1918 Rotarian Apr. 137: CURIOUS was taking a meditative walk, met Mr. Average and askt quickly: ‘What is air?’ ‘What is air?’ Mr. Average repeated in surprise. ‘Air! Why air is — er— is air’.at Mr Average (n.) under Mr, n.
1918 Rotarian Mar. 90/1: Let him tarry just long enough to get a slant on some of the practical results of all this mass vocalization.at get a slant on (v.) under slant, n.
1936 Rotarian May 14: When two fighters go into a ring, the chief objective of each one is to ‘punch the daylights’ out of the other. It would not be a fight with any other objective.at daylights, n.
1938 Rotarian Oct. 57/3: This amateur criminal can give cards and spades to professionals, and he does.at give someone cards and spades (v.) under card, n.2
1941 Rotarian July 48/2: ‘Guess we’ll set you to strumming an “Irish banjo”’ [...] They handed me a shovel! at Irish banjo (n.) under Irish, adj.
1941 Rotarian Aug. 20: The censure or penalty for foolish riding comes from the violator's own kind, not from ‘sour-pussed’ adults who are always ‘bellyaching’ about being careful.at sourpussed (adj.) under sourpuss, n.
1996 Rotarian June 14: Is that so! Well, you’re not the only fish in the sea!at ...fish in the sea under not the only..., phr.