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[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 6: Suppose the whole two of us cop a sneak and do a hitch at one of them health farms?
at cop a sneak (v.) under cop a..., v.
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 104: Why not have the girl give the hero the air and marry the villain?
at give someone the air (v.) under air, n.
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 154: ‘I told you to lay off them airedales!’ he growls. ‘Cheez, anybody that gambols on horse races is about ready to cut out paper dolls.’.
at airedale, n.
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 186: They hauled ankles.
at haul ass, v.
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 168: Well, boys and girls, the Jackie King-Bad News Riley set-to was a natural.
at bad news, n.
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 185: ‘Oh, please don’t start a row, Egbert!’ murmurs his ball-and-chain.
at ball and chain (n.) under ball, n.1
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 229: Are you engaged to me or this prancin’ Gordon banana?
at banana, n.
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 154: The bangtails had me in hock for my pajamas.
at bangtail, n.2
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 103: Jack, you’re sure one educated biscuit.
at biscuit, n.1
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 309: That large blah has already returned to our midst.
at blah, n.
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 7: He’ll give me a letter which would get me past St. Peter, the boss gate-tender of ’em all!
at boss, adj.
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 224: I got a rich uncle in Philly [...] and me bein’ his only relation I rate his elephant-chokin’ bankroll when he bumps.
at bump (off), v.
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 6: I’m checking out of New York.
at check out, v.1
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 23: I watched this chop suey every day and got as many laughs as a sanitarium attendant.
at chop suey, n.
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 100: A lot of close-ups was took of Calhoun in a football outfit clinching with Fay.
at clinch, v.
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 312: They dropped Aaron like a hot penny.
at drop, v.1
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 10: Cheez — what a town! [...] wouldn’t this be a great drum to get married and settle down in, Marty?
at drum, n.3
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 27: Listen, Funny-face, I ain’t licked yet!
at funny-face (n.) under funny, adj.2
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 307: Jack and Maxim had put the fear of the Lord into this double-crossing gil and he was now house broke.
at gill, n.1
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 311: That one little angle is what run our grab into the millions!
at grab, n.1
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 224: I’ve took in plenty gravy during my mad career in the ring.
at gravy, n.
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 101: ‘Great sport, this!’ he says, with an airy wave at the gridiron.
at gridiron, n.
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 245: ‘Now I’ll tell you one!’ snarls the taxi driver. ‘You cheap gyppers is gettin’ on my nerves!’.
at gypper, n.
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 93: I can get a million Handsome Harrys.
at handsome harry, n.
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 26: Trying to find that tamale in Hollywood was like trying to find prohibition there!
at hot tamale, n.
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 106: Why don’t you open a gym—a sort of hotsy-totsy athletic club for the picture bunch?
at hotsy-totsy, adj.
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 162: What kind of hoy is this?
at hoy, n.
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 9: Lawns being sprinkled by Jap gardners.
at Jap, adj.
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 309: That large blah [...] is sneering at the old man’s queer-looking jazzbo. ‘If you think I shall make an ass of myself by strutting before that idiotic contraption, you’re crazy!’.
at jazzbo, n.
[US] H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 26: The girl’s kayo and will get places. [Ibid.] 163: ‘Kayo,’ agrees Jack.
at k.o., adj.
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