1947 J. Gielgud letter 4 Apr. in Gielgud’s Letters (2004) 100: He is already going on the bat [...] a sad case of hopeless drunk.at on the bat under bat, n.3
1958 J. Gielgud letter 3 Nov. in Mangan John Gielgud’s Letters (2004) 217: I even got a couple of bites at an old cherry which relieved the strain on my starving basketwork after so many weeks of frustration.at basket, n.1
1959 J. Gielgud letter 13 May in Mangan John Gielgud’s Letters (2004) 231: Ed is being blackmailed by some Florentine ex-bit.at bit, n.1
1959 J. Gielgud letter 12 Dec. in Mangan John Gielgud’s Letters (2004) 251: Carol Channing is rather a camp and quite a dear.at camp, n.2
1959 J. Gielgud letter 24 June in Mangan John Gielgud’s Letters (2004) 232: Witness to a quite interesting gangbang in which the principal performers were Patrick [...] and a German [etc.].at gangbang, n.
1959 J. Gielgud letter 20 Jan. in Mangan John Gielgud’s Letters (2004) 223: Turned down 25,000 dollars to do Potting Shed on TV [...] Get me!at get you! (excl.) under get, v.
1959 J. Gielgud letter 5 Aug. in Mangan John Gielgud’s Letters (2004) 235: The S.M. [...] wears skin tight Sun Tans with an enormous packet!at packet, n.
1959 J. Gielgud letter June in Mangan John Gielgud’s Letters (2004) 233: Gorgeous Italian boys, gents and trade alternately.at trade, n.
1959 J. Gielgud letter 13 May in Mangan John Gielgud’s Letters (2004) 231: I suspect it [i.e. a blackmail attempt] is only a try-on and they should be firm and undismayed!at try-on (n.) under try, v.
1960 J. Gielgud letter 25 Feb. in Mangan John Gielgud’s Letters (2004) 260: I am rather dreading discussing the Larry situation. I gather his N.Y. play is N.G.at n.g., phr.
1961 J. Gielgud letter 10 Oct. in Mangan John Gielgud’s Letters (2004) 268: Christ on a bicycle!at Christ on a bike! (excl.) under Christ, n.
1962 J. Gielgud letter 30 Aug. in Mangan John Gielgud’s Letters (2004) 281: Most of the cottages [in Venice] have gone or been redesigned.at cottage, n.
1964 J. Gielgud letter 27 Dec. in Mangan John Gielgud’s Letters (2004) 318: [Going mad is] Less humiliating though, I suppose, than cottage-crawling!!at cottage, v.
1965 J. Gielgud letter 12 Jan. in Mangan John Gielgud’s Letters (2004) 319: Hugh [...] feared it might get the bird in England.at get the (big) bird (v.) under bird, n.2
1965 J. Gielgud letter 11 Feb. in Mangan John Gielgud’s Letters (2004) 320: Unbelievably jungle dancing and steel guitar.at jungle, adj.
1965 J. Gielgud letter 18 Jan. in Mangan John Gielgud’s Letters (2004) 320: Katherine Dunham dancers doing appalling jungle bunny ballets.at jungle bunny (n.) under jungle, adj.
1966 J. Gielgud letter 6 Mar. in Mangan John Gielgud’s Letters (2004) 328: They are only half compos.at compos, adj.