1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: licking the licorice stick or gob stick. — playing the clarinet. Also known as an agony pipe or wop stick.at agony pipe (n.) under agony, n.
1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 8: devout alligators. — worshippers of the great God Swing. And how they love it!at alligator, n.
1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 8: beat to the socks. — all fogged out. Prima’s band falls apart between sessions.at beat to the socks (adj.) under beat, adj.
1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: slap me some fire on the dog house. grip that git box. — getting hot on the bull fiddle and the guitar.at bull fiddle (n.) under bull, adj.1
1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 8: hep cats. — people in the know. All they need is coca-cola and Prima’s music to get high.at hep-cat, n.
1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: slap me some fire on the dog house. grip that git box. — getting hot on the bull fiddle and the guitar.at doghouse, n.
1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 8: beat to the socks. — all fogged out. Prima’s band falls apart between sessions.at fall apart (v.) under fall, v.1
1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 8: beat to the socks. — all fogged out. Prima’s band falls apart between sessions.at fog out (v.) under fog, v.1
1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: licking the licorice stick or gob stick. — playing the clarinet. Also known as an agony pipe or wop stick.at gob-stick (n.) under gob, n.1
1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: hide busting. — going to town on the drums. Godfrey Hirsch, ‘My Man Godfrey,’ beats it up on the traps.at hide, n.
1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 8: hep cats. — people in the know. All they need is coca-cola and Prima’s music to get high.at high, adj.1
1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 9: an icky. — a phony, corny guy. The kind of college freshman who asks the leader to ‘please play Tiger Rag’ when it’s just been played.at icky, n.
1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: licking the licorice stick or gob stick. — playing the clarinet. Also known as an agony pipe or wop stick.at liquorice stick, n.
1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: Nothing disgusts players of gut-bucket, screwball, and whacky music so much as the Schmaltz or sweet type played by a ‘Long-Underwear gang’.at long-underwear gang (n.) under long underwear, n.
1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 6: mercy percy. — hot rendition. When Prima plays a riffout or solo, he really gets hot.at mercy percy, n.
1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 8: come on, boys, send me gate. — play with umph. Prima wants an extra something from his swingsters.at oomph, n.
1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: Nothing disgusts players of gut-bucket, screwball, and whacky music so much as the Schmaltz or sweet type played by a ‘Long-Underwear gang’.at screwball, adj.
1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: hide busting. — going to town on the drums. Godfrey Hirsch, ‘My Man Godfrey,’ beats it up on the traps.at traps, n.2
1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: jibing the vibes or hitting the harps. — playing the vibraphone.at vibes, n.1
1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: Nothing disgusts players of gut-bucket, screwball, and whacky music so much as the Schmaltz or sweet type played by a ‘Long-Underwear gang.’.at whacky, adj.
1938 Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: licking the licorice stick or gob stick. — playing the clarinet. Also known as an agony pipe or wop stick.at wop stick (n.) under wop, adj.
1939 Pic (N.Y.) 30 May cover: When twenty-five men unanimously bestowed the title of ‘Oomph Girl’ on Ann Sheridan last month, there were no protests [...] There’s no question—Ann is tops when it comes to ‘oomph,’ the modern title for sex appeal, the successor to ‘Vamp’ and ‘It’.at oomph girl (n.) under oomph, n.
1941 Pic (N.Y.) 24 June 24: What Do You Know About Music? [...] 18. What instruments are sometimes referred to as ‘woodpile,’ ‘plumbing,’ ‘licorice stick,’ ‘88,’ ‘skins’?at eighty-eight, n.1
1941 Pic (N.Y.) 24 June 24: What Do You Know About Music? [...] 18. What instruments are sometimes referred to as ‘woodpile,’ ‘plumbing,’ ‘licorice stick,’ ‘88,’ ‘skins’?at liquorice stick, n.
1941 Pic (N.Y.) 24 June 24: What Do You Know About Music? [...] 18. What instruments are sometimes referred to as ‘woodpile,’ ‘plumbing,’ ‘licorice stick,’ ‘88,’ ‘skins’?at plumbing, n.
1941 Pic (N.Y.) 24 June 24: What Do You Know About Music? [...] What instruments are sometimes referred to as ‘woodpile,’ ‘plumbing,’ ‘licorice stick,’ ‘88,’ ‘skins’?at woodpile, n.
1946 Pic (N.Y.) Oct. 64: [headline] You Don’t Need the Tiffany Touch To Run Your Pony on the Big Apple Today – If You Own a Horse.at Big Apple, n.