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[US] T. Thursday ‘The Wild Whampoo of the Whampolo’ in Blue Ribbon Sports Dec. 🌐 ‘I hope the ambulance service is good in this town,’ said Foghorn. ‘Me, too,’ said Montmorency. ‘That big potato over there will need it.’.
at big potato, n.1
[US] T. Thursday ‘The Wild Whampoo of the Whampolo’ in Blue Ribbon Sports Dec. 🌐 He got the Royal Order of the Razzberry, fourth class. As an added decoration, they gave him the bird.
at give someone a/the (big) bird (v.) under bird, n.2
[US] T. Thursday ‘The Wild Whampoo of the Whampolo’ Blue Ribbon Sports Dec. 🌐 If he gets knocked on his fannyolo, the Old Man can hoist him up.
at fanny, n.1
[US] T. Thursday ‘The Wild Whampoo of the Whampolo’ in Blue Ribbon Sports Dec. 🌐 Suppose this monk gets flopped over on his canolo, what happens to your prize dough, hey?
at monk, n.
[US] T. Thursday ‘The Wild Whampoo of the Whampolo’ in Blue Ribbon Sports Dec. 🌐 Neither Professor Shann or his palsy-walsy could see the humor.
at palsy-walsy, n.
[US] T. Thursday ‘The Wild Whampoo of the Whampolo’ in Blue Ribbon Sports Dec. 🌐 Boy, that’s a natural for forty yards of publicity! [...] you guys watch my stuff in the sheets!
at sheet, n.
[US] T. Thursday ‘Wild Whampoo of the Whampolo’ Blue Ribbon Sports Dec. 🌐 The blow-off came in a slab named Winford City, Arizona. [...] We are booked to play this slab for three days, see.
at slab, n.
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