1946 J. Adams From Gags to Riches 154: ‘How’s the bust man?’ Berle shot at Earl Wilson, avoiding all the blurbs thrown at him.at blurb, n.
1946 J. Adams From Gags to Riches 278: Robert Sylvester atom-bombed a new show before it came to Broadway.at bomb, v.1
1946 J. Adams From Gags to Riches 93: He [...] is always on hand when any of his crum-bum pals opens in a night club.at crumbum, adj.
1946 J. Adams From Gags to Riches 304: We were just about to enter the famous meeting place of the ‘doll-boys’.at dolly-boy (n.) under dolly, n.1
1946 J. Adams From Gags to Riches 244: ‘Why does he marry so often?’ [...] ‘I think he’s queer for rice.’.at queer for, adj.
1946 J. Adams From Gags to Riches 223: ‘I f-f-found it in the subway,’ she Frisco’d. (*Frisco, or pull a Frisco. To stutter—after Joe Frisco).at frisco, v.
1946 J. Adams From Gags to Riches 135: I’m so glad that our gang never give each other the ‘louse-up’.at louse-up, n.
1946 J. Adams From Gags to Riches 304: One spot was noted for its boys-will-be-girls shows [...] Some of the better comedians [...] visited the ‘she-hes’ at their round-table sessions to get first-hand information on their swish characterizations.at she-he (n.) under she, n.
1946 J. Adams From Gags to Riches 301: Winchell has been spanking Jack and Charlie for many years.at spank, v.1
1946 J. Adams From Gags to Riches 304: One spot was noted for its boys-will-be-girls shows [...] Some of the better comedians [...] visited the ‘she-hes’ at their round-table sessions to get first-hand information on their swish characterizations.at swish, adj.
1946 J. Adams From Gags to Riches 239: ‘Who’s da tomata?’ ‘Darling,’ I said to Babs, ‘I’d like you to meet B.S. Pully.’.at tomato, n.
1946 J. Adams From Gags to Riches 137: ‘Then how come,’ zinged back Toots, ‘ya don’t talk ta yer brother?’.at zing, v.