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letter 12 Nov. in Bode New Mencken Letters (1977) 38: Its sheer length will scare off many reviewers and some readers. Wright will do some bally-hooing out on the coast.at ballyhoo, v.
letter 12 Nov. in Bode New Mencken Letters (1977) 38: Its sheer length will scare off many reviewers and some readers. Wright will do some bally-hooing out on the coast. letter 12 Nov. in Bode New Mencken Letters (1977) 37: If the practical joking of our humorous Boss ever gives me the chance to write about you in the past tense, I’ll consider it a high privilege to go through your manuscripts.at Boss, the, n.
letter 26 Mar. in Bode New Mencken Letters (1977) 37: I used to be a poet myself—and not such a bad one, by gar!at gar, n.1
letter 12 Nov. in Bode New Mencken Letters (1977) 38: I have no doubts about the next volume [...] you will knock them out with it.at knock out, v.
letter 16 Mar. in Bode New Mencken Letters (1977) 36: I ought to be able to pull out during the summer. I am going to be very careful on the other side.at other side (n.) under other, adj.
letter 8 Apr. in Bode New Mencken Letters (1977) 52: I rode the water-wagon for 4 weeks.at ride the (water-)wagon (v.) under on the wagon, phr.
letter Dec. in Bode New Mencken Letters (1977) 79: A very good sale. I think your review sold at least 150 of them at one crack.at crack, n.1
in Bode New Mencken Letters (1977) 188: Subscribers began to show up with jugs under their coats.at jug, n.1
letter 1 Nov. in Bode New Mencken Letters (1977) 205: This place [i.e. L.A.] is the one true and original arse-hole of creation. It is at least nine times as bad as I expected.at arsehole of the universe (n.) under arsehole, n.
letter 11 Jan. in Bode New Mencken Letters (1977) 437: Red Lewis [...] told me he was on the water-wagon.at on the water wagon under water wagon, n.
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