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Alta Calif. 16 Jan. cited in S.F. Examiner 4 June 1921 12/3: It [i.e. a ‘grand impromptu ball’] was decidedly ‘staggish,’ with a touch of the ‘free and easy’ .at staggish (adj.) under stag, adj.
Alta Calif. 16 Jan. cited in S.F. Examiner 4 June 1921 12/3: It [i.e. a ‘grand impromptu ball’] was decidedly ‘staggish,’ with a touch of the ‘free and easy’ . S.F. Examiner 13 May 11/7: [headline] dope and coke fiends / The Lost Wretches Who Cannot Live Without Morphine or Cocaine.at coke fiend (n.) under coke, n.1
S.F. Examiner 22 Mar. n.p.: He crawfished out of the issue by claiming that he didn’t drink.at crawfish, v.
S.F. Examiner 25 Jan. 5/6: [advert] Sporting and Athletic Goods [...] Jockstraps and Suspensions......50 [cents].at jock, n.1
S.F. Examiner 19 Feb. 3/4: Its conversation and dress ‘tol lollish’ said Ned Greenway.at tol-lol, adj.
in S.F. Examiner 8 Mar. 4: He even taken a shy at the ‘heavies’ [HDAS].at heavy, n.
S.F. Examiner 25 Feb. 30/6: ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star / [Boston version] / Scintillate, scintillate, globule vivific.at Boston version (n.) under Boston, adj.
S.F. Examiner 2 May 69/2: The Feminine Art of ‘Sweedling.’ by a Confessed ‘Sweedler’ [...] Sweedling [means] to coax a father, a brother or a lover into letting her have her own way by a mixture of swindling and wheeling.at sweedle, v.
drawing in S.F. Examiner 9 Oct. n.p.: Me. And I gave myself the best of it at that.at give someone the best of it (v.) under best (of it), n.
S.F. Examiner 23 Sept. American Wkly sect. 6/1: [H]e seemed to nurse but one purpose in life — to be known as an irresistable ‘fusser’ — college term for masher.at fusser, n.
S.F. Examiner 11 Dec. 15/1: [headline] Tennis Sharp Wins Fame as Pot Juggler.at pot juggler (n.) under pot, n.1
S.F. Examiner 23 Feb. 15/5: He argued with Sam, cut up some old touches with Bob [...] and insulted Jim.at cut up (old) touches (v.) under touch, n.1
S.F. Examiner 4 Feb. 16/6: The way to lick Stribling, as I see it from my comfortable squativoo at the ringside is to [etc].at squativoo, n.
S.F. Examiner 14 Nov. 116/3-5: Surprise party Planned for Beepie Blunderpuss Smarty-Pants, Stinky-Pie.at smarty-pants, n.
S.F. Examiner 3 June 25: He does feel that ‘featherbed jobs’ [...] should be abolished.at feather-bed, adj.
S.F. Examiner 2 Mar. (Picture Rev. section) 7/1: George Graham, a timid, middle-aged mickey mouse who was afraid of crowds, people, anything [OED].at Mickey Mouse, n.
S.F. Examiner 5 Oct. 9/1: ‘Bonehead English’ — a course of study that should not exist at all in a university but does [...] because grammar and high schools failed in their [teaching] duty .at bonehead English (n.) under bonehead, n.1
S.F. Examiner 8 Feb. 2/1: Answer these questions correctly and your name is Flynn, meaning you’re in, provided you have two left feet and the written consent of your parents.at in like Flynn, phr.
S.F. Examiner 12 June 18: If you had lost [...] I guess you would have gone fruitcake.at fruitcake, adj.
S.F. Examiner 22 Mar. 20: Yesterday the youths donned their oldest and most tattered jeans and slacks and topped them with their own unique collection of ‘Sloppy Joe’ sweaters.at sloppy Joe, n.
S.F. Examiner 12 May 13/5: I would say it costs a thousand smackers per day to operate a stem-winding yacht, rain or shine.at stem-winder, n.
S.F. Examiner 24 Jan. 27/1: He’s a stink-kicker-upper par excellence when it comes to Reds and Pinkos.at kick up a stink (v.) under stink, n.
S.F. Examiner 12 Sept. Pt I Comic Weekly 6: In a pig’s poke. I won’t stand by and let You get hurt.at in a pig’s arse! (excl.) under pig’s arse!, excl.
S.F. Examiner 26 Jan. I/14: Less-favored individuals called ‘Greasers’, who indulge in such gauche activities as drag-racing, putting grease on their hair, smoking marijuana and dancing the Twist.at greaser, n.1
S.F. Examiner 15 Sept. 4/4: Where did the spores come from? [...] In US psychedelic drug circles, psilocybin has long occupied a revered place.at spores, n.
S.F. Examiner and Chronicle 1 Apr. A:12: It’s just toooo much (late ’40s). A real drag (’50s), a bad trip (’60s), and, naturally, a gross-out (’70s).at bad trip (n.) under bad, adj.
S.F. Examiner and Chronicle 1 Apr. A:12: It’s just toooo much (late ’40s). A real drag (’50s), a bad trip (’60s), and, naturally, a gross-out (’70s).at gross-out, n.
S.F. Examiner and Chronicle 1 Apr. A:12: It’s just toooo much (late ’40s). A real drag (’50s), a bad trip (’60s), and, naturally, a gross-out (’70s).at too much!, excl.
S.F. Examiner 18 Dec. 33/1: He began as what was called a ‘sudbuster,’ scrubbing out giant pots in the kitchen.at sud-buster, n.
S.F. Examiner The World 11 July 22/3: IUn the language of pillow advertising, squooshy has just been superseded by huggable.at squooshy, adj.
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