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[US] Ade People You Know 122: ‘Come again,’ said the Wage Earner.
at come again!, excl.
[US] Ade People You Know 74: Mosy! Duck! Up an Alley!
at up an alley! (excl.) under alley, n.1
[US] Ade People You Know 111: He got balled up in his Arithmetic.
at ball up, v.
[US] Ade People You Know 88: It always went big.
at go big (v.) under big, adv.
[US] Ade People You Know 85: We was so strong we killed the rest of the Bill, so we got the Blue Envelope.
at blue envelope (v.) under blue, adj.1
[US] Ade People You Know 71: He was a sad Bluff and he knew it.
at bluff, n.1
[US] Ade People You Know 116: He said that Rinkaboo would breeze in, that he would win on the Bit.
at breeze, v.1
[US] Ade People You Know 167: He was not such a Hot Swell as he had looked to be in the Bunko Photograph.
at bunco, adj.
[US] Ade People You Know 111: They looked to be the real candy.
at candy, n.
[US] Ade People You Know 89: ‘Hully Chee!’ exclaimed the Artist. ‘He’s Croaked’.
at croak, v.2
[US] Ade People You Know 111: When he arrived at the Track he gave up for a Badge and a Dope-Sheet and a couple of Perfectos.
at dope book (n.) under dope, n.3
[US] Ade People You Know 37: Florine would have to duck on the Festivities just when everything was getting good.
at duck out, v.
[US] Ade People You Know 140: He had got the Zoop for some 80 Buckerines.
at -erino, sfx
[US] Ade People You Know 40: At which Mother would wink the Off Eye and murmur, ‘Is that so?’ with the Loud Pedal on ‘That.’.
at wink the other eye, v.
[US] Ade People You Know 60: Anyone who goes against the Faculty single-handed is a Fink.
at fink, n.
[US] Ade People You Know 210: When he wanted her to take some of the Phizz Water she made an Awful Stand.
at fizz, n.1
[US] Ade People You Know 110: He might be out at the Merry-Go-Round.
at merry-go-round, n.2
[US] Ade People You Know 176: No-Goods who had lost their Jobs.
at no-good, n.
[US] Ade People You Know 90: One was a Gusher and the other a Grouch.
at grouch, n.
[US] Ade People You Know 182: He went home to oil up his Pocket Hardware.
at hardware, n.
[US] Ade People You Know 13: He crawled into the Hay at 9.30 P.M.
at hay, n.
[US] Ade People You Know 112: He heard a Hickey in a Striped Sweater tell a red-headed Man that [etc.].
at hickey, n.1
[US] Ade People You Know 89: ‘Hully Chee!’ exclaimed the Artist. ‘He’s Croaked.’.
at holy gee! (excl.) under holy...!, excl.
[US] Ade People You Know 55: If he’s the Indian you want to see, I’ll show you where he hangs out.
at Indian, n.
[US] Ade People You Know 32: He was burning the Midnight Oil and grinding out Jaw-Breakers, so as to qualify for the Master’s Degree.
at jawbreaker, n.
[US] Ade People You Know 109: A bunch of Kioodles who [...] talked nothing but Piffle.
at kiyoodle, n.
[US] Ade People You Know 92: I know it’s Guff [...] but my Stars! He can ladle out that Soothing Syrup.
at ladle, v.
[US] Ade People You Know 122: What he said cut very few Lemons with the Side-Partner.
at cut lemons (v.) under lemon, n.
[US] Ade People You Know 41: Nearly every high-speed Bachelor in Town had been forbidden [...] The kind that Mother approved were of the Lilac Division with White Puff Ties.
at lilac, adj.
[US] Ade People You Know 92: His Dial suggested a Map of the Bad Lands.
at map of..., phr.
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