1926 E.P. Norwood Other Side of the Circus 155: Against the law to pack a cookie-cutter without a license in a lot of states.at cookie-cutter (n.) under cookie, n.1
1926 E.P. Norwood Other Side of the Circus 77: We call him Joe Doaks – you know, a sort of rube.at joe doakes, n.
1926 E.P. Norwood Other Side of the Circus 754: ‘What did the man mean by a “dukie”?’John wanted to know. ‘That’s circus slang for a lunch’ [...] Ollie Webb puts up box lunches. We call them ‘dukies.’ Of course, ’most any elephant will grab a dukie of hay.at dukie, n.1
1926 E.P. Norwood Other Side of the Circus 197: Like as not, you’d overlook some gimix or other.at gimix, n.
1926 E.P. Norwood Other Side of the Circus 236: We call a clarinet a gob stick.at gob-stick (n.) under gob, n.1
1926 E.P. Norwood Other Side of the Circus 63: It’s the grinders that must be looked after most.at grinder, n.1
1926 E.P. Norwood Other Side of the Circus 236: The cymbals are the pot lids, and the tuba is the grunt horn.at grunt horn (n.) under grunt, n.
1926 E.P. Norwood Other Side of the Circus 50: Mister Willie Hollow-legs Carr [...] who can see the flag farther and eat more than any agent ahead of the show.at hollow leg, n.
1926 E.P. Norwood Other Side of the Circus 151: I run a geese college [...] I’ve been raising and training the old honkers there for going on twenty years.at honker, n.1
1926 E.P. Norwood Other Side of the Circus 65: We call the camels the ‘humps’ and the zebras the ‘convicts’.at hump, n.1
1926 E.P. Norwood Other Side of the Circus 155: Against the law to pack a cookie-cutter without a license in a lot of states.at pack, v.1
1926 E.P. Norwood Other Side of the Circus 58: Those who washed dishes were called ‘pearl divers’.at pearl diver (n.) under pearl, n.1
1926 E.P. Norwood Other Side of the Circus 236: Well, there’s the big drumstick. It’s a potato masher or walloper.at potato masher (n.) under potato, n.