1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 112: It was as simple as falling off a log.at easy as falling off a log, adj.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 25: That a man’s life on that side of the river wasn’t worth a plugged nickel?at not worth a plugged nickel, phr.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 47: Nearly had you where the hair’s short, huh, Stanley?at have someone/something by the short and curlies (v.) under short and curlies, n.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 14: ‘Thunder and damnation’ said Stanley Dinkle.at thunder and lightning!, excl.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 191: Personal basis? Applesauce.at applesauce!, excl.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 168: You’ve made colossal, cats’s-ass fools of yourselves and me and the cavalry!at cat’s ass, adj.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 225: Only the Good Lord can help her in the attic, which is where she needs it.at attic, n.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 162: You guys look after your crow-baits.at crow-bait, n.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 126: Biddle, I’ve swallowed enough of your banana oil.at banana oil (n.) under banana, n.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 185: ‘Well, I’ll be,’ said Carberry.at I’ll be!, excl.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 117: I can go down from Mount Franklin to bed the bitches of Juárez!at bed, v.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 28: They were clearly chronic ‘beefers’.at beefer (n.) under beef, v.1
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 201: He [...] dashed downhill bent almost double and after two more bursts and belly-whoppers neared a stone pile.at belly whopper (n.) under belly, n.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 155: I hate to waste her looking for a couple of gasoline buggies in Mexico.at benzine buggy, n.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 174: Send down a truckload of mechanics – they’ll put on a new skin, the old bitch’ll fly again.at bitch, n.1
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 167: He stared at the bobtail bunch of boys in partial uniform before him.at bobtail, adj.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 208: The flivvers bucketed up the far side and soon drew away.at bucket about (v.) under bucket, n.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 20: They will drive me bug, thought Stanley Dinkle.at bug, adj.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 19: We thought it might be bully to have them here.at bully, adj.1
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 125: ‘His lungs won’t take much more dust.’ ‘Bunk.’.at bunk!, excl.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 27: ‘Can-openers, sir?’ ‘Sabers. The cavalry is a modern army, and the saber is dead as a dodo bird.’.at can opener, n.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 207: Now we settle the argument once for all – horse or flivver! I say those tin cans won’t roll a mile before they fall apart.at tin-can, n.2
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 16: His hair [...] was red. His other soubriquet had once been ‘Carrots’.at carrots, n.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 200: I shall eschew hooch, quit tomcatting.at tom cat, v.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 144: They caught your men with their pants down, evidently, and ran off with their horses.at catch someone with their pants down (v.) under catch, v.1
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 176: ‘Say, that’s the cat’s meow!’ he grinned.at cat’s meow, n.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 206: Dinkle [...] slapped on a saddle, and three men maneuvered the pilot onto the cayuse.at cayuse, n.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 142: I’m supposed to escort you upstairs to chit-chat with the old man. He’ll tell you.at chit-chat, v.
1972 (con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 159: He expected it to disintegrate at any instant like the poet’s one-hoss shay.at chay, n.