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Mencken’s Amer. Lang. 717: The use of stew is declining, modern heavy gees preferring to use a stick, ripper or can opener on laminated safes.at can opener, n.
Mencken’s Amer. Lang. 717: The use of stew is declining, modern heavy gees preferring to use a stick, ripper or can opener on laminated safes. Mencken’s Amer. Lang. 745: A cat in hot pursuit of a chick or fox is said to have his nose wide open.at have one’s nose open (v.) under nose, n.
Mencken’s Amer. Lang. 261: [note] Miami Beach and similar outposts of civilization are full of nosheries... A Chinese Noshery was opened in the posh Georgetown section of the District of Columbia, c. 1955.at noshery, n.
Mencken’s Amer. Lang. 726: Prisoners in the Virginia State Prison (1942) had a long list of local names for various mild narcotics [...] cement, codeine; ping-pong, pantopon.at ping-pong, n.2
Mencken’s Amer. Lang. 564: In baseball, switch hitters speak of their relative prowess batting lefty and righty.at rightie, n.
Mencken’s Amer. Lang. 717: The use of stew is declining, modern heavy gees preferring to use a stick, ripper or can opener on laminated safes.at ripper, n.1
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