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Marion (OH) Daily Star 22 Nov. 3/3: In the better class of restaurants ‘a brown stone front’ means porterhouse steak, while ‘double brown stone’ is porterhouse for two.at brownstone front, n.
Marion (OH) Daily Star 22 Nov. 3/3: In the better class of restaurants ‘a brown stone front’ means porterhouse steak, while ‘double brown stone’ is porterhouse for two. Marion (OH) Daily Star 22 Nov. 3/3: ‘Buck up’ is buckwheat cakes. ‘Three up and nine to come’ is the lingo for batter cakes. ‘Brown the buck and a come along’ means buckwheat cakes and coffee.at buck-up, n.1
Marion (OH) Daily Star 22 Nov. 3/3: ‘Cash on delivery,’ means codfish.at cash on delivery (n.) under cash, n.2
Marion (OH) Daily Star 22 Nov. 3/3: ‘Draw one,’ heard every minute of the day, means ‘a cup of coffee.’ ‘Draw no,’ is coffee without milk.at draw one (phr.) under draw, v.4
Marion (OH) Daily Star 22 Nov. 3/3: ‘One on,’ usually brings an oyster stew.at one on (n.) under one, n.1
Marion (OH) Daily Star 22 Nov. 3/3: The waiters in one of Chicago’s many cheap restaurants were astonished [...] when a stranger entered and called for ‘boot leg and sinkers.’ After repeating his order two or three times [...] the stranger, a New Yorker, translated his language into plain ‘coffee and doughnuts.’.at sinker, n.2
Marion (OH) Daily Star 22 Nov. 3/3: ‘Tommy in the bowl’ means one bowl of tomato soup.at tommy, n.4
Marion (OH) Daily Star 25 Mar. 6/3: A ‘dead criminal’ is one who has become discouraged, reformed, or given up grafting.at dead, adj.
Marion (OH) Daily Star 25 Mar. 6/3: A ‘dead criminal’ is one who has become discouraged, reformed, or given up grafting.at graft, v.3
Daily Star (Lincoln, NB) 22 June 3/3: They present the typical minstrel nigger and high yaller octoroon.at high-yellow, adj.
Marion (OH) Daily Star 2 Nov. 17/1: [restaurant ad.] Sloppy Joe Sandwiches.at sloppy Joe, n.
Daily Star 16 Mar. n.p.: But just three hours later, she was back in front of the lenses as she left, giving onlookers the one-finger salute after collapsing on the floor.at one-finger(ed) salute (n.) under one, adj.
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