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[US] Ade Girl Proposition 152: The Congregation was sure of many a Hearty Laugh when he came in as Santy and began to cut Didoes.
at cut up a dido, v.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 109: She sprang a new Series of Curves on him every Week or two. Sometimes he suspected that she had gone aft to the Wheel-House but he didn’t like to say so.
at abaft the wheel-house, phr.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 46: He tried to stand Ace with the Old People.
at stand ace (with) (v.) under ace, n.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 13: Number One was trying to demonstrate that he was a Deuce of a Fellow and Number Two was trying to convince her that she was an Ace of a Girl.
at ace, n.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 125: She said he had an Interesting Face. He had a Notion to come back but he didn’t think it would be right.
at come back, v.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 52: It was a shame to back-cap her own Tribe, just when they were pulling for her, but she had to do it.
at backcap, v.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 101: The latest variety of New Woman resents the Suggestion that she is a Soft Mark for the curbstone Masher who stands in front of Cigar Stores and Works the Banjo Eye.
at banjo eyes, n.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 131: They told her that Gilbert was an all-night Bat and a Sport and that he had a Past.
at bat, n.1
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 9: He could not believe that a real Diana would trifle with a blue Cat-Fish.
at blue, adj.5
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 82: Thus she threw them into the Scrap Heap as fast as they bobbed up.
at bob up (v.) under bob, v.3
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 140: He no longer had an uncontrollable Desire to buckle up with those who wore Specs.
at buckle, v.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 158: She had buncoed the Family Bible and brought home a new Name.
at bunco, v.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 125: The Bunko Man had the Nectarine on the other side of the Screen.
at bunco man (n.) under bunco, n.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 151: He couldn’t see himself giving up $6.50 for a dosh-burned Gimcrack that was no Account except to look at.
at dosh-burned, adj.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 56: In his Heart of Hearts he wanted to be a Butterfly.
at butterfly, n.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 70: The friend belonged to the Buttinksy Family and refused to stay on the Far Side of the Room.
at buttinski, n.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 36: [She] wanted to know why, if Man was such a Bunch of Trouble, they were not willing to tie a Can to him.
at tie a can to (v.) under can, n.1
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 141: He put his Tag on a blonde Canary 17 Years of Age.
at canary, n.1
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 1: He thought he had seen some 24-carat Tizums when he had attended College and hung around the Fem Sem, but the Girl that he now beheld was in a class by herself.
at twenty-four carat, adj.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 9: He could not believe that a real Diana would trifle with a blue Cat-Fish.
at catfish, n.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 169: Nowhere did she meet a Well-Wisher who took her aside and told her she was a Shine — in fact, the Champion Pest.
at champion, adj.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 32: All the swell Lookers are supposed to get out and chase the Woman-Hater.
at chase, v.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 25: The Chickadees who chew Gum on the Trolley.
at chickadee, n.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 8: As for executing a Clutch and swinging into the Slow and Dreamy, that seemed only a vague and far-away Hope of Paradise.
at clutch, n.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 62: What he needed was a little Dutch Courage. Accordingly he slipped out and stowed away five Santiago sours.
at Dutch courage, n.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 101: The latest variety of New Woman resents the Suggestion that she is a Soft Mark for the curbstone Masher who stands in front of Cigar Stores and Works the Banjo Eye.
at curbstone, adj.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 109: She sprang a new Series of Curves on him every Week or two.
at curve, n.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 13: Number One was trying to demonstrate that he was a Deuce of a Fellow and Number Two was trying to convince her that she was an Ace of a Girl.
at deuce, the, phr.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 86: Tessie didn’t know the diff between a Manor House and a Chop House.
at dif, n.
[US] Ade Girl Proposition 35: There were a lot of Dolly Grays who had nothing to do in the Afternoon except look for Kitchen Help.
at dolly gray (n.) under dolly, n.1
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