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Amer. Notebooks (1932) 15: He talked with Bridge about the boundary question, and swore fervently in favor of driving the British ‘into Hell’s kitchen’ by main force.at hell’s kitchen (n.) under hell, n.
Amer. Notebooks (1932) 15: He talked with Bridge about the boundary question, and swore fervently in favor of driving the British ‘into Hell’s kitchen’ by main force. Amer. Notebooks (1932) 10: The British have lately imprisoned a man who was sent to take the census; and the Maniacs are much excited on the subject.at Mainiac, n.
Amer. Notebooks (1932) 7: She would wheedle and laugh, and blarney, beginning in rage, and ending as if she had been in jest.at wheadle, v.
Amer. Notebooks (1932) 39: The hostlers, at taverns, call the money given them [...] ‘knock-down money.’.at knock-down money (n.) under knock-down, n.
Amer. Notebooks (1932) 66: There is much exaggeration and rattle-brain about this fellow.at rattle-head, n.
Amer. Notebooks (1932) 34: He pointed out the house where he was married to her, and told the name of the country-squire who tied the knot.at tie the knot (v.) under tie, v.
in Amer. Notebooks (1932) 78: A company of fantastic figures, arranged in a ring for a dance [...] an Indian squaw, a negro of the Jim Crow order.at jim crow, n.2
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