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[US] H.F. Wood ‘Justice in a Quandary’ in Good Humor 178: Patsy sent me round to see as if you wouldn’t give him the collar.
at collar, n.
[US] H.F. Wood ‘Justice in a Quandary’ in Good Humor 178: Everything goes hunkeedoree till he sees his nibs sporting a super.
at hunky-dory, adv.
[US] H.F. Wood ‘Justice in a Quandary’ in Good Humor 179: He’s swallowed a lone dictionary and crammed down jawbreakers fit to bust him.
at jawbreaker, n.
[US] H.F. Wood ‘Justice in a Quandary’ in Good Humor 179: Who’ talkin’ of hangin’? What I said is he ought to get a nip [...] go up the river.
at nip, n.1
[US] H.F. Wood ‘Justice in a Quandary’ in Good Humor 177: Say, Jedge, don’t you play me. I’m giving it to you straight!
at play, v.
[US] H.F. Wood ‘Justice in a Quandary’ in Good Humor 179: ‘Yes, go up the river.’ ‘I see, I see. Go to Sing Sing’.
at go up the river (v.) under river, n.
[US] H.F. Wood ‘Justice in a Quandary’ in Good Humor 178: Patsy sets this bloke in his shebang a sending along the old stuff.
at shebang, n.
[US] H.F. Wood ‘Justice in a Quandary’ in Good Humor 177: Patsy Burns wants to shut down on a kid that’s bin skinnin’ him.
at shut down on (v.) under shut, v.
[US] H.F. Wood ‘Justice in a Quandary’ in Good Humor 177: Patsy Burns wants to shut down on a kid that’s bin skinnin’ him.
at skin, v.1
[US] H.F. Wood ‘Justice in a Quandary’ in Good Humor 178: It’s clear enough—he was tapping the till.
at tap a till (v.) under tap, v.2
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