1935 C. Odets Awake and Sing! Act III: In two shakes of a lamb’s tail, we’ll start a real fight.at two shakes of a lamb’s tail, phr.
1935 C. Odets Awake and Sing! II i: What’s it get you? [...] a pain in the bustle it gets you.at pain in the arse, n.
1935 C. Odets Awake and Sing! II i: bessie: Look, he’s ashamed. moe: So’s your Aunt Fanny. bessie: (naively) Who’s got an Aunt Fanny? [...] morty: It’s a joke!at Aunt Fanny, n.
1935 C. Odets Awake and Sing! II i: Like Boob McNutt you know! Don’t go in the park, Pop – the squirrels’ll get you.at Boob McNutt, n.
1935 C. Odets Awake and Sing! II ii: You put one over on that little shrimp. The cat’s whiskers, Mom?at cat’s whiskers, n.
1935 C. Odets Awake and Sing! I i: bessie: She made an engagement [...] he asked her. moe: Did he? Who? Who’s the corpse?at corpse, n.
1935 C. Odets Awake and Sing! II ii: (hennie drops a knife, and picks it up again) bessie: You got dropsy tonight.at dropsy, n.2
1935 C. Odets Awake and Sing! II i: Why don’t you lay an egg, Axelrod?at go lay an egg! (excl.) under egg, n.1
1935 C. Odets Awake and Sing! II i: Put up at ritzy hotels, frenchie soap, champagne.at Frenchie, adj.
1935 C. Odets Awake and Sing! Act III: When they grew up they beat it the hell away like rabbits.at hell, the, phr.
1935 C. Odets Awake and Sing! II i: Don’t bother with Kentucky. It’s full of moonshiners.at moonshiner, n.
1935 C. Odets Awake and Sing! II ii: myron: Now isn’t that funny, Big Boy?’ moe: It’s a pisscutter!at piss-cutter (n.) under piss, n.
1935 C. Odets Awake and Sing! I i: You also mean something when you studied the drum, Mr. Smartie!at smarty, n.
1935 C. Odets Awake and Sing! I i: Sure, kids, you’ll have gold teeth, get fat, big in the tangerines.at tangerines, n.
1935 C. Odets Awake and Sing! Act III: One thing I won’t forget – how you left me crying on the bed like I was two for a cent!at two-for-a-nickel (adj.) under two, adj.