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Sidewalks of America choose

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[US] ‘Wal, I Swan!’ in Botkin Sidewalks of America (1954) 561: I see a cuss look sharp at my pocketbook.
at sharp, adv.
[US] ‘Wal, I Swan!’ in Botkin Sidewalks of America (1954) 560: Wal, I’ll be switched! the hay ain’t pitched.
at I’ll be switched! (excl.) under switch, v.1
[US] in Botkin Sidewalks of America (1954) 400: When day is dawning, / Our yappers are yawning / For ‘Oh! you ham and eggs.’.
at yap, n.1
[US] in Botkin Sidewalks of America (1954) 553: [song title] I Put Him on the Cheese.
at on the cheese under cheese, n.1
[US] ‘Spielers’ in Botkin Sidewalks of America (1954) 267: You [...] duke him, that is, you hand him the article and say thanks.
at duke, v.1
[US] ‘The Spielers’ in Botkin Sidewalks of America (1954) 363: I’ll sing about some nobby girls I met the other night.
at nobby, adj.
[US] ‘Spielers’ in Botkin Sidewalks of America (1954) 563: While dancing in the mazy waltz the ‘spielers’ reign supreme.
at spieler, n.
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