1930 K. Brush Young Man of Manhattan 142: I’ve been busy as a bird dog, up to now.at busy as a bird dog (adj.) under busy as..., adj.
1930 K. Brush Young Man of Manhattan 248: When I tell him I told you he’d gone to California, [...] he’ll brain me!at brain, v.
1930 K. Brush Young Man of Manhattan 89: Don’t be mean. Let Toby break over, just this once [...] let him have a couple of drinks.at break out, v.
1930 K. Brush Young Man of Manhattan 204: ‘We click,’ he thought, approving her. They would get along.at click, v.3
1930 K. Brush Young Man of Manhattan 290: He was cock-eyed that night, cruising all over town.at cruise, v.
1930 K. Brush Young Man of Manhattan 97: Dip your bill into that!at dip one’s bill (v.) under dip, v.2
1930 K. Brush Young Man of Manhattan 40: ‘On matrimony,’ Ann said, ‘I have theories’ [...] ‘Dish out a few’.at dish (out), v.
1930 K. Brush Young Man of Manhattan 236: Listen, baby; I’m going to talk to you like a Dutch uncle.at Dutch uncle, n.
1930 K. Brush Young Man of Manhattan 240: In the mornings after the evenings there were drinks that he had to have [...] There was the drink called eye-opener, and the one, or more, called hair of the dog.at eye-opener, n.1
1930 K. Brush Young Man of Manhattan 259: I’m going home [...] aren’t you? And grab about ten good hours of shut-eye?at shut-eye, n.1
1930 K. Brush Young Man of Manhattan 87: Ann telephoned Eunice Hay, who said she was ‘utterly frazzled’.at frazzled, adj.
1930 K. Brush Young Man of Manhattan 347: ‘That went over big!’ he thought.at go over big (v.) under go over, v.
1930 K. Brush Young Man of Manhattan 173: Didn’t have a prayer, my grandmother!at my granny! (excl.) under granny, n.1
1930 K. Brush Young Man of Manhattan 232: Who gave a hoot what he looked like?at give a hoot (v.) under hoot, n.2
1930 K. Brush Young Man of Manhattan 128: You certainly knocked him for a row of tall red totem poles.at knock for a row of... (v.) under knock, v.
1930 K. Brush Young Man of Manhattan 343: I’ve been as near off my noodle as a supposedly sane man can get.at noodle, n.1
1930 K. Brush Young Man of Manhattan 101: Well, the big palookas [...] why the hell don’t they look where they’re going.at palooka, n.
1930 K. Brush Young Man of Manhattan 113: She looked about seventeen years old, ‘and,’ thought Toby with fond paternal amusement, ‘very rah-rah’.at rah-rah, adj.