1929 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.
1929 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.
1929 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.
1929 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.
1929 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
1929 H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 229: Are you engaged to me or this prancin’ Gordon banana?at banana, n.
1929 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.
1929 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.
1929 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.
1929 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.
1929 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
1929 H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 27: Listen, Funny-face, I ain’t licked yet!at funny-face (n.) under funny, adj.2
1929 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
1929 H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 311: That one little angle is what run our grab into the millions!at grab, n.1
1929 H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 224: I’ve took in plenty gravy during my mad career in the ring.at gravy, n.
1929 H.C. Witwer Yes Man’s Land 101: ‘Great sport, this!’ he says, with an airy wave at the gridiron.at gridiron, n.
1929 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.
1929 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.
1929 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.
1929 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.
1929 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.