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Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 148: Beardos, Weirdos and Expressos.at beardie, n.
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 148: Beardos, Weirdos and Expressos. Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 377: They pour the hot sake, they bow, they smile, they cut their steaks – and in a ‘bull-pen,’ sit literally dozens of others waiting to be summoned.at bullpen, n.
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 41: It’s a bit off the beat for the juvenile celeb-chasers. [Ibid.] 38: The Inside on The Celebs.at celeb, n.
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 377: You [...] wake up next day with a crick in your back or maybe a Charley horse.at charley horse, n.
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 160: There are several very chi-chi or ‘tone’ outdoor places.at chee-chee, adj.
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 320: At Coney Island is the world’s most famous hot-doggery, Nathan’s.at hot dog, n.1
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 36: You may the state police had believed that Connor was guilty of the murders but had given him a pass anyway even get a cab that isn’t a cab at all – a ‘gypsy’ or ‘bootleg hack,’ which is not medallioned (licensed).at gypsy, adj.
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 173: ‘Discos! Discos!’ the Latin record-shop puller-inner shouts.at puller-in, n.
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 270: She too is unapproachable, though her voice is deeper and more resonant in her ‘kiss-off-brother’ response.at kiss off, v.
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 149: Youthful-looking kooky girls lurch through the streets.at kooky, adj.
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 199: I was a ‘lobster trick’ rewriteman on the New York Post, sleepily reporting for work at 2, 3 or 4 a.m.at lobster shift (n.) under lobster, n.1
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 53: These nude models lead much less exciting lives than the nudies in the girlie magazines.at nudie, n.
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 105: They attract both girl and guy models, art directors and photogs.at photog, n.
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 147: Hopheads . . . marijuana-puffers – they’re all over.at puffer, n.2
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 287: Be shameless, be a rubberneck, to appreciate the new New York.at rubberneck, n.
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 193: You foolish people! You schmoes!at schmo, n.
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 288: It was the natives of New York who invented and popularized the ‘sidewalk superintendents’ pastime.at sidewalk superintendent (n.) under sidewalk, n.
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 28: Scag – An unbelievably ugly girl.at skag, n.
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 29: Stiffed – What cab drivers and waiters are always getting: nontipped or shamelessly undertipped.at stiff, v.2
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 38: Manhattan’s a magnet – Tinsel Town, the Big Town.at Tinsel Town, n.
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 160: There are several very chi-chi or ‘tone’ outdoor places.at tony, adj.
Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 29: Twofers – Device to purchase a stage-show ticket at half price, ‘twofer one.’.at twofer, n.
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