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(con. 1917–18) Beginning of Wisdom 220: Ada from Decatur! A five and a three.at Ada from Decatur, n.
(con. 1917–18) Beginning of Wisdom 220: Ada from Decatur! A five and a three. (con. 1917–18) Beginning of Wisdom 221: ‘Big Dick!’ he moaned to the bones that clattered like spilt teeth.at big dick (n.) under big, adj.
(con. 1918–19) Beginning of Wisdom 290: The tale of how he took to heroin, became a ‘snow-bird’ and finally broke the habit [...] was another saga.at snow bird, n.2
(con. 1918–19) Beginning of Wisdom 297: It’s getting bumped by somebody you can’t see that’s the bum idea.at bump, v.1
(con. 1918–19) Beginning of Wisdom 290: You can never tell with Chinks.at Chink, n.
(con. 1917–18) Beginning of Wisdom 226: We dress ’em all up [...] fit to kill.at fit to kill under fit to..., phr.
(con. 1918–19) Beginning of Wisdom 296: ‘Oh, turn off the alarm-clock,’ he gasped.at turn off (the gas), v.
(con. 1918–19) Beginning of Wisdom 297: The geeks on the other side’ll be just as scared.at geek, n.1
(con. 1918–19) Beginning of Wisdom 290: He was too full of happy-juice.at happy juice (n.) under happy, adj.
(con. 1918–19) Beginning of Wisdom 290: It sounded as if hell was poppin’ all over Chinatown.at hell’s a popping under hell, n.
(con. 1918–19) Beginning of Wisdom 289: They was both hittin’ the hop with their eyes shut.at hit, v.
(con. 1918) Beginning of Wisdom 262: The dice showed three and three. ‘Jimmy Hicks!’ murmured Atropos cautiously. ‘Jimmy Hicks! We are now Jimmy Hicksing, Philip!’.at jimmy hix, n.
(con. 1918–19) Beginning of Wisdom 296: In a month after that we’ll all be honest-Injun Sammies.at honest Injun, adj.
(con. 1918–19) Beginning of Wisdom 295: He was indefatigable at bumming cigarettes [...] The habit had once settled upon him the nick-name of ‘Fag Hound’.at -hound, sfx
(con. 1918–19) Beginning of Wisdom 295: ‘Got a hump, Sellaby?’ said Bennett [...] He was indefatigable at bumming cigarettes.at hump, n.1
(con. 1918–19) Beginning of Wisdom 290: All the papes said he kicked out with the heart-disease.at kick out, v.1
(con. 1917–18) Beginning of Wisdom 187: Come out, you damn Red! Take your medicine!at take one’s medicine (v.) under medicine, n.
(con. 1918–19) Beginning of Wisdom 290: All the papes said he kicked out with the heart-disease.at papes, n.
(con. 1917–18) Beginning of Wisdom 239: Stout manicured Middle Western clubwomen made pilgrimages of gush from their ‘burgs’ and ‘villes.’.at vile, n.
(con. 1917–18) Beginning of Wisdom 220: ‘Shoot the wad!’ Philip answered, adding three dollars from his pocket to the sixteen already on the ground [...] Philip rattled the dice again.at shoot one’s wad (v.) under wad, n.3
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