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Sat. Rev. 4 479/1: That was only one of the well-understood outbreaks of ill manners and factiousness by which Irish members give their constituents ‘a run for their money’.at give someone a run for their money (v.) under run, n.
Sat. Rev. 4 479/1: That was only one of the well-understood outbreaks of ill manners and factiousness by which Irish members give their constituents ‘a run for their money’. Sat. Rev. 13 June 744/2: They called him the King’s hard bargain, and said ‘It's badly off we are for soldiers’.at His Majesty’s bad bargain, n.
Sat. Rev. 84 709/1: The weak are the majority. The weak of brain, of body, the knock-kneed and flat- footed, muddle-minded, loose-jointed, ill-put-together, baboon-faced, the white-eye-lashed, slow of wit, the practical, the unimaginative, forgetful, selfish [etc.].at baboon-faced (adj.) under baboon, n.
Sat. Rev. (US) 18 July 978: Crooks [...] speak of [...] a hold-up as a ‘hoist,’ which must come from hoisting the hands at the point of a gat.at hoist, n.
Sat. Review XIV 25/2: Scholars have observed how Æneas grows; he starts as somewhat of a poop-stick, pious, with correct attitudes towards his father.at poop stick (n.) under poop, n.2
Sat. Rev. (US) 12 Dec. 55: Standing there in the dim haze [...] belting out the sophisticated sweetness of Porter’s ‘Get Out of Town’.at belt out (v.) under belt, v.
Sat. Rev. (US) 14 July 24: Writing soaps is actually helpful to a would-be serious author.at soap opera, n.
in Sat. Rev. 14 Mar. 25/3: Later he went to India and cleaned up there to the tune of £120,000. Shaking the pagoda tree, it was called.at shake the pagoda tree (v.) under shake, v.
Sat. Review 27: The good or interesting stories are these: ‘Smoke a Bowl of Tea,’ by David Goldman, a first-person narrative of a day in the [life] of a hipster.at smoke a bowl (v.) under bowl, n.
Sat. Rev. (US) 28 Aug. 51/2: The dancers look good and the artists look a little klutzy.at klutzy, adj.
Sat. Rev. (US) 17 June 14: Brown-bagging is the genteel disguise adopted by a patron to furnish his won liquor when he dines at the local restaurant.at brownbag, v.
Sat. Rev. 52 72/3: ‘Let’s blow this scene,’ he said .at blow the joint (v.) under blow, v.1
Sat. Rev. (US) 10 May 19/1: Men who desecrate the landscape with hundreds of ticky-tacky houses and boastfully call themselves developers, but would never dream of living in their own developments .at ticky-tacky, adj.
Sat. Rev. (US) 10 Oct. 64: What of the nuts and bolts of printed news in the years ahead?at nuts and bolts, n.
Sat. Rev. (US) 10 Oct. 20: When construction workers, some of them with crowbars, wade into a group of students, laying them about indiscriminately, not everyone joins in denouncing the hardhats.at hard hat (n.) under hard, adj.
Sat. Rev. (US) 10 Oct. 20: When construction workers, some of them with crowbars, wade into a group of students, laying them about indiscriminately, not everyone joins in denouncing the hardhats.at wade in, v.
Sat. Rev. (US) 14 Nov. 59/3: [picture caption] Pot sniffer – Customs now employs trained dogs to find hidden marijuana.at sniffer, n.
Sat. Rev. (US) 17 June 50: Could the Cuban vision of life, as reflected in these films, be so appealing that it would corrupt and endanger apple-pie America?at apple pie, adj.
Sat. Rev. (US) 24 June 18: The dance was held in the game room of the rec center—where else? Music was provided by a local group called the Mixed Bag, admission was $1 per person, b.y.o.b.at b.y.o., phr.
Sat. Rev. (US) 22 Jan. 16: Dad’s a basket case by the time he gets out to Yellowstone from the East.at basket case (n.) under basket, n.1
Sat. Rev. (US) 12 Feb. 24: Today’s homosexuals can be open (‘come out’) or covert (‘closet’), practicing or uninhibited [...] manly (‘stud’) or womanly (‘fem’).at femme, adj.
Sat. Rev. (US) 12 Feb. 23: Homosexual bars, steam baths, restaurants and moviehouses everywhere pay ‘gayola’ to crime syndicates and to law enforcement agencies.at gayola (n.) under gay, adj.
Sat. Rev. (US) 4 Nov. 28: [The article] on politcal double talk from a poet’s vantage point was right on the money.at on the money (adj.) under money, n.
Sat. Rev. (US) 15 July 64: One boy rhapsodizes about his success at ‘mooning,’ a boyish trick of sticking one’s bare behind out the window at passing girls.at moon, v.
Sat. Rev. (US) 8 July 38: Amphetamine laced with other substances, such as ether, is thought to produce a heavier flash or more intense rush than pure methamphetamine does.at rush, n.
Sat. Rev. (US) 12 Feb. 24: Today’s homosexuals can be open (‘come out’) or covert (‘closet’), practicing or uninhibited [...] manly (‘stud’) or womanly (‘fem’).at stud, adj.
Sat. Rev. (US) 28 Oct. 12: One poster [...] shows the famous R. Crumb cartoon characters and bears the caption: ‘Let’s Keep on Truckin’’.at trucking, n.
Sat. Rev. (US) 21 Oct. 62: Dunnie’s a yachtie, he lives up on the cliff, and he’s a rich guy who hasn’t worked a day in his life.at yachtie, n.
Sat. Rev. (US) 12 Feb. 24: They have also made it a practice to ‘trash’ restaurants, publishing houses and other businesses that discriminate against the third world of sex; ‘dump on’ (heckle) religious leaders [...] who don’t like them; and ‘zap’ (confront) politicians.at zap, v.
Sat. Rev. (US) Dec. 35: The black glistening giants of blacksploitation films.at blaxploitation, n.
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