1947 S.J. Perelman Westward Ha! 138: All the world and his wife had their noses plunged in some form of popsicle or candied apple.at all the world and his wife, n.
1947 S.J. Perelman Westward Ha! 117: The sort of sickly good-fellowship that prevails at a department-store clambake.at clambake, n.
1947 S.J. Perelman Westward Ha! 122: Whosoever among you tries to hold out on me in the final divvy, him will I beat with a besom until his noggin rings.at divvy, n.1
1947 S.J. Perelman Westward Ha! 128: She [...] fetched me a lethal blow on the sconce, causing a goose-egg.at goose egg, n.
1947 S.J. Perelman Westward Ha! 32: Midge rose from her chair as if someone had given her a hotfoot.at hot foot, n.
1947 S.J. Perelman Westward Ha! 47: I aim to shoot squar’, but if’n you’re a wrong Injun – watch out!at wrong guy, n.
1947 S.J. Perelman Westward Ha! 18: You certainly ought to set Singapore aflame with those immies in your head.at immies, n.
1947 S.J. Perelman Westward Ha! 71: I don’t rile easy, but when I’m mean, I’m ornery as pizen.at ornery, adj.
1947 S.J. Perelman Westward Ha! 13: ‘About time those schleppers went to work,’ he grunted.at schlepper, n.
1947 S.J. Perelman Westward Ha! 130: Wickwire and I made a desperate attempt to vamoose.at vamoose, v.
1947 S.J. Perelman Westward Ha! 15: My wattles flushing a dusty pink, I extended my Pennsylvania driving license.at wattles, n.