1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 48: Instead of sitting 8 Feet away from an Imported Orchestra at 2 A. M. [...] he began to prefer to take a 10-Grain Sleeping Powder and fall back in the Alfalfa.at alfalfa, n.
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 13: He would read in the Sunday Paper all that Bunk about the Down-and-Outs of the City hiking back to the Soil and making $8,000 a year raising Radishes.at down-and-out, n.
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 10: They ordered up Cape Cods, Pommes Let-it-go-at-that, Sweetbreads So-and-so.at so-and-so, adj.
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 121: He began grabbing Public Service Utilities by Strong-Arm methods.at strong-arm, adj.
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 108: She began to turn the Old Family Residence upside down and get it stocked up, just like a Club, for the Hot Babies from the Metropolis.at hot baby (n.) under baby, n.
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 117: If Rufus got balled up in his Answers, his immediate Kin would pat him on the Back and tell him he was right and the TextBook was wrong.at balled-up, adj.
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 152: As soon as Father was bawled out as a Millionaire, it was up to Mother to join a new kind of Club.at bawl out, v.1
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 200: ‘She is a raving Beetle,’ explained the Prosecutor. ‘She wants to go out doors every Night and count the Moon and pull some of that shine Magazine Poetry.’.at beetle, n.1
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 13: Once there was a tired Denizen of the Big Town whose home was at the end of a Hallway.at big town, n.
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 169: ‘What is the Idea?’ asked the alcoholic Henchman, looking vainly about.at what’s the (big) idea?, phr.
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 119: If he tried to manipulate more than Two Dollars at one time, he would go Blink.at go blink (v.) under blink, n.1
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 130: A Promissory Note that was a Bloomer to begin with.at bloomer, n.2
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 157: He was the original Blotter. When they were trying to pry him away from it, he would take a chance on anything from Arnica to Extract of Vanilla.at blotter, n.1
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 6: The Blow-Off came on the Trip to the City. That was the Big Entertainment.at blow off, n.1
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 121: All the Friends of Public Weal were scared Blue and retired behind the Ropes.at blue, adj.1
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 48–9: The Reveler finds his bright crimson Brannigan slowly dissolving itself into a Bust Head.at brannigan, n.
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 55: He was breezing along the Pike at the easy Clip usually maintained by the Twentieth Century Limited.at breeze, v.1
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 172: He started flitting from Bud to Debutante to Ingénue to Fawn to Broiler to Kiddykadee back in 1880.at broiler, n.
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 107: She could hand out that Dear Boy line of Polite Guff to all of those rugged and self-made Bucks.at buck, n.1
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 137: The Regulars had arranged a Send-Off for Old Buck, who was pulling out for Seattle.at old buck (n.) under buck, n.1
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 203: He is a prize Bunk, a two-handed Grafter, a Short-Change Artist and a Broadway Wolf.at bunk, n.3
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 98: He was keyed to Concert Pitch and the Audience was Piped and all the old sure-fire Bokum of a Sentimental Nature simply Killed them.at bunkum, n.
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 106: [She] would have to make an immediate Demonstration of Form to avoid being permanently Benched or sent back to the Bush League.at bush league, n.
1912 Ade Knocking the Neighbors 50: Every time I pulled a Caper the stern-faced Mater would be at Elbow, saying: ‘Nix on the Acrobatics or you’ll lose your Number’.at caper, n.2