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(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 38: Not that he cared two straws about what Lil would say.at not care a straw, v.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 38: Not that he cared two straws about what Lil would say. (con. 1930s) Lawd Today 86: There’s a nasty taste in yo’ mouth, ain’t it?at ain’t it (the truth), phr.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 197: ‘Yeah, but I’m looking for a steady daddy.’ ‘String along with me, Babe.’.at string (along) with (v.) under string (along), v.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 58: How are you hitting these days?at how (are) you hitting them?, phr.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 152: I couldn’t pass the shortarm inspection.at short-arm inspection (n.) under short arm, n.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 192: ‘It’s near eleven bells,’ said Al.at bell, n.1
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 103: I’ll bet my bottom dollar it can run.at bet one’s bottom dollar (v.) under bet, v.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 154: She wasn’t so awfully good-looking, but she had a shape that was out of the books, and that’s the truth, so help me!at out of the books under book, n.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 158: ‘Ain’t it funny how dopey you feel after you done downed a big meal?’ ‘It puts you on the bum.’.at put (someone/something) on the bum (v.) under bum, adj.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 135: Aw, they ain’t going to burn her. They’ll pardon her just before her time’s up.at burn, v.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 152: You talk like I don’t know how to whip a woman’s jelly [... I can whip it till the butter comes.at butter, n.1
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 125: That woman ain’t got cat sense!at cat sense (n.) under cat, n.1
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 103: The girl swung around so that the flesh on her oversized buttocks trembled. [...] ‘That’s a Packard Chassis,’ said Jake.at chassis, n.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 15: Woman, don’t you try to play me cheap.at play cheap (v.) under cheap, adj.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 104: ‘Them high yellows is stuck up’ [...] ‘Yeah,’ said Bob. ‘They think they’s the whole cheese just ’cause they looks like white women.’.at whole cheese, n.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 1609: I said to myself, let them white folks chew that.at chew on this! (excl.) under chew, v.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 93: And when my old aunt Mary was washing out her bloomers the hot smell of them soapsuds rose up [...] and your greatgreatgreat grandma turned over in her grave and said: ‘Lawd, I sure thank Thee for the smell of them pork chops Yous cooking up in Heaven’.at pork chops, n.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 107: ‘Now, ain’t that something!’ ‘The hottest stuff in town!’ ‘This is homecooking!’.at home cooking, n.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 62: If you talk to a crackbrain two minutes he’ll start slobbering about Roosia!at crackbrain, n.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 174: He scared the piss out of them rich white folks!at scare the (living) crap out of (v.) under crap, the, phr.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 169: He marries a girl, goes into the ring the same day, and knocks a guy coocoo!at knock cuckoo (v.) under cuckoo, adj.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 155: And did that baby know some cuss words? When she opened up the air’d jump around your head.at cuss-word (n.) under cuss, n.2
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 94: ‘Ain’t that a good looking dog?’ asked Bob, pointing to his reflection.at dog, n.2
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 158: Ain’t it funny how dopey you feel after you done downed a big meal?at dopey, adj.1
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 154: She had a damn good job and was pulling down fifteen bucks a week.at pull down, v.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 77: He got a drag with the Colonel.at drag, n.1
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 78: Well, ain’t that enough to be droopy about?at droopy, adj.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 105: They hurried in the direction of the ‘L’ station.at el, n.1
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 212: And that Blanche dame did a quick fadeout.at fade-out, n.
(con. 1930s) Lawd Today 62: Nigger, you’d last as long trying to overthrow the government as a fart in a windstorm!at last as long as a fart in a windstorm (v.) under fart, n.
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