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Bits of New York Life 20 Dec. [synd. col.] A dime will not buy a Bowery flop these days and a nickel no longer purchases ‘coffee and’ even on Avenue A.at coffee-and, n.
Bits of New York Life 20 Dec. [synd. col.] A dime will not buy a Bowery flop these days and a nickel no longer purchases ‘coffee and’ even on Avenue A. Bits of New York Life 4 Dec. [synd. col.] They make fine marriages and two or three months later [...] their husbands leave them flat.at flat, adj.3
Bits of New York Life 26 Dec. [synd. col.] Looking north into the dazzling gulch of roaring Broadway at midnight.at glitter gulch, n.
Bits of New York Life 17 Dec. [synd. col.] Then in our bourgeosie [sic] way we were all full of the Old Harry.at Old Harry, n.
Bits of New York Life 17 Dec. [synd. col.] Father and son hit it up at the club until the son boasts next day of ‘putting the governor under the table.’.at hit it up (v.) under hit it, v.
Bits of New York Life 4 Dec. [synd. col.] What is more, she hooked a ‘live one.’.at hook, v.1
Bits of New York Life 4 Dec. [synd. col.] What is more, she hooked a ‘live one.’.at live one, n.
Bits of New York Life 13 Dec. [synd. col.] Natty dressers, who breeze about hotel lobbies several weeks ahead of the styles.at natty, adj.
Bits of New York Life 26 Dec. [synd. col.] The night birds are in gay plumage. They beckon with artful twists of the head and flashes of smiles.at nightbird (n.) under night, n.
Bits of New York Life 26 Dec. [synd. col.] He is searching for a dope-peddler.at peddler, n.
Bits of New York Life 14 Dec. [synd. col.] The girl held a leash which was fastened to a pom.at pom, n.
Bits of New York Life 20 Dec. [synd. col.] My temper always reaches the boiling point when I am far from the scene.at scene, n.
Bits of New York Life 10 Dec. [synd. col.] ‘He [i.e. G.B. Shaw] slings a nasty pen,’ says Cohan.at sling, v.
Bits of New York Life 17 Dec. [synd. col.] Father and son hit it up at the club until the son boasts next day of ‘putting the governor under the table.’.at put someone under the table (v.) under under the table, adj.
Bits of New York Life 13 Dec. [synd. col.] Theatrical troupers on the first step of adventure in what they call the ‘tanks.’.at tank town, n.
Bits of New York Life 20 Dec. [synd. col.] Husbands who should be elsewhere, and the professional tea hounds.at tea-hound (n.) under tea, n.
Bits of New York Life 20 Dec. [synd. col.] The zippy thing in tea circles is too look terrifically [?bored].at zippy, adj.
Bits of New York Life 17 Jan. [synd. col.] John himself with sleeves rolled up deal[s] ’em off the arm and sees that no one takes his place for any ‘charitable dump.’.at deal (them) off the arm (v.) under arm, n.
Bits of New York Life 25 Feb. [synd. col.] The man who invents some haven for abandoned razor blades for Manhattan cliff dwellers will be performing a service that should result in grateful citizens.at cliff-dweller, n.
Bits of New York Life 24 Feb. [synd. col.] Wonder where the crows that used to go to the Knickerbocker for lunch go now!at crow, n.2
Bits of New York Life 22 Jan. [synd. col.] ‘Town hall, your granny. We got an opry!’.at your granny! (excl.) under granny, n.1
Bits of New York Life 20 Feb. [synd. col.] With ether, bad booze and veronal, Broadway is getting all hopped up.at hopped (up), adj.
Bits of New York Life 25 Nov. [synd. col.] Madison Square lined with ancient Jehus, red-nosed and toothless.at jehu, n.
Bits of New York Life 6 June [synd. col.] More slang peculiar to New York. ‘He ritzed me!’ meaning that he gave her a haughty stare. ‘Pulling the old Plaza stuff!’ meaning the same thing.at ritz, v.
Bits of New York Life 31 Jan. [synd. col.] In odd moments he ‘shakes a wicked foot’.at shake a wicked leg (v.) under shake, v.
Bits of New York Life 6 Feb. [synd. col.] Folk who like friends to believe they stand solid with theatrical producers buy their tickets and then buy a puncher to complete the bit of four flushing.at solid, adv.1
Bits of New York Life 12 Feb. [synd. col.] The wig-wag men of the busy traffic intersections make their money by signalling to motormen on street cars when the road is clear.at wig-wag man (n.) under wig-wag, v.
Bits of New York Life 31 Jan. [synd. col.] In odd moments he ‘shakes a wicked foot.’.at wicked, adj.
Bits of New York Life 8 Nov. [synd. col.] The hooked towels in hotels in a month if stretched end to end would reach from New York to Chicago.at hook, v.1
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