1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 25: Was you ever guilty of wastin’ a kind word, or puttin’ out the helpin’ hand, if you couldn’t see where it might turn a trick for J. Bayard Steele?at turn a trick, v.1
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 53: Sort of a cross between Father Time and Santa Claus, he looks like, with his bumper crop of white alfalfa.at alfalfa, n.
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 124: ‘Friends,’ says he, sweepin’ off the alfalfa lid with a flourish.at alfalfa, adj.
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 4: I might have known such crude stuff wouldn’t get under the hide of a polished article like J. Bayard.at article, n.
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 163: I’m the Hot Baby of Sunset Lake; and that ain’t any bellboy’s dream.at hot baby (n.) under baby, n.
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 241: But there I was, an old bach, and not much good to anybody anyway.at bach, n.
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 286: All the classy points of a heroine in a thirty-five-cent magazine serial, — dark eyes, dark, wavy hair, good color scheme in her cheeks, — the whole bag of tricks.at whole bag of tricks, the, n.
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 158: Course it was a batty piece of work, tryin’ to persuade people to let you push money on ’em.at batty, adj.1
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 138: ‘If that’s a disguise you’ve got on,’ says I, ‘it’s a bird.’.at bird, n.1
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 139: Well, cut out the frills and let’s get down to brass tacks.at get down to brass tacks (v.) under brass tacks, n.
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 69: She just gazes at me brassy and shakes her head.at brassy, adv.
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 10: Even knowin’ some of the odd streaks of Pyramid Gordon the way I did, this last and final sample had me bug-eyed.at bug-eyed, adj.
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 319: He’s only a batty nephew, that they keep under guard. Bughouse, you know.at bughouse, adj.1
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 8: He’s squintin’ at me foxy out of them shifty eyes of his, cagy and suspicious.at cagey, adj.1
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 18: An ex-pool organizer, who makes a livin’ as capper for a hotel branch of a shady stock-brokin’ firm.at capper, n.1
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 85: I might have got real peevish over Mr. Bayne’s suspicions, and told him to go chase himself.at go chase yourself! (excl.) under chase, v.
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 80: And now you’re as chesty over her as though you’d been workin’ a miracle. Just beamin’ for joy.at chesty, adj.
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 83: I’ve chewed it over some; but I ain’t quite made up my mind.at chew (it) over (v.) under chew, v.
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 19: He comes in smilin’ and chirky, though, [and] slaps me chummy on the shoulder.at chummy, adv.
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 61: Slug the clubbers! [...] Knock their blocks off! Go to it, old man!at clubber, n.
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 277: You’d be about as prominent at the Maxixe in that outfit [...] as a one-legged albino at a coon cakewalk.at coon, adj.
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 4: Wanted to euchre her out of the twenty thousand life insurance she got when Benny took the booze count last winter, eh?at take the count (v.) under count, n.3
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 318: And off he goes, smilin’ contented and friendly at anyone who happens to look his way. Wouldn’t that crimp you?at wouldn’t that crimp you? under crimp, v.1
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 66: Ain’t they the nutty ones, these old cut-ups?at cut-up, n.1
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 24: That picture collection is what he’s daffy over.at daffy, adj.
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 153: A cheap, messy flat-house to the deuce and gone up Eighth avenue.at deuce, the, phr.
1915 S. Ford Shorty McCabe on the Job 4: Whatcher mean you lost your dog?at lose one’s dog (v.) under dog, n.2