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Straight from the Fridge: A Dictionary of Hipster Slang choose

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[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad.
at cop a sneak (v.) under cop a..., v.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad 36: Cop a drear Die, expire, cash in your chips.
at cop a drear (v.) under cop a..., v.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad 1: A-Bomb juice Moonshine liquor.
at A-bomb juice (n.) under A-bomb, n.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad.
at blow a fuse, v.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad 125: Make like a fish Have a bath.
at make like (a)..., v.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad 125: Make like a tree and leave Quit the scene, take off, vamoose.
at make like (a)..., v.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad 154: Riding academy Whorehouse.
at riding academy, n.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad.
at ace, n.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad.
at take a bite of air! (excl.) under air, n.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad 121: Let the air out of someone Stabbing them.
at let the air out of (v.) under air, n.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad 2: Alabama lie detector Police baton.
at Alabama lie detector (n.) under Alabama, adj.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad.
at shuck and jive, v.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad 4: Applesauce Flattery, insincere praise, a load of old flannel eg: ‘Don’t hand me that applesauce, Pops’.
at apple sauce, n.1
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad.
at how do you like them apples?, phr.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad.
at Arizona perfume (n.) under Arizona, adj.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad 26: Cake cutter Short-change artist, swindler.
at short-change artist, n.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad 4: As busy as a one-legged tapdancer Extremely busy.
at busy as a one-legged... (adj.) under busy as..., adj.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad.
at burned (at), adj.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad 7: Bam Girlfriend, steady date, parking date.
at bam, n.3
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad 7: Bar-polisher Habitual drinker, frequenter of gin-joints.
at bar polisher (n.) under bar, n.2
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad.
at beat, adj.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad.
at beat the boards (v.) under beat, v.
[US] (con. 1940–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad.
at put to bed with a shovel (v.) under bed, n.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad.
at bible-puncher (n.) under bible, n.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad 12: Big house up the river Sing Sing prison.
at big house, n.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad 13: Biscuit snatchers fingers, hands.
at biscuit snatcher (n.) under biscuit, n.1
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad.
at blab, n.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad 13: Blab sheet Newspaper.
at blab sheet (n.) under blab, n.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad 13: Blackstick Clarinet.
at black stick (n.) under black, adj.
[US] (con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad.
at blast, v.1
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