1944 G. Fowler Good Night, Sweet Prince 259: [from John Barrymore’s diary 1926] It had pretty nearly put me on the blink.at on the blink (adj.) under blink, n.1
1944 G. Fowler Good Night, Sweet Prince 130: The incendiary curse of Ashton Stevens [...] was regarded by Editor Michelson as a mere journalistic blow-up.at blow-up, n.1
1944 G. Fowler Good Night, Sweet Prince 131: ‘Won’t Collier advance it to you?’ Stevens asked. ‘Not one red cent,’ Jack replied.at red cent, n.
1944 G. Fowler Good Night, Sweet Prince 401: Barrymore made a radio broadcast in Omaha on this May 1, and in it offended many corn-huskers.at corn-husker (n.) under corn, n.1
1944 G. Fowler Good Night, Sweet Prince 261: Hot Dog! But that was a glass of beer!at hot dog!, excl.
1944 G. Fowler Good Night, Sweet Prince 131: I played footsie with her during Don José’s first seduction by Carmen.at play footsie(s) (v.) under footsie-footsie, n.
1944 G. Fowler Good Night, Sweet Prince 405: I had a yen for a high yaller girl I’d seen on that floor.at high-yellow, adj.
1944 G. Fowler Good Night, Sweet Prince 139: Let’s find some hole-in-the-wall that serves liquid dynamite.at hole in the wall, n.
1944 G. Fowler Good Night, Sweet Prince 101: He was waist-deep in small Southern nose-pickers slugging him for his autograph.at nose picker (n.) under nose, n.
1944 G. Fowler Good Night, Sweet Prince 108: Jerry the Lug, a Tenderloin hack driver.at tenderloin, n.
1944 G. Fowler Good Night, Sweet Prince 398: I told Jack that I would see him in hell before I touched the dramatic whimsey with a ten-foot pole.at wouldn’t touch it with a (barge-)pole under touch, v.1