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Hey, Sucker 198: Looky here, boss, we ain’t going to mess you around none or tear down the joint, but just give us back our passes.at mess about, v.
Hey, Sucker 198: Looky here, boss, we ain’t going to mess you around none or tear down the joint, but just give us back our passes. Hey, Sucker 100: Half and half, a side-show performer who claims to be half woman, half man.at half-and-half, n.
Hey, Sucker 16: You cannot saunter by one of our ‘ragbags,’ your chin up and eyes half closed, fully determined not to fall for a dime’s worth of anything we have. [Ibid.] 102: All carnivals, whether large or small, are referred to as ‘rag bags’.at rag bag, n.
Hey, Sucker 192: The barker gave him a great send-off; ballyhooing him as one of the great daredevil divers.at ballyhoo, v.
Hey, Sucker 214: He had a dilapidated old tri-motored Ford airplane. It was a relic of the barnstorming dollar-a-ride days.at barnstorm, v.
Hey, Sucker 88: The term glittergals applies largely to performers taking part in girlesk attractions, other women on carnivals are referred to as bimbos.at bimbo, n.
Hey, Sucker 90: ‘Tossing the broads’ applies to [...] playing three-card Monty.at broads, n.
Hey, Sucker 100: burly show ... a burlesque attraction.at burley, n.1
Hey, Sucker 39: They’re ‘carnies’ at heart.at carney, n.2
Hey, Sucker 85: Chiggers, the cops!at chiggers!, excl.
Hey, Sucker 87: A kuter is a quarter.at cuter, n.2
Hey, Sucker 87: A deemer is a dime.at deemer, n.
Hey, Sucker 96: deuce-note ... two dollars.at deuce, n.1
Hey, Sucker 87: Dub (meaning double sawbuck) for twenty dollars.at dub, n.6
Hey, Sucker 101: duker ... fortune-telling palmist.at duker, n.2
Hey, Sucker 97: fag show [...] show with men who impersonate women.at fag show (n.) under fag, n.4
Hey, Sucker 15: If you do stop, you’re a ‘heel’ – or, worse, a ‘First of May!’.at first of May, n.2
Hey, Sucker 30: A few will go broke on the road – ‘fold up’ as show people say – their equipment being scattered by creditors.at fold up, v.
Hey, Sucker 85: ‘Fuz’ [...] is the carnival word for police.at fuzz, n.1
Hey, Sucker 73: They specialize in controlled G-wheels and horrifyingly vulgar kooch-shows.at g, n.2
Hey, Sucker 103: A G-joint [...] is a concession that has a controlled device. When a concession is so operated it is said to be ‘gaffed’.at gaff, v.1
Hey, Sucker 71: Of all the ‘girlesk shows’ we exhibited [...] the most popular, I am sure, was Lottie Mayer’s Disappearing Water Ballet. [Ibid.] 88: The term glittergals applies largely to performers taking part in girlesk attractions.at girlesk, n.
Hey, Sucker 88: Other interesting words in daily use are: [...] cheaters and googs for eye-glasses.at googs, n.
Hey, Sucker 101: grab joint ... cookhouse; sandwich stand.at grab joint (n.) under grab, v.
Hey, Sucker 87: Other interesting words in daily use are: [...] grease-joint for hamburger or hot dog stand.at grease joint (n.) under grease, n.1
Hey, Sucker 98: grind show ... attraction that [...] is in continuous walk through operation.at grind show (n.) under grind, n.
Hey, Sucker 29: All carnivals are not ‘hanky-pank jallopies’.at hankypanky, adj.
Hey, Sucker 99: heel the joint ... to walk out without paying.at heel, v.1
Hey, Sucker 198: Looky here, boss, we ain’t going to mess you around none.at lookee here!, excl.
Hey, Sucker 102: hey rube ... fight between show people and town people.at hey rube, n.
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