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[US] Tuscaloosa (AL) News 31 Mar. 4/7: A few moments after Secretary Wallace made his pun, he hastened to add that he himself had been a mugwump [DA].
at mugwump, n.
[US] Tuscaloosa (AL) News 13 Mar. 7: Fourteen-year-old [...] A [...] is a serious bubble-gummer, ambitious to blow the biggest and best bubbles in town.
at bubble-gummer, n.
[US] Tuscaloosa (AL) News 29 July 7: Mae West [...] made her night club debut [...] by introducing ‘beef cake’ to saloon shows.
at beefcake (n.) under beef, n.1
[US] Tuscaloosa (AL) News 5 Sept. 7A: The skinny-dippers are a nocturnal breed and come out only at night.
at skinny-dipper, n.
[US] Tuscaloosa (AL) News 28 Sept. D1: The vocational rehabilitation programme—or ‘rehab’ as it is often called—is jointly funded.
at rehab, n.
[US] Tuscaloosa (AL) News 8 Sept. A-7: ‘I just can’t bring myself to go out with that dweeb.’ Syn. see dork, drip, goob.
at goober, n.2
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