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[US] L. Adamic Laughing in the Jungle 208: I stopped to listen to soap-boxers [...] and to the argufyers or ‘nuts’ in Pershing’s Park and on the Plaza, most of them professional atheists, or ‘Christ-killers,’ full of sound and fury.
at Christ-killer (n.) under Christ, n.
[US] L. Adamic Laughing in the Jungle 208: Intellectual vagrants [...] derived satisfaction from referring to Jesus as ‘Jerusalem Slim’.
at Jerusalem slim (n.) under Jerusalem, adj.
[US] L. Adamic Laughing in the Jungle 257: A wealthy woman radical in Pasadena, a ‘parlor pink’.
at parlor pink (n.) under parlor, n.
[US] L. Adamic Laughing in the Jungle 87: The soap-boxer’s bull voice boomed over the crowd.
at soapboxer, n.
[US] L. Adamic Laughing in the Jungle 312: Muster all your courage, determination, aggressiveness, stick-to-it-iveness.
at stick-to-it-iveness (n.) under stick to, v.
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