1938 in A. Banks First-Person America (1980) 17: In the afternoon we had what we called the ‘plug-uglies’ —funny floats and clowns who took off the political subjects of the day.at plug-ugly, n.
1939 in A. Banks First-Person America (1980) 156: Her folks was awful broken-up about it and wanted to make it good.at broke up, adj.
1939 in A. Banks First-Person America (1980) 55: Reminds me of Wilson’s. Boy, what a craphole!at craphole (n.) under crap, n.1
1939 in A. Banks First-Person America (1980) 179: Even when some duke tells you about some job in a big office, you don’t try for it.at duke, n.4
1939 in A. Banks First-Person America (1980) 204: A Hey Rube was a fight between the circus folks and the town yokels.at hey rube, n.
1939 in A. Banks First-Person America (1980) 55: He never joined the union. He’s just a suckhole for the company.at suck-hole, n.
1939 in A. Banks First-Person America (1980) 242: Jump joints: that means where they dance and drink and smoke the marijuana weed.at jump joint (n.) under jump, n.
1939 in A. Banks First-Person America (1980) 131: The old niggerhead* did prove practical (*A shoe-nailing machine, so named ‘because a man from Brazil invented it).at niggerhead, n.1
1939 in A. Banks First-Person America (1980) 55: My brother was damned if he was going to report to a squirty watchman.at squirty, adj.
1977 in A. Banks First-Person America (1980) 149: When fall came he got the big end of the horn.at big end (of) (n.) under big, adj.
1978 in A. Banks First-Person America (1980) 60: Old piss-in-the-face McCann just didn’t want her back.at piss-in-the-face (n.) under piss, n.