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letter 11 July in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters I (1986) 26: Won’t you come across with something real snappy.at snappy, adj.
letter 11 July in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters I (1986) 26: Won’t you come across with something real snappy. letter 19 Nov. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters 1 (1986) 81: Dell’s notice is a corker: it ought to sell a lot of books.at corker, n.2
letter 12 Nov. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters I (1986) 107: I am glad you are considering a good offer but please be sure it won’t ‘bust-up’ after you have severed important connections elsewhere.at bust up, v.
letter 23 Mar. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters I (1986) 136: Grasty, publisher of The Balto.at Balto, n.
letter 2 Aug. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters I (1986) 147: These reviews merely poll-parrot the earlier ones.at poll parrot, n.
letter 29 Dec. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters I (1986) 173: A pox upon the English!at pox on —! (excl.) under pox, n.1
letter 16 Dec. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters I (1986) 282: The man who fights for them is as absurd as the man who fights for the right to walk down Broadway naked, and with his gospel pipe in his hand.at gospel-pipe (n.) under gospel, n.
letter 23 Dec. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters I (1986) 289: If it were in any sense a work of art, I’d be hot for it.at hot for (adj.) under hot, adj.
letter 25 Sept. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 359: The old bitch is forever at the bat.at bat, v.
letter 11 July in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 352: Woodrow’s bosh will fetch the boobs in.at bosh, n.1
letter 19 Nov. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 362: If the thing ever becomes suddenly acute there will be hell to pay.at hell to pay under hell, n.
letter 8 Nov. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 360: I hear all the old maids [...] flock to the town in the hope of being debauched. I surely hope you don’t risk your old fowling piece on any such game.at piece, n.
letter 23 Nov. in Riggio Dreiser–Mencken Letters II (1986) 363: He is here singing the praises of lousy cafes [...] to catch the scrubby tourist.at scrubby, adj.
letter 20 Dec. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 365: I am booked for three-under-the-table parties, all stag.at stag, adj.
letter 20 Dec. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 365: This will be a very wet Christmas. I am booked for three-under-the-table parties, all stag.at wet, adj.1
letter 14 Apr. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 523: I have not seen his alleged book. It is probably crap.at crap, adj.
letter 17 Sept. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 389: I have severe [...] urticaria (huge hives) all over my arms and legs. One even showed today on my gospel-pipe.at gospel-pipe (n.) under gospel, n.
letter 7 Aug. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 381: The other day a dog peed on me. A bad sign.at pee, v.
letter 11 Dec. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 416: Unable to clear her throat, her pipes got clogged up.at pipes, n.1
letter 13 Sept. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 388: The story of the Irishman who dropped his sandwich in the gutter. ‘Mike,’ he said to his friend, ‘have you ever tasted horse-piss’.at piss, n.
letter 23 Sept. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 396: He is as a pop-gun to a howitzer.at popgun, n.
letter 15 Dec. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 422: Diddler!at diddler, n.2
letter 15 Dec. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 422: Fleecer!at fleecer, n.
letter 23 Feb. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 428: I have been worked to a frazzle.at frazzle, n.
letter 15 Dec. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 422: Greedy-gut!at greedy-gut, n.
letter 15 June in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 447: It now appears he has a sure specific for [...] high blood pressure, smallpox, and katzenjammer.at katzenjammer, n.
letter 15 Dec. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 422: Rook!at rook, n.1
letter 2 Apr. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 438: You say the Harper letter is mainly slobber.at slobber, n.
letter 12 June in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 476: It would be a bit thick to kick him in the pants.at kick in the pants (v.) under kick, v.1
letter 21 Mar. in Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II (1986) 489: Curses on all ad. writers.at ad, adj.
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