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Lit. World 13 177: One of Mr. Leland’s most amusing interviews is with a ‘crocus-pitcher’ — which is gypsy-slang for a street peddler of quack medicines.at crocus-pitcher (n.) under crocus (metallorum), n.
Lit. World 13 177: One of Mr. Leland’s most amusing interviews is with a ‘crocus-pitcher’ — which is gypsy-slang for a street peddler of quack medicines. Lit. World Oct. 288/2: I do like to hear the fuddy- duddy little stay-at-homes and reformers try to reform the world.at fuddy-duddy, adj.
Little Men, Big World 34: Don’t suppose the place has changed much. I haven’t been there in fifteen years. They used to call it the Riding Academy.at riding academy, n.
Little Men, Big World 221: If you do nothing yourself there is no danger of you making mistakes. But now the fat was in the fire.at fat is in the fire, (all) the, phr.
Little Men, Big World 14: How could you be too conscientious about your bread and butter with three growing girls to feed and a wife to clothe?at bread and butter, n.1
Little Men, Big World 176: Turkey handed Arky the gun, gave Robbie a quick up-and-down, insolent look, then went out.at up-and-down, the, n.
Little Men, Big World 210: No more penny-ante jobs with the police department or the D.A.’s office for him. He was a big man now.at penny ante, adj.
Little Men, Big World 65: That Milli, she don’t know her ass from a slippery ellum.at not know one’s arse/ass from... (v.) under arse, n.
Little Men, Big World 137: I don’t like to speak to you in this tone of voice, but you are the nearest thing to a horse’s ass I ever saw in clothes.at horse’s ass, n.
Little Men, Big World 63: Her old man kicked her out. That’s awful strict.at awful, adv.
Little Men, Big World 41: What is it, babe—low blood-pressure?at babe, n.
Little Men, Big World 72: Here he puts me behind the eightball with you, with the Mover—with everybody.at behind the eight ball, phr.
Little Men, Big World 120: Sure be a relief to me to get this over with, especially when I think you’re barking up the wrong tree.at bark up the wrong tree, v.
Little Men, Big World 13: These poor beat-up old winos.at beat-up, adj.
Little Men, Big World 67: ‘It’s done every day,’ she says, wisecracking; but she was serious all the same. Can you beat it?at can you beat it? under beat, v.
Little Men, Big World 148: Arky leaned across and handed Turkey a short-barrelled revolver of high calibre, known as a belly-gun. ‘Don’t let nobody take the car away from you.’.at belly gun (n.) under belly, n.
Little Men, Big World 164: I got no belly for it, Arky. No belly at all. I’m going to quit.at belly, n.
Little Men, Big World 25: The world was a pretty good place after all when a poor knocked-out broad like this could give you a belly. What the hell kind of life could she possibly have? Whatever it was it wasn’t funny.at belly laugh (n.) under belly, n.
Little Men, Big World 47: He wanted to be the Big One in fact as well as fancy.at big one, n.
Little Men, Big World 71: One day, when he had enough moo to leave the big town, he’d have a hack like that, only maybe pink with cream-coloured upholstery.at big town, n.
Little Men, Big World 153: He’s gone dead on me—I mean like a telephone wire. I don’t like it. That’s why I kinda took it big when you asked me. Where the hell could he be?at take it big (v.) under big, adv.
Little Men, Big World 166: Big doings—and he was in on it.at big doing, n.
Little Men, Big World 83: Mush Head’s got all the bird dogs on it. Headline stuff. You know.at bird dog, n.
Little Men, Big World 201: ‘Some of them painted fairly realistic nudes to sell. I posed for a lot of them.’ ‘In your birthday suit?’.at birthday suit, n.
Little Men, Big World 67: Can you imagine a knocked-out broad like that? Good kid. Sure. But she’s been round the wheel, brother.at go around the block (v.) under block, n.8
Little Men, Big World 170: Lola’ll look after him till she drops or I blow my topper.at blow one’s top, v.
Little Men, Big World 171: This is a hell of a time for Lola to blow up on you, but she’s just human—if she can’t, she can’t.at blow up, v.1
Little Men, Big World 84: Might set off a chain of explosions that would blow the city sky high.at blow sky high, v.
Little Men, Big World 144: Things are booming, as you know.at booming, adj.
Little Men, Big World 94: Due to a newspaper story in the Examiner the boys have got Rudy down at headquarters sweating him over Leon’s disappearance.at boys, the, n.
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