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[US] ‘Do You Really Think She Did?’ in Rootle-Tum Songster 68: She was very fond of oysters, she’d eat till all was blue.
at till all is blue, phr.
[US] ‘Richard the Third’ in Rootle-Tum Songster 50: De Duck of Buckingham am taken, / Quickly let us cook his bacon.
at cook someone’s bacon (v.) under bacon, n.1
[US] ‘The Famous East Side of Town’ in Rootle-Tum Songster 14: And in verses quite witty / I’ll endeavor to do it up brown.
at do up brown (v.) under brown, adj.2
[US] ‘Richard the Third’ in Rootle-Tum Songster 49: De bank am bust – I isn’t got a cent.
at bust, adj.
[US] ‘The Famous East Side of Town’ in Rootle-Tum Songster 15: Like a good comic song or a story, / And a shindig or hop’s ‘hunky dory’ / On the jolly East side of the town.
at hunky-dory, adj.
[US] ‘Do You Really Think She Did?’ in Rootle-Tum Songster 69: She could not live with such a flat, I was so very green!
at flat, n.2
[US] ‘She Danced Like a Fairy’ in Rootle-Tum Songster 45: He father sold goods on a second-hand plan [...] he now has a ‘hand-me-down’ shop.
at hand-me-down shop (n.) under hand, v.
[US] ‘The Famous East Side of Town’ Rootle-Tum Songster 15: Like a good comic song or a story, / And a shindig or hop’s ‘hunky dory’ / On the jolly East side of the town.
at hop, n.1
[UK] ‘Do You Really Think She Did?’ Rootle-Tum Songster 69: There sat my spouse with her arm round the neck of a horse-marine!
at horse marine (n.) under horse, n.
[US] ‘The Famous East Side of Town’ in Rootle-Tum Songster 15: To assist a poor fellow they are willing [...] But insult them, you’re sure of a ‘milling’.
at milling, n.
[US] ‘Lively as a Jaybird’ Rootle-Tum Songster 27: I’m that moke called Daddy Stokes, so keep your eye on me, / I’m the darkey that’s got dancing on the brain.
at moke, n.2
[US] ‘Richard the Third’ in Rootle-Tum Songster 50: Off wid his head, his toby tickle.
at toby, n.1
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