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[US] E. O’Neill in Bogard & Bryer Sel. Letters (1988) 16: We had a fine ‘rough house’ here [...] It consisted of wet towels and [...] pails and waste-baskets, thrown with intent to injure the visages of Herr professor.
at roughhouse, n.
[US] E. O’Neill letter 2 Dec. in Bogard & Bryer Sel. Letters (1988) 267: Harry jewed Crane down to that.
at jew, v.
[US] E. O’Neill in Bogard & Bryer Sel. Letters (1988) 302: I am sure [the scandal] will be cold turkey for the news boys from now on.
at cold turkey, n.
[US] E. O’Neill letter 15 Sept. in Bogard & Bryer Sel. Letters (1988) 317: I’ll bet you’ll have a large section of infuriated fairies crawling your frame for that one.
at crawl someone’s frame (v.) under crawl, v.2
[US] E. O’Neill in Bogard & Bryer Sel. Letters (1994) 312: I always found that men and women knew they could trust me so they never gypped my trust in them.
at gyp, v.
[US] E. O’Neill letter 22 Apr. in Bogard & Bryer Sel. Letters (1988) 293: But to get back to our onions [...] I’m not subsidizing husbands for her.
at onion, n.1
[US] E. O’Neill in Bogard & Bryer Sel. Letters (1988) 317: Nobody ever ‘took me for a ride’ before in anything but trifling matters.
at take for a ride (v.) under ride, n.
[US] E. O’Neill letter 22 Apr. in Bogard & Bryer Sel. Letters (1988) 292: I have thirty-five dollars sewn up in it.
at sew up, v.
[US] E. O’Neill letter 15 Sept. in Bogard & Bryer Sel. Letters (1988) 317: Your article on the sissification of the stage handed me a large and satisfactory chuckle.
at sissy, adj.
[US] E. O’Neill letter in Bogard & Bryer Sel. Letters (1988) 413: Beer muscles? Well, look out and be sure it’s muscles!
at beer muscle (n.) under beer, n.
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