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[US] Ade Breaking Into Society (1904) 86: So he tucked back his Cuffs and took a fresh Grip on the World of Trade, and boned like a Turk.
at bone, v.3
[US] Ade Breaking Into Society (1904) 34: The highest-priced Caterer in Town would deal out the sparkling Conversation Water as if Brut and Buttermilk cost about the same.
at conversation water (n.) under conversation, n.
[US] Ade Breaking into Society 18: The Night before the Departure he dropped into the Tavern to say Good-Bye. He became all diked up and overslept himself.
at diked up, adj.2
[US] Ade Breaking Into Society (1904) 184: I sometimes suspect that I am not qualified to be a Hot Dog.
at hot dog, n.2
[US] Ade Breaking Into Society (1904) 55: The Missus was a firm Believer in all these How-To Flim-Flams that run in the Monthly Magazines.
at flim-flam, n.
[US] Ade Breaking Into Society (1904) 178: No wonder that pale-faced Herbert, the would-be High Roller, looked with Awe upon Cousin Jim.
at Herbert, n.
[US] Ade Breaking Into Society (1904) 152: He will wait until you begin to act real Friendly and then he will give you the Toss and hike off.
at hike (off), v.
[US] Ade Breaking Into Society (1904) 90: He began to look Wild out of the Eyes and had a severe Case of the Jumps.
at jumps, the, n.
[US] Ade Breaking Into Society (1904) 34: He was proud to be the Husband of the Lady Ki-Bosh of the Local Knickerbockers.
at kibosh, n.
[US] Ade Breaking Into Society (1904) 166: She was very Lippy, and talked back to her folks and made Sassy cracks at the Old Ladies.
at lippy, adj.
[US] Ade Breaking Into Society (1904) 46: He had been prominent in the Sunday-Closing Movement and the Main Kazoo in the Citizens’ Reform League.
at main kazoo (n.) under main, adj.
[US] Ade Breaking Into Society (1904) 140: We shall have Oodles of Fun to-morrow.
at oodles, n.
[US] Ade Breaking Into Society (1904) 179: He would [...] continue to hoist until he was Pie-eyed.
at pie-eyed (adj.) under pie, n.
[US] Ade Breaking Into Society (1904) 152: He will wait until you begin to act real Friendly and then he will give you the Toss.
at give someone the toss (v.) under toss, n.3
[US] Ade Breaking Into Society (1904) 38: It was argued that one so Yappy would have to be correspondingly Honest.
at yappy, adj.
[US] G. Ade Breaking into Society 158: Also he was Pie for the Dignified Gentlemen representing the Eastern Publishing House.
at pie, adj.1
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