1922 F. Harris My Life and Loves I 61: Again I dreamed of Lucille and again I was trying, trying in vain to get into her when again the spasm of pleasure overtook me.at get into, v.
1954 M. Bodenheim My Life and Loves in Greenwich Village (1961) 94: They call themselves models – in the Village we call them horizontalists: they make their living lying down.at horizontal, n.
1954 M. Bodenheim My Life and Loves in Greenwich Village (1961) 63: She is a lesbian and he is a ‘fairy’ and she obviously looks upon herself as the ‘husband’.at husband, n.
1954 M. Bodenheim My Life and Loves in Greenwich Village (1961) 120: These dens of iniquity are real ‘nut’ clubs, in the pathological sense of the word.at nut, adj.
1954 M. Bodenheim My Life and Loves in Greenwich Village (1961) 63: We speak of a domineering wife who ‘wears the pants’.at wear the pants (v.) under pants, n.
1954 M. Bodenheim My Life and Loves in Greenwich Village (1961) 100: The Village novelist had a ‘stable’ of chorus girls at his estate.at stable, n.
1954 M. Bodenheim My Life and Loves in Greenwich Village (1961) 68: He’s making a story (a row, a fuss, a scene) about an overcoat he’s missing.at story, n.
1954 M. Bodenheim My Life and Loves in Greenwich Village (1961) 11: Poetry was once Big business in the Village.at Village, the, n.
1954 M. Bodenheim My Life and Loves in Greenwich Village (1961) 58: He is married to a handsome young man [...] Having assumed the role of ‘wife’ in a marital relationship that is quite common in Bohemia.at wife, n.