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[US] Albuquerque Morn. Jrnl (NM) 28 June 9/2: [cartoon caption] Peanut Roaster. Hey! Say, I [...] go round der whole village in two minutes in dis peanut roaster [i.e. an automobile].
at peanut roaster (n.) under peanut, n.
[US] Albuquerque Morn. Jrnl (NM) 25 July 5/1: The English of Atlanta is hot air or balloon juice.
at balloon juice (n.) under balloon, n.
[US] Albuquerque Morn. Jrnl (NM) 27 Feb. 3/3: Notes from Movieland [...] Muriel Ostriche in ‘Molly o’ Pigtail Alley’.
at pigtail alley (n.) under pigtail, n.
[US] Albuquerque Morn. Jrnl (NM) 9 Feb. 6/2: Most dealers protest that calling sausage ‘dog’ threatens to ruin their business.
at dog, n.2
[US] Albuquerque Morn. Jrnl (NM) 11 Nov. 17/5: ‘And who was Slick Dick?’ ‘One of the cleverest young burglars [...] so skilful in method that he never needed [...] a gun or blackjack’.
at slick dick (adj.) under slick, adj.
[US] Albuquerque Morn. Jrnl (NM) 11 Nov. 17/5: Mr Harold Galer was host of a stag dinner on Wednesday.
at stag, adj.
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