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Amer. Revisited 209/1: A ‘bull-fiddle’ which is American for violoncello.at bull fiddle (n.) under bull, adj.1
Amer. Revisited 209/1: A ‘bull-fiddle’ which is American for violoncello. America Revisited II 317: I subsequently discovered, by the aid of a comic illustrated paper, that a ‘camel’ was the popular name for that addendum to the feminine toilette which in England is known as a ‘dress improver,’ and which in the days of the Hottentot Venus used to be called a ‘bustle’.at camel, n.
America Revisited I 50: The chances are that his indignant hearers will vote him a ‘cold potato’ and ‘run him out’.at cold potato, n.1
America Revisited I 66: Every American who does not wish to be thought ‘small potatoes’ or a ‘ham-fatter’ or a ‘corner loafer’ is carefully ‘barbed’ .at corner boy (n.) under corner, n.2
America Revisited I 66: Every American who does not wish to be thought ‘small potatoes’ or a ‘ham-fatter’ or a ‘corner loafer’ is carefully ‘barbed’.at hamfatter, n.
America Revisited II 133: ‘Hock my sparks,’ ‘soak my gems,’ and ‘Walker my diamonds.’ [...] American euphemisms for the act of pawning your jewellery.at hock, v.1
America Revisited 76: The marine store or ‘junk’ dealer, as he is styled in New-York.at junk, n.1
America Revisited II 133: ‘Hock my sparks,’ ‘soak my gems,’ and ‘Walker my diamonds.’ [...] American euphemisms for the act of pawning your jewellery.at soak, v.1
America Revisited II 133: ‘Hock my sparks,’ ‘soak my gems,’ and ‘Walker my diamonds.’ [...] American euphemisms for the act of pawning your jewellery.at sparks, n.1
America Revisited I 68: ‘Taking the oath’ meant, when you paid a visit to a friend’s house accidentally finding a bottle of Bourbon whiskey and a pitcher of iced water in the recesses of a bookcase [...] and straight away swearing fealty to the Republic by ‘liquoring up.’.at take the oath (v.) under take, v.
America Revisited II 133: ‘Hock my sparks,’ ‘soak my gems,’ and ‘Walker my diamonds.’ [...] American euphemisms for the act of pawning your jewellery.at walker, v.
America Revisited I 284: What are those scraps? Protested cheques, torn-up notes on ‘wild-cat’ banks.at wildcat, adj.
America Revisited I 255: For awhile I was puzzled; but he went on to explain that a ‘Zebra’ was a humorous nickname for a convict.at zebra, n.
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