1918 Frank L. Packard ‘Coogan’s Last Run’ in Top-Notch 1 Feb. 🌐 Be he king, prince, president, shogun, or high-mucky-muck of whatever degree.at high muck-a-muck, n.
1918 T. Thursday ‘Stroke of Genius’ in Top-Notch 1 Apr. 🌐 ‘I’ll bet it’s a contract,’ said I, enthusiastically. ‘Oh, boy! It’s the bacon, all right.’.at bacon, n.1
1918 T. Thursday ‘Stroke of Genius’ in Top-Notch 1 Apr. 🌐 ‘And they own motors and live in swell hotels. Give ’em credit!’ ‘Credit beans!’ grunted he.at beans!, excl.
1918 T. Thursday ‘Nearly Over’ in Top-Notch 15 Apr. 🌐 ‘Cheer up, Jeff,’ I said, trying to make him feel better [...] ‘Cheer up beans!’ he raved.at beans!, excl.
1918 T. Thursday ‘Nearly Over’ Top-Notch 15 Apr. 🌐 And there I was trying to scheme up a new plot with that chick tittering like a canary bird.at chick, n.1
1918 T. Thursday ‘Words & Music’ in Top-Notch 15 June 🌐 I got a corking idea for a song while I was half asleep,.at corking, adj.
1918 T. Thursday ‘Stroke of Genius’ in Top-Notch 1 Apr. 🌐 My stories have got that bunch of millionaire scribes beaten to a fare-you-well!at to a fare-thee-well (adv.) under fare-thee-well, phr.
1918 T. Thursday ‘Stroke of Genius’ in Top-Notch 1 Apr. 🌐 During the next half hour Jeff busied himself with the frame-up letters.at frame-up, adj.
1918 T. Thursday ‘Stroke of Genius’ in Top-Notch 1 Apr. 🌐 Would the editor get all the gravy?at gravy, n.
1918 F.L. Packard ‘Coogan’s Last Run’ in Top-Notch 1 Feb. 🌐 ‘You’re jumping a man pretty hard, aren’t you, Mr. Carleton?’ he said resentfully.at jump, v.
1918 T. Thursday ‘Words & Music’ in Top-Notch 15 June 🌐 Hit that ‘do’ key; harder, Miss Hemp [...] It sounds like money.at money, n.
1918 T. Thursday ‘Nearly Over’ in Top-Notch 15 Apr. 🌐 He’ll get paid just as soon as some of those dyspeptic editors slip me some coin. It won’t be the first bill he’s muffed.at muff, v.1
1918 T. Thursday ‘Nearly Over’ in Top-Notch 15 Apr. 🌐 I’m dead sure that I’ve written one of the greatest mush stories ever attempted.at mush, n.1
1918 T. Thursday ‘Nearly Over’ in Top-Notch 15 Apr. 🌐 Did you taste that hash? Some mystery, take it from me!at mystery, n.
1918 T. Thursday ‘Stroke of Genius’ in Top-Notch 1 Apr. 🌐 All the Factory Fannies, Stella Stenogs, and Candy Carries go plumb nutty over such stuff!at nutty, adj.2
1918 T. Thursday ‘Words & Music’ in Top-Notch 15 June 🌐 Wait until you see the song I just wrote; it’s a peacherino.at peacherino (n.) under peach, n.1
1918 T. Thursday ‘Stroke of Genius’ in Top-Notch 1 Apr. 🌐 ‘It’s a little raw, Jeff, isn’t it?’ I said. ‘Raw your grandmother! I’d put a bomb into each one if I could.’.at raw, adj.
1918 T. Thursday ‘Words & Music’ in Top-Notch 15 June 🌐 Speeder hit a scorcher that knocked Hookus on his ear—.at scorcher, n.
1918 T. Thursday ‘Nearly Over’ in Top-Notch 15 Apr. 🌐 I’d advise you to shoot it [i.e. a story] to the Eversob Monthly.at shoot, v.
1918 T. Thursday ‘Stroke of Genius’ in Top-Notch 1 Apr. 🌐 ‘Have a slant at this, Jim,’ he said, as he passed me one of the finished letters.at take a slant (v.) under slant, n.
1918 T. Thursday ‘Nearly Over’ in Top-Notch 15 Apr. 🌐 He had a grand smash-up with the superintendent and was promptly fired.at smash, n.1
1918 T. Thursday ‘Words & Music’ in Top-Notch 15 June 🌐 She was trying to extract a few tears from the latest sob book.at sob book (n.) under sob, n.1
1918 T. Thursday ‘Words & Music’ in Top-Notch 15 June 🌐 When a girl has to measure out ribbons all day at Flooker’s Department Store she hasn’t got any time to delve into the squeaks of song writers.at squeak, n.
1920 T. Thursday ‘Fall of the Wise’ in Top-Notch 1 Apr. [Internet] I want some fellow to get up on that ballyhoo and tell the folks what a great, grand, and glorious show we got on the inside.at ballyhoo, n.
1920 T. Thursday ‘Missed in Missouri’ in Top-Notch 15 May 🌐 The grinders barked loudly enough to make a dog pound sound like a violin solo.at bark, v.2
1920 T. Thursday ‘Shorter Hours, Longer Pay’ in Top-Notch 1 Sept. 🌐 We’ve got a barrel of trouble—the whole works have struck!at barrel, n.1
1920 F.L. Packard ‘Never Again’ in Top-Notch 15 Jan. 🌐 Cut down operatin’ expinses, is ut? [...] Begorra, I’ll begin right now!at begorra!, excl.
1920 T. Thursday ‘Fall of the Wise’ in Top-Notch 1 Apr. 🌐 Talk? Say, that beezark could convince an anarchist that a profiteer had a good chance of going to Heaven! [Ibid.] Right away I saw that this beezark lived on sirloin of dictionaries and fillet de books.at bezark, n.
1920 T. Thursday ‘Shorter Hours, Longer Pay’ in Top-Notch 1 Sept. 🌐 What we want is more cherries—more coin. See?at cherries, n.1
1920 T. Thursday ‘Fall of the Wise’ in Top-Notch 1 Apr. 🌐 I’ll admit that you framed me pretty smooth.at frame, v.