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Western Folklore V 387: One of the sailor’s chief activities during his free time is flapping his chops, [...] fanning the breeze, beating his gums [DARE].at fan the breeze (v.) under breeze, n.1
Western Folklore V 387: One of the sailor’s chief activities during his free time is flapping his chops, [...] fanning the breeze, beating his gums [DARE]. (con. WWII) Western Folklore VI 161: Papers thrown in the wastebasket are given the deep six, or filed in the circular file [HDAS].at circular file, n.
Western Folklore IX 158: Alfalfa. Dried spinach .at alfalfa, n.
Western Folklore 9 158: Cotton picker. An ignorant, foolish, or uninitiated person. A ‘rube’ [DARE].at cotton-picker, n.
Western Folklore X 81: Block and Tackle Whiskey (take a drink, walk a block, and you’ll tackle Joe Louis, a lion, or a tiger).at block and tackle, n.2
Western Folklore X 170: Church key. A bottle opener.at church key (n.) under church, n.3
Western Folklore X 81: [Barroom slang] The Act of Drinking . . . to irrigate the ulcers [DARE].at irrigate, v.
Western Folklore X 82: The Act of Drinking: [...] to swill one down; to tie one on.at tie one on (v.) under tie, v.
Western Folklore 11-1248: Temporary absence:I gotta go: [...] see a Chinaman about a music lesson, fix the furnace, check on the stew, shake hands with the unemployed.at shake hands with the unemployed (v.) under shake hands, v.
in Western Folklore XIII (1954) 10: The ‘powder room,’ of both genders, portable, for [use on filming] locations, is the ‘honey cart’ [HDAS].at honey-cart (n.) under honey, n.1
in Western Folklore XIV (1955) 135: Hanging it on a bush. To escape from prison.at hang it on the limb (v.) under hang it on, v.1
Western Folklore 17 180: You make a better door than a window.at you make a better door than a window under door, n.
Western Folklore Jan. 1962 30: Gook wagon — an automobile which has been overly ornamented with chrome and accessories or altered in some manner not currently in vogue among hot rod enthusiasts....‘Gook’ is synonymous with gawdy decoration [HDAS].at gook wagon (n.) under gook, n.3
Western Folklore 32: Mexican cashmere— a sweatshirt (Gordon Wilson, Redondo Beach, California, 1957) .at Mexican cashmere (n.) under Mexican, adj.
Western Folklore 32: Mexican muffler— a tin can stuffed with steel wool attached to an automobile exhaust. (Ken Potter, Los Angeles, 1953).at Mexican muffler (n.) under Mexican, adj.
Western Folklore 32: Mexican nose guard— athletic supporter. (Stanley Davidson, Los Angeles, 1959).at Mexican nose guard (n.) under Mexican, adj.
Western Folklore 32: Mexican jelly bean— 1936 Chevrolet, lowered by shackling the leaf springs and fitted with a ‘Mexican window blind’ (Venetian blind) in the rear window. (Ken Potter, Los Angeles, ca. 1955).at Mexican jelly bean (n.) under Mexican, adj.
Western Folklore 32: Mexican promotion — a military promotion made possible by the death of an immediate superior (Stanton Garner, Providence, R.I., 1966).at Mexican promotion (n.) under Mexican, adj.
Western Folklore 32: Mexican threads— a bolt stripped of its threads but twisted into a hole to cut new threads is said to have ‘Mexican threads.’ (Laramee Haynes, San Marino, California, 1959).at Mexican threads (n.) under Mexican, adj.
Western Folklore XXI 28: The North American in Mexico has collected a number of names for the inevitable dysentary [sic] and diarrhea: ‘Mexican two-step’.at Mexican two-step (n.) under Mexican, adj.
Western Folklore 32: ‘Mexican window shade’ (Venetian blinds).at Mexican window-shade (n.) under Mexican, adj.
Western Folklore 32: Mexican Maserati— a Mercury.at Mexican Maserati (n.) under Mexican, adj.
Western Folklore 32: Mexican motor mount— inner tubing used as shock absorbing material instead of special mounting parts. (Laramee Haynes, San Marino, 1959).at Mexican motor mount (n.) under Mexican, adj.
Western Folklore 32: To feed someone Mexican oats— To feed someone ‘baloney’ or to feed (hand out) a line.at Mexican oats (n.) under Mexican, adj.
Western Folklore 32: Mexican valve job— flushing the carburetor of a running engine with kerosene.at Mexican valve-job (n.) under Mexican, adj.
Western Folklore 32: Mexican chrome— aluminum paint used to decorate an automobile. (Max McCormick, Los Angeles, 1960) .at Mexican chrome (n.) under Mexican, adj.
Western Folklore XXI 28: The North American in Mexico has collected a number of names for the inevitable dysentary [sic] and diarrhea: [...] ‘Mexican fox-trot’.at Mexican foxtrot (n.) under Mexican, adj.
Western Folklore XXI 33: Nigger bait— (excess) chrome on an automobile. Cf. ‘Jigaboo joy shop’.at nigger bait (n.) under nigger, n.1
‘Still More Ethnic and Place names as Derisive Adjectives’ Western Folklore XXV:1 37: Arizona cloudburst. A sandstorm.at Arizona cloudburst (n.) under Arizona, adj.
‘Still More Ethnic and Place names as Derisive Adjectives’ Western Folklore XXV:1 37: Arkansas asphalt. Logs laid side by side to form a ‘corduroy’ road.at Arkansas asphalt (n.) under Arkansas, adj.
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