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[US] H.L. Williams Gay Life in N.Y. 11: He had heard of ‘baggage smashers’ who made away with countrymen’s trunks and left the owners shirtless in a strange city.
at baggage-smasher (n.) under baggage, n.
[US] H.L. Williams Gay Life in N.Y. 72: If he don’t come quietly, use your billy!
at billy, n.4
[US] H.L. Williams Gay Life in N.Y. 71: He [...] who in vulgar parlance had been using ‘the hair of the dog to cure the bite’.
at hair of the dog (that bit one), n.
[US] H.L. Williams Gay Life in N.Y. 89: You’re a blower, I didn’t double team you.
at blower, n.2
[US] H.L. Williams Gay Life in N.Y. 64: ‘What are Break o’ Day Houses?’ asked Harry [...] ‘Houses which keep open all night.’.
at break-o’-day drum (n.) under break, v.1
[US] H.L. Williams Gay Life in N.Y. 88: A noted pugilist who ‘queered the ogles,’ ‘tapped the claret;’ smashed the ivories;’ and ‘pounded the breadbasket;’ of many an adversary.
at tap someone’s claret (v.) under claret, n.
[US] H.L. Williams Gay Life in N.Y. 88: I ain’t no sucker — my money is good and I’ll bet my ‘ducats’ that the smasher can take any of the crowd agin him.
at ducat, n.
[US] H.L. Williams Gay Life in N.Y. 88: I’ll bet my ‘ducats’ he can take any of the crowd again him.
at ducat, n.
[US] H.L. Williams Gay Life in N.Y. 8: Well, you see, here we are, old fel!
at fel, n.
[US] H.L. Williams Gay Life in N.Y. 93: The pretty waiter girls were continually on the go.
at on the go under go, n.1
[US] H.L. Williams Gay Life in N.Y. 100: The spoiled doll, who knows so well how to coax and please her dear ‘hubby’.
at hubby, n.
[US] H.L. Williams Gay Life in N.Y. 88: A noted pugilist who ‘queered the ogles,’ ‘tapped the claret;’ ‘smashed the ivories;’ and ‘pounded the breadbasket;’ of many an adversary.
at ivory, n.
[US] H.L. Williams Gay Life in N.Y. 92: ‘My what nice eyes you’ve got, ain’t you?’ said the fair waitress with an ogle and a leer which had proved ‘killing’ before on more than one young man.
at killing, adj.
[US] H.L. Williams Gay Life in N.Y. 66: Hullo, old man! What’ll you drink?
at old man, n.
[US] H.L. Williams Gay Life in N.Y. 92: ‘My what nice eyes you’ve got, ain’t you?’ said the fair waitress with an ogle and a leer.
at ogle, n.
[US] H.L. Williams Gay Life in N.Y. 88: A noted pugilist who ‘queered the ogles’.
at queer, v.
[US] H.L. Williams Gay Life in N.Y. 8: Pockets full of rocks and hearts chuck full of spirits.
at rocks, n.
[US] H.L. Williams Gay Life in N.Y. 88: Loafers by day, and pimps, ‘ropers in,’ and thieves by night.
at roper, n.2
[US] H.L. Williams Gay Life in N.Y. 88: I ain’t no sucker — my money is good and I’ll bet my ‘ducats’ that the smasher can take any of the crowd agin him.
at take, v.
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