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[US] Gleason & Taber Is Zat So? I i: chick: Gee, Hap, do you think it’s all right? hap: Aces, you sap!
at aces, adj.
[US] Gleason & Taber Is Zat So? II i: Uncle Hap said all skirts were goofs, and for me not to bother with them ever, or they’d put me on the bum.
at put (someone/something) on the bum (v.) under bum, adj.
[US] Gleason & Taber Is Zat So? I ii: A little ciggy? (Passes Sue cigarette box).
at ciggie, n.
[US] Gleason & Taber Is Zat So? I ii: Will you crack wise? Dat dame’s got brains.
at crack wise, v.
[US] Gleason & Taber Is Zat So? II i: clint: You don’t think it would do Chick any harm, do you, Fitz, to have a little practice go? fitz: Harm? Cream in the can, old boy!
at cream, n.3
[US] Gleason & Taber Is Zat So? II i: The Army [was] only dealing him thirty a month.
at deal, v.
[US] Gleason & Taber Is Zat So? I i: He made a grand showing in the soldier bouts in France, though, so when we come back we starts to lookin’ for big fish.
at big fish (n.) under fish, n.1
[US] Gleason & Taber Is Zat So? II i: Do ya wanna be a brow all your life – so that reg’lar folks can’t get jerry to a word ya say?
at highbrow, n.
[US] Gleason & Taber Is Zat So? II i: Do ya wanna be a brow all your life – so that reg’lar folks can’t get jerry to a word ya say?
at get jerry (v.) under jerry, adj.2
[US] Gleason & Taber Is Zat So? II i: Maybe if I call him in, you’d like to slap him a little kiss.
at kiss, n.
[US] Gleason & Taber Is Zat So? I i: What a lacin’ he give that bum.
at lacing, n.
[US] Gleason & Taber Is Zat So? I i: On the level, you’re lit like Broadway.
at lit (up) like Broadway (adj.) under lit (up), adj.
[US] Gleason & Taber Is Zat So? I ii: He’s always played it pretty straight with me.
at play (it) straight (v.) under straight, adv.
[US] Gleason & Taber Is Zat So? I ii: Can you trim dat guy! I can’t never learn him nuttin!
at trim, v.
[US] Gleason & Taber Is Zat So? I i: We vamps the club.
at vamp, v.2
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