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[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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
[US] Rotarian June 15: JIM THORPE, all-time ‘great,’ leads the field in the hurdle.
at all-time, adj.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
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