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[US] Argosy July 123: Gawdstruth†, aint he a bubblyjock! [...] † This adjuration is [...] employed by the poor with no more idea of the meaning than they would of the meaning of ’zounds.
at gawdstruth!, excl.
[US] Argosy 3 326: Uncle Sam has done pretty well with trees, but when it comes to height the British lion takes the belt.
at take the belt (v.) under belt, n.
[US] Argosy 21 110/2: He will get it from us exactly in that portion of the human frame where the bottle got the cork, where Maggie wore the beads, and where the giraffe has the advantage over other birds—in short, in the neck.
at get it where Maggie wore the beads (v.) under get it, v.
[US] R.J. Brown ‘Thirty Days on the Island’ in Argosy 3 Jan. 🌐 There’s a thousand bucks in it for us [...] if we turn the trick.
at turn a trick, v.1
[US] R.J. Brown ‘Thirty Days on the Island’ in Argosy 3 Jan. 🌐 The boss [...] had visions of the whole case goin’ blooie.
at go blooey (v.) under blooey!, excl.
[US] R.J. Brown ‘Thirty Days on the Island’ in Argosy 3 Jan. 🌐 ‘If I give you a hundred dollars, will you agree to—’ I make a grab for the gold-back, but he pulls it away.
at goldback (n.) under gold, adj.
[US] R.J. Brown ‘Thirty Days on the Island’ in Argosy 3 Jan. 🌐 At least four thousand people had called to get the inside dope on Thorndyke.
at inside dope (n.) under inside, adj.
[US] R.J. Brown ‘Thirty Days on the Island’ in Argosy 3 Jan. 🌐 ‘What did he do to get thirty days on the island?’ [...] ‘I am not referring to the island where the municipality has placed its penal institutions — Blackwells Island.’.
at Island, the, n.
[US] R.J. Brown ‘Thirty Days on the Island’ in Argosy 3 Jan. 🌐 Slip me a couple more of them mint tickets — just to show you’re on the level.
at mint leaf, n.1
[US] R.J. Brown ‘Thirty Days on the Island’ in Argosy 3 Jan. 🌐 I just necked you out of the office—and here we are.
at neck, v.
[US] R.J. Brown ‘Thirty Days on the Island’ in Argosy 3 Jan. 🌐 Takin’ out a roll that would have blocked the Subway.
at roll that would choke a mule (n.) under roll, n.
[US] R.J. Brown ‘Thirty Days on the Island’ in Argosy 🌐 3 Jan. I went into the hall [and] woofed at the mob a couple of times.
at woof, v.1
[US] R.J. Brown ‘Thirty Days on the Island’ in Argosy 3 Jan. 🌐 [...] puttin’ the two extra yards of jack into my kick.
at yard, n.3
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