1919 Van Loan ‘His Own Stuff’ in Score by Innings (2004) 388: Uncle Billy was certainly an ace at the Montmorency Street Police Station.at ace, n.
1919 Van Loan ‘Chivalry in Carbon County’ in Score by Innings (2004) 328: That one run looked mighty good to us [...] we were thankful for that ace.at ace, n.
1919 Van Loan ‘Mister Conley’ in Score by Innings (2004) 423: When the boss picks out a new man we give him the third degree; and if he stands the acid [...] we let him in.at stand the acid (v.) under acid, n.2
1919 Van Loan ‘The Bone Doctor’ in Score by Innings (2004) 361: ‘Ye–s,’ says Murph; ‘he’s all of that and then some.’.at all that, adj.
1919 Van Loan ‘Excess Baggage’ in Score by Innings (2004) 397: Then along came George Steck, with the same song and dance.at song and dance, n.1
1919 Van Loan ‘Excess Baggage’ in Score by Innings (2004) 398: The anvil chorus was a dying whisper beside the knocking that came off in the next few days.at anvil chorus, n.
1919 Van Loan ‘Chivalry in Carbon County’ in Score by Innings (2004) 325: Two of the biggest old battle-axes I ever saw in my life.at battle-axe, n.1
1919 Van Loan ‘The Bone Doctor’ in Score by Innings (2004) 361: Jones: he got in bad with me from the jump.at get in bad (with) (v.) under bad, adj.
1919 Van Loan ‘The Bone Doctor’ in Score by Innings (2004) 371: He was the local orator, the official bazoo of the village.at bazoo, n.1
1919 Van Loan ‘Chivalry in Carbon County’ in Score by Innings (2004) 327: She shook her bat at me [...] and said if I ‘beaned’ her, she’d bust it over my head.at bean, v.
1919 Van Loan ‘Excess Baggage’ in Score by Innings (2004) 399: There was jawing in the clubhouse, crabbing on the bench and beefing on the field.at beef, v.1
1919 Van Loan ‘The National Commission Decides’ in Score by Innings (2004) 299: ‘I’ll crack it,’ said Cordell, shoving two blues to the centre [of the poker table].at blue, n.1
1919 Van Loan ‘The National Commission Decides’ in Score by Innings (2004) 294: That crack just shows what a natural ‘bone’ you are, Sam!at bone, n.5
1919 Van Loan ‘Excess Baggage’ in Score by Innings (2004) 394: Everybody makes at least one frightful bone play that he hates to have thrown up at him.at bone, adj.2
1919 Van Loan ‘Excess Baggage’ Score by Innings (2004) 404: Doctor Bones reminded me. ‘Good land, chief [...] I neveh did git no chance to doctah that man’s ankle.’.at bones, n.2
1919 Van Loan ‘The Bone Doctor’ in Score by Innings (2004) 363: Jones had chances to make himself popular with the gang, but he booted every one of ’em.at boot, v.1
1919 Van Loan ‘Chivalry in Carbon County’ in Score by Innings (2004) 327: I was out there to show these bottle blondes that they didn’t have the only pitcher on earth.at bottle blond(e) (n.) under bottle, n.1
1919 Van Loan ‘The Squirrel’ in Score by Innings (2004) 339: You mark my words [...] Wicks is going violently bug one of these days.at bug, adj.
1919 Van Loan ‘Chivalry in Carbon County’ in Score by Innings (2004) 320: It’s you, ain’t it? [...] And I thought it was a bunk steerer!at bunk, adj.
1919 Van Loan ‘The Squirrel’ in Score by Innings (2004) 337: He’s a nut [...] but he’s quiet, and he ’tends to business.at take care of business, v.
1919 Van Loan ‘Nine Assists and Two Errors’ in Score by Innings (2004) 410: I may turn out to be quite a pitcher – and then again I may be a piece of cheese.at cheese, n.1
1919 Van Loan ‘Mister Conley’ in Score by Innings (2004) 428: After that he was cock-of-the-walk with the recruits.at cock of the walk (n.) under cock, n.3
1919 Van Loan ‘Mister Conley’ in Score by Innings (2004) 434: You couldn’t hit the ground with your hat!at couldn’t hit the ground with his hat under couldn’t..., phr.
1919 Van Loan ‘Mister Conley’ in Score by Innings (2004) 425: You and all your wife’s counterjumper relations!at counter-jumper, n.
1919 Van Loan ‘The Bone Doctor’ in Score by Innings (2004) 361: He tells me he was a curly wolf in the K.K.B. League last season.at curly wolf (n.) under curly, adj.
1919 Van Loan ‘Piute vs. Piute’ in Score by Innings (2004) 318: It was a Jim-dandy of a peg, neither too high nor too low, but just exactly right.at jim dandy, n.
1919 Van Loan ‘Mister Conley’ Score by Innings (2004) 423: When the boss picks out a new man we give him the third degree; and if he stands the acid [...] we let him in.at third degree, n.
1919 Van Loan ‘The Bone Doctor’ in Score by Innings (2004) 361: He was all diked up with a lot of cheap jewelry.at diked up, adj.1
1919 Van Loan ‘The Bone Doctor’ in Score by Innings (2004) 361: I worked in forty games and they best me five times; but the team laid down behind me.at lay down, v.
1919 Van Loan ‘His Own Stuff’ in Score by Innings (2004) 386: I don’t often dude myself up and it seems a shame to waste it.at dude up (v.) under dude, n.1