] If they can crack a pair of marbles every two minutes, why, that’s just the old Henry Ford spirit.
at crack one’s marbles (v.) under marbles, n.3
[US] (con. 1930s) R. McKenna Sons of Martha 144: Hey, sweetheart! [...] I got shortstopped for a drink.
at short stop, v.
no more results