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letter 16 Aug. in Groucho Letters (1967) 147: He went smack into a vaudeville monologue he used to do before he clicked as a legit actor on Broadway.at click, v.3
letter 16 Aug. in Groucho Letters (1967) 147: He went smack into a vaudeville monologue he used to do before he clicked as a legit actor on Broadway. letter 16 Aug. in Groucho Letters (1967) 147: He went smack into a vaudeville monologue he used to do before he clicked as a legit actor on Broadway.at legit, adj.
letter 24 June in Groucho Letters (1967) 20: Although we are bowing out after July 9th, there’s more than a strong likelihood that we’ll reappear in the fall.at bow out, v.
letter 24 June in Groucho Letters (1967) 20: In all my years of one night stands and ad-lib train hopping, I have never seen any scene like the one I witnessed last night.at hop, v.1
letter in Groucho Letters (1967) 38: For a tennis bum, you’re certainly leading a luxurious life.at bum, n.3
letter 12 June in Groucho Letters (1967) 21: I see Bund members dropping down my chimney, Commies under my bed.at commie, n.
letter 16 Dec. in Groucho Letters (1967) 151: The critics ought to be ashamed of themselves for the knifing they gave it.at knife, v.
letter in Groucho Letters (1967) 41: I can clean up a fortune in the market if only I follow their sure-fire tips.at sure-fire (adj.) under sure, adj.
letter in Groucho Letters (1967) 18: Harpo and Chico are itinerant rug peddlars who are weary of laying rugs and enter a monastery just for a lark.at lark, n.2
letter in Groucho Letters (1967) 18: All this has been okayed by the Hays Office.at OK, v.
letter 12 Feb. in Groucho Letters (1967) 28: And what servant trouble we’re having! The local slaveys have all become privy (ah there, Mencken) to the fact that the defense industries offer much bigger salaries.at slavey, n.
letter in Groucho Letters (1967) 43: The previews are always more fun than the actual shows. Since the chips are not down, everyone is at ease.at when the chips are down under chip, n.2
letter in Groucho Letters (1967) 43: It’s a fine state of affairs when the head comic has to puncture the ear drums of his writers so they can continue to grind out mouldy wheezes for the Pabst brewery.at grind, v.
letter 7 Apr. in Groucho Letters (1967) 152: I have been tied up since mid-January on a musical with Ogden Nash and Kurt Weill.at tied up, adj.1
letter 5 Dec. in Groucho Letters (1967) 19: I suspect that’s the chief reason why so much bilge appears in your neighbourhood theater.at bilge, n.
letter 16 Feb. in Groucho Letters (1967) 44: He doesn’t know I can write, in fact he thinks I’m a complete schmuch.at schmuck, n.
Letter 14 June in Groucho Letters (1967) 182: It only goes to prove that a man can make a fortune just keeping his trap shut.at keep one’s trap shut (v.) under trap, n.1
letter in Groucho Letters (1967) 37: I was finally born and before I could say ‘Jack Robinson,’ I was named Julius.at before one can say Jack Robinson under Jack Robinson, n.
in Groucho Letters (1967) 183: I have never pulled down any dough that has ever remotely touched this figure.at pull down, v.
article in Groucho Letters (1967) 183: If they were assured that so-and-so wouldn’t show his ugly kisser on the screen, my guess is they would tear the doors down to get in.at kisser, n.
letter 10 Nov. in Groucho Letters (1967) 154: I am slowly recovering from the lacing we received from the New York critics.at lacing, n.
letter in Groucho Letters (1967) 150: Among the little kids that enter into the evening’s small chitchat here are William A. Brady (71) and his wife.at chitchat, n.1
letter 11 Feb. Groucho Letters (1967) 155: The California motorist will, on the average, knock off three pedestrians a month.at knock off, v.
letter in Groucho Letters (1967) 150: A legit who played with Booth and Barrett.at legit, n.
letter 11 Feb. in Groucho Letters (1967) 155: The moment you screwed out of here.at screw out (v.) under screw, v.
letter 3 Oct. in Groucho Letters (1967) 193: He is an old cocker named Jo-Jo [...] The stupid mutt doesn’t know that it wouldn’t be in my room.at mutt, n.
letter Apr. in Groucho Letters (1967) 88: Your ears must have been burning because we spoke of you quite often and you can bet your shirt we certainly did you up brown – ha ha ha, you old son of a gun.at do up brown (v.) under brown, adj.2
letter in Groucho Letters (1967) 91: They cut out two wonderful jokes: To wit: ‘When ever I mentioned work to Jane’s brother he says don’t use that four-letter word in front of my sister’.at four-letter word, n.
letter 15 Nov. in Groucho Letters (1967) 157: Steer clear of these man-traps. Marry, if you must, but don’t marry a chorus girl.at man-trap, n.1
letter 11 Apr. in Groucho Letters (1967) 159: A pint of cough medicine spiked with benzedrine.at spike, v.2
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