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[US] Munsey’s Mag. 18 268: Betty said: ‘Pon my honor, though, that man must be off his dot,’ and the lady in blue went into convulsions of hysterical giggling.
at go off one’s dot (v.) under dot, n.5
[US] Munsey’s Mag. 21949/2: A dull faced literary hack who offered to do ‘all the kid stuff’.
at kid stuff, n.
[US] Munsey’s Mag. XXIV 484/1: It ain’t the first time the pelter’s carried double [DA].
at pelter, n.
[US] Munsey’s Mag. Jan. 492/1: Stephens is in it to pass the stuff to the mollyheads that can’t be got at without him .
at mollyhead (n.) under molly, n.1
[US] Munsey’s Mag. 60 498: Can that agony-box, will you?
at agony box (n.) under agony, n.
[US] Munsey’s Mag. 71 70/2: He was tryin’ hard. He didn’t quit. Hazel wasn’t that kind of a bimbo.
at bimbo, n.
[US] Munsey’s Mag. 73 292/2: Luke had a Boston stock-plunger coming to his clairvoyant shop in search of advance information about a certain stock. The spirits were urging the bean-eater to buy this stock and hold it for a rise.
at bean-eater (n.) under bean, n.1
[US] Munsey’s Mag. 77 553/2: At times it had seemed as if it would be best to give in — to take the gas route out of it all.
at take the gas (v.) under gas, n.1
[US] Munsey’s Mag. XCIV 312/1: ‘I aim to find Penny, come hell or high water,’ announced the young man.
at come hell or high water under hell or high water, n.
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