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[US] Newark Advocate (OH) 2 Sept. 12/5: The domicile was in solid, with the alligators really taking it on the easy greasy.
at alligator, n.
[US] Newark Advocate (OH) 2 Sept. 12/6: Didja see the skin beater slipping a wax to the tonsil twister every time he had a chance [...] The box beater nearly blew his top.
at box-beater (n.) under box, n.1
[US] Newark Advocate (OH) 2 Sept. 12/6: So you take a drill (walk) as they’d say, and start thinking.
at drill, n.2
[US] Newark Advocate (OH) 2 Sept. 12/5: The domicile was in solid, with the alligators really taking it on the easy greasy.
at easy-greasy (adj.) under easy, adj.
[US] Newark Advocate (OH) 2 Sept. 12/6: Never saw the ground pads net high like that before in my life.
at groundpad, n.
[US] Newark Advocate (OH) 2 Sept. 12/5: Even the longhaired squares were lushed to the sills on the swingaroo, peeling the apple straight on down the groove.
at lushed, adj.
[US] Newark Advocate (OH) 2 Sept. 12/6: That ripper dipper was a gumwoojie if ever I heard one.
at ripper-dipper (n.) under ripper, n.1
[US] Newark Advocate (OH) 2 Sept. 12/5: The main scribe and I were to the sea last night and the domicile was in solid.
at scribe, n.
[US] Newark Advocate (OH) 2 Sept. 12/6: Didja see the skin beater slipping a wax to the tonsil twister every time he had a chance.
at tonsil twister (n.) under tonsil, n.
[US] Newark Advocate (OH) 2 Sept. 12/6: The Turk went over the laced boots of the other lease breakers.
at turk, n.1
[US] Newark Advocate (OH) 2 Sept. 12/6: Didja see the skin beater slipping a wax to the tonsil twister every time he had a chance.
at slip a wax (to) (v.) under wax, n.1
[US] Newark Advocate (OH) 10 Oct. 15/5: The latter [team] aren’t controlled by dumbums who’d break up an infield to get a slightly spavined infielder.
at dumbum (n.) under dumb, adj.1
[US] Newark Advocate (OH) 2 Nov. 2/5: "Jim Bishop Reports" (syndicated column) The commissioner [of the NYPD] asked 75 police departments around the world to send their slang phrases to him. Arm published the result in the police magazine Spring 3100. Here are some samples: [...] PSYCHOTIC. Nut job. In orbit. Mooner.
at nut-job (n.) under nut, n.2
[US] in Newark (OH) Advocate 21 May 3/3–4: Grade ‘V’ or squeeze one is milk.
at grade A, n.
[US] Newark (OH) Advocate 21 May 3/3–4: Adam and Eve on a raft – poached eggs on toast [...] wreck an Adam and Eve on a raft – scrambled eggs on toast.
at Adam and Eve, n.1
[US] in Newark Advocate (OH) 21 May 3/3–4: all the way — French-fried potatoes with eggs.
at all the way, adv.
[US] ‘Railroads have “Slanguage”’ in Newark (OH) Advocate 21 May 3/3–4: bedbug — Pullman porter.
at bedbug, n.
[US] Newark (OH) Advocate 21 May 3/3–4: cowboy – western omelet.
at cowboy, n.
[US] ‘Railroads have “Slanguage”’ in Newark (OH) Advocate 21 May 3/3–4: cushions – passenger car.
at cushion, n.
[US] in Newark (OH) Advocate 21 May 3/3–4.
at draw one (phr.) under draw, v.4
[US] in Newark Advocate (OH) 21 May 3/3–4: dynamite -- buttermilk.
at dynamite, n.2
[US] in Newark (OH) Advocate 21 May 3/3–4: fifty-one —hot chocolate.
at fifty-one, n.
[US] ‘Railroads have “Slanguage”’ in Newark (OH) Advocate 21 May 3/3–4: filling station — small town.
at filling station, n.
[US] in Newark (OH) Advocate 21 May.
at gardenia, n.
[US] in Newark (OH) Advocate 21 May 3/3–4: hold the grass -- no lettuce.
at grass, n.2
[US] in Newark (OH) Advocate 21 May 3/3–4: hold the hail – no ice.
at hail, n.
[US] Railroads have ‘Slanguage’ in Newark (OH) Advocate 21 May 3/3–4: harness – a conductor’s uniform;.
at harness, n.
[US] in Newark (OH) Advocate 21 May 3/3–4: burn a limey – toasted English muffin.
at limey, n.
[US] in Newark (OH) Advocate 21 May 3/3–4: lumber -- toothpicks.
at lumber (sauce), n.
[US] in Newark (OH) Advocate 21 May 3/3–4: Mae West — a long cruller.
at Mae West, n.2
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