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Picture Post Mar. n.p.: [used in J. Lyons' Corner Houses] Adam and Eve on a raft: fried eggs on toast.at Adam and Eve, n.1
Picture Post Mar. n.p.: [used in J. Lyons' Corner Houses] Adam and Eve on a raft: fried eggs on toast. Picture Post Mar. n.p.: [as used in J. Lyons’ Corner Houses] A Baron’s Wife: Baroness pudding.at baron’s wife (n.) under baron, n.
Picture Post Mar. n.p.: [used in J. Lyons' Corner Houses] Lloyd George on a raft: Welsh rarebit on toast.at Lloyd George, n.
Picture Post Mar. n.p.: [as used in J. Lyons’ Corner Houses] Airship in a Cloud: Sausage and mash.at Zepps in a cloud (n.) under Zep, n.
Picture Post 4 Jan. 9: Hallo! There is a commotion out the back.at hello!, excl.1
Picture Post 13 Nov. 14: She doesn’t give a tuppenny cuss for glamour.at not give a tuppenny damn, v.
Picture Post 13 Nov. 14: Mr. Hindle the manager, his boiled shirt swollen with satisfaction.at boiled shirt (n.) under boiled, adj.
Picture Post Jan. in DSUE (1984).at carpet, n.2
Picture Post 13 Nov. 8: Congrats! [...] and belated congratulations to the people responsible for the wonderfully clever ‘special effects’.at congrats, n.
Picture Post 13 Nov. 9: I asked him what the secret was – when other people get so ‘het up’ by all the slings and arrows of casual criticism.at het up, adj.
in Picture Post 2 Jan. in DSUE (1984).at white mice, n.
Picture Post 13 Nov. 51: He knows he is best when singing fortissimo [...] It’s a glorious noise. The perfect record for infuriating sour-puss neighbours.at sourpussed (adj.) under sourpuss, n.
Picture Post 13 Nov. 60: But fatigues of the old-fashioned, spud-bashing type, are becoming rarer.at spud-bashing (n.) under spud, n.3
Picture Post 13 Nov. 27: Candy Queen Doreen, accompanied by the other two ‘sweeties’, will have a wonderful time this winter socially.at sweetie, n.
Picture Post 13 Nov. [ad for Cherry Blossom shoe polish] 59: Keep your brown shoes in tip-top condition with Cherry Blossom Shoe Polish.at tip-top, adj.
Picture Post 15 Jan. 42: Jacques Fath was a human dynamo. In a few short years he designed and charmed his way to the top of the world of fashion. Then, last November, at 42, he burnt himself out.at burn out, v.
Picture Post 15 Jan. 16: [advert for Kellog’s] So many families who enjoy Kellog’s crisp, golden-toasted Corn Flakes [...] think they’re too good to keep only for breakfast! And so they are – tempting and choc-a-bloc with energy-giving carbohydrates.at chockablock, adj.
Picture Post 15 Jan. 45: [advert for Horlicks] And they call me an author! But I’m getting nowhere with this novel – I’m chucking it.at chuck it, v.
Picture Post 23 July 35: hamblett: Pity he was such a cream puff, though. welles: He was soft all through. Soft, and queer, and mushy.at cream puff, n.1
Picture Post 15 Jan. 20: I didn’t want pregnancy to become a drag.at drag, n.1
Picture Post 26 Mar. 50: Julie Colbert [...] and her escort Marty Topscott, in full fig.at in full fig under fig, n.3
Picture Post 23 July 7: Readers’ letters printed and answered in this column will earn a guinea for the sender. Mark your envelopes GROUSERS’ CORNER.at grouse, n.2
Picture Post 15 Jan. 43: I cannot believe that Stanley Matthews’ son [...] will pass by on the other side, high-hatting sport in the next generation.at high hat, v.
Picture Post 15 Jan. 47: [advert for Harpic lavatory cleaner] Every day, your ‘smallest room’ needs a cleaner strong enough to scour right round the S-bend.at smallest room (in the house) (n.) under small, adj.
Picture Post 26 Mar. 5: You may be astonished to learn that a steel erector, or ‘spiderman’, in the United States can earn more than fifty pounds a week.at spiderman (n.) under spider, n.
Picture Post 23 July 7: Hedges – whacking great hedges!at whacking, adj.
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