1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 271: The old boy was a bear for inspection.at bear for, a under bear, n.
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 31: If there was a bigger dumb-bell in the outfit than I was I didn’t see him.at dumb-bell, n.
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 33: ‘What the blankety blank blank do you blankety blank think you’re shootin’ at?’ he yelled.at blankety-blank, phr.
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 245: It was hardly a job for butter-fingered rookies.at butterfingers (n.) under butter, n.1
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 58: They would sell it to us for two ‘clackers,’ or two Spanish cents, a glass.at clacker, n.2
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 58: The goo-goos let it ferment, and then put a little red bark in it to give it a foxy flavor and a come-on color.at come-on, adj.
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 76: Bean sandwiches, which he proceeded to sell at a dollar a crack.at crack, n.1
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 26: Well, I’d a rather rough go of it and didn’t see much of old San Francisco.at go, n.1
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 35: I soon learned to shin up a coconut tree like a goo-goo.at goo-goo, n.1
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 79: Great Jumpin’ Jehosaphat, and how do you spell it?at great jumping...!, excl.
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 58: He ran amuck, pumpin’ right and left with his hand artillery.at hand artillery (n.) under hand, n.1
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 201: The Alaska of the gold rush [...] when we went up there nearly eight years before was now gettin’ to be history.at be history under history, n.
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 199: Guess I’ll stick with you and put in another hitch up here myself.at hitch, n.1
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 26: ‘Holy jumpin’ gosh,’ he hollered.at holy jumping...!, excl.
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 76: They sold like hot cakes.at like hot cakes under hot, adj.
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 44: One or two fellows in the company had got married to Filipino girls in the village. There were a few others likewise who had what we called a ‘jaw-bone’ wedding — meaning just a verbal agreement without any padre to fix ’em up.at jawbone wedding (n.) under jawbone, adj.
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 246: We certainly doffed our tin kellys to the Heinies for their thoroughness.at kelly, n.3
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 30: He was just crampin’ and strugglin’ like sixty to stay on top.at like sixty, adv.
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 308: I guess the Jew isn’t such a washout as a fighter.at wash-out, n.
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 114: I took a peach of a header into a big bank of snow.at peach, n.1
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 76: One old-timer told me he hadn’t laid eyes on a copper penny for six years.at penny, n.
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 87: Two rookies have deserted [...] But they didn’t get far. The Redcoats of the Mounted picked ’em up at Forty Mile.at redcoat (n.) under red, adj.
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 38: Besides being the captain’s right bower, he was one of the most popular fellows.at right bower (n.) under right, adj.
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 222: They came near bein’ the rookiest bunch of rookies in this man’s army, and the rookiest of the lot was a wop from the anthracite country.at rookie, adj.
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 26: Well, I’d a rather rough go of it and didn’t see much of old San Francisco.at rough go (n.) under rough, adj.
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 168: Holy mither of all the saints [...] what kind of shenanigans is that?at shenanigan, n.
1929 L. Thomas Woodfill of the Regulars 294: ‘What’s slumgullion? How do you make it?’ ‘Make it, my eye! You don’t make it, buddy [...] It just accumulates.’.at slumgullion, n.