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Esquire 2 49: Sally was going to play the bag-slinger in ‘Rain’ and it wouldn’t have hurt to let the public know she had plenty of what it takes .at bag-slinger (n.) under bag, n.1
Esquire 2 49: Sally was going to play the bag-slinger in ‘Rain’ and it wouldn’t have hurt to let the public know she had plenty of what it takes . Esquire 2 98/2: Beat to the socks (penniless).at beat to the socks (adj.) under beat, adj.
Esquire III 69/2: The mules, incidentally, were not the famous ‘Missouri hummingbird’ variety which would soon diein that wasteland, but those Mexican animals who seem to thrive on hard work, intense heat and next to no food.at Missouri hummingbird (n.) under Missouri, adj.
Esquire Sept. 162: An act brodied [W&F].at brodie, v.
Esquire Sept. 160: Indie duels.at indie, n.
Esquire Sept. 160/3: The Joe Breen (Hays org) influence on pix.at org, n.
Esquire 8:4-6 112: He was going to get off codeine and on to the real joy dust again.at joy dust (n.) under joy, n.
Esquire May 202: In the Crosby band ‘clinkers’ fall on deaf ears.at clinker, n.7
Esquire Apr. 76: ‘Are there any squares in this outfit?’ ‘No, man, we’re all hipped.’.at hipped, adj.2
Esquire vol. 28 138/4: He’s the boy, all right, and of course he don’t know nothing from nothing.at know (nothing) from nothing (v.) under know, v.
Esquire 35 70/2: A belly-robbing steward and a no-good chief cook make a horrible combination on any ship.at belly-robbing (adj.) under belly, n.
Esquire Dec. 210: He must have made a nice little ‘taste’ (meaning) the tune made quite a bit of ‘loot.’.at taste, n.
Esquire June 132: We get a real belly from the opening gag [W&F].at belly laugh (n.) under belly, n.
Esquire June 84: He had a couple of his jiboneys with him.at jibone, n.
Esquire Nov. 131: Jazz musicians and enthusiasts thrive on hyperbole, of course; if anything is good, it is ‘the greatest’.at greatest, the, adj.
Esquire Feb. 63: Some of the commercial jazz guys think they’re playing real jazz, but they aren’t making it because they haven’t paid their dues.at pay one’s dues (v.) under dues, n.
Esquire Nov. 70: Hemingway’s ax is his typewriter.at axe, n.
Esquire Nov. 70H: blood: wine.at blood, n.1
Esquire Nov. 70H: boo: marijuana.at boo, n.4
Esquire Nov. 70I: cop out: go to sleep. Evasiveness. Excuse.at cop out, v.2
Esquire Nov. 70I: crumbs: a small amount of money.at crumbs, n.
Esquire Nov. 70I: do up: term of action. Example: let’s go out and do up this club. Enjoy it to the utmost.at do up, v.2
Esquire Nov. 70I: hummer: a minor mistake, something that shouldn’t have happened.at hummer, n.2
Esquire Nov. 70: lay dead: to wait.To stay in one place, don’t move.at lay dead (v.) under lay, v.1
Esquire Nov. 70J: rank: stupid.at rank, adj.1
Esquire Nov. 70I: crumbs: a small amount of money. Small bread.at small bread (n.) under small, adj.
Esquire Nov. 70H: soul: marijuana.at soul, n.1
Esquire Nov. 70J: a straight: an ordinary cigarette.at straight, n.1
Esquire Nov. 70: Tube, can be television, but usually telephone. Example: Buzz me on the tube. Call me up [OED].at tube, n.1
Esquire Nov. 70: Tube, can be television, but usually telephone. Example: Buzz me on the tube. Call me up [OED].at tube, n.1
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