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Daffydills choose

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[US] T.A. Dorgan ‘Daffydills’ in El Paso Herald (TX) 13 July 10: ‘Hey Mr Waiter, what does this mean in New York talk?’ Oh piped the man who deals them off the arm, it means [etc].
at deal (them) off the arm (v.) under arm, n.
[US] T.A. Dorgan ‘Daffydills’ in El Paso Herald (TX) 8 Sept. 8: Winsor the hophead had taken his last smoke. He decided to throw the old bamboo out of the window bust the lamp and throw the yen hok in the sewer.
at bamboo, n.
[US] T.A. Dorgan ‘Daffydills’ in El Paso Herald (TX) 8 Sept. 8: I gottas job at last and its a bear. All I do is to beat a drum all day.
at bear, n.
[US] T.A. Dorgan ‘Silk Hat Harry’ in El Paso Herald (TX) 14 July 15: Hey Bunk drop that brew a minute and listen.
at brew, n.
[US] T.A. Dorgan ‘Daffydills’ in El Paso Herald (TX) 7 Sept. 10: Rehearsing his spiel a few times he busted in and slipped the boss an earful.
at bust in (v.) under bust, v.1
[US] T.A. Dorgan ‘Daffydills’ in El Paso Herald (TX) 7 Sept. 10: he decided to go right in and [...] buzz the boss for a few weeks off.
at buzz, v.1
[US] T.A. Dorgan ‘Silk Hat Harry’ in El Paso Herald (TX) 15 Aug. 10: Give those cheese lawyers the gate.
at cheesy, adj.2
[US] T.A. Dorgan ‘Daffydills’ in El Paso Herald (TX) 7 Sept. 10: Rehearsing his spiel a few times he busted in and slipped the boss an earful.
at earful, n.
[US] T.A. Dorgan ‘Daffydills’ in El Paso Herald (TX) 8 Sept. 8: Gimp Connely [...] yelled If the chauffeur went blind could the taxi?
at gimp, n.2
[US] T.A. Dorgan ‘Daffydills’ in El Paso Herald (TX) 15 Sept. 11: Catcher Chief Meyers lost his goat and taking off his mask slowly walked to the pitcher’s box.
at lose one’s goat (v.) under goat, n.1
[US] T.A. Dorgan ‘Daffydills’ in El Paso Herald (TX) 8 Sept. 8: Ima Ham the Persian tragedian.
at ham, n.2
[US] T.A. Dorgan ‘Daffydills’ in El Paso Herald (TX) 31 July 8: Lifting up his limp form they decided that he had kissed off.
at kiss off, v.
[US] T.A. Dorgan ‘Daffydills’ in El Paso Herald (TX) 1 Aug. 10: The dramatic editor was scampering across the parchment that the press agents had sent it. The first one he mitted read like this [etc].
at mitt, v.
[US] T.A. Dorgan ‘Daffydills’ in El Paso Herald (TX) 8 Sept. 8: They pulled like fury. ‘Steve has found it’ they piped.
at pipe, v.1
[US] T.A. Dorgan ‘Daffydills’ in El Paso Herald (TX) 31 July 8: Im [sic] a chauffeur now — Oh what a pipe job.
at pipe, n.1
[US] T.A. Dorgan ‘Daffydills’ in El Paso Herald (TX) 8 Sept. 8: Winsor the hophead had taken his last smoke. He decided to throw the old bamboo out of the window.
at smoke, n.
[US] T.A. Dorgan ‘Daffydills’ in El Paso Herald (TX) 8 Sept. 8: Gee I cant help getting soft jobs.
at soft, adj.
[US] T.A. Dorgan ‘Daffydills’ in El Paso Herald (TX) 8 Sept. 8: The old stick man [was] now merely an outside man for Cahtah’s crap game.
at stickman, n.1
[US] T.A. Dorgan Daffydils 14 Apr. [synd. cartoon strip] Otto the chauffeur [...] vainly tries to start petroleum buggy.
at benzine buggy, n.
[US] T.A. Dorgan Daffydils 23 Nov. [synd. cartoon strip] The dealer stacked the cards, and dealt his opponent four kings, giving himself four bullets.
at bullet, n.2
[US] T.A. Dorgan Daffydils 16 Dec. [synd. cartoon strip] If a girl has a collar steady for for two years, is she entitled to a tie too.
at collar, n.
[US] T.A. Dorgan Daffydils 9 Oct. [synd. cartoon strip] Honus Reilly the Dutch harp and Benny Dickteen were holding an earnest conversation in the Dingbat Cafe.
at dingbat, n.7
[US] T.A. Dorgan Daffydils 23 Nov. [synd. cartoon strip] If a woman took a flyer in Wall Street would the street cleaner?
at take a flier (v.) under flyer, n.2
[US] T.A. Dorgan Daffydils 9 Oct. [synd. cartoon strip] It was midnight and the Garden was black with people. The six-day riders lined up for the start.
at Garden, the, n.
[US] T.A. Dorgan Daffydils 12 Dec. [synd. cartoon strip] The gink stabbed the air a few times.
at gink, n.1
[US] T.A. Dorgan Daffydills 3 Jan. [synd. cartoon strip] [He] slammed his grabber down on the seat.
at grabber, n.
[US] T.A. Dorgan Daffydils 9 Oct. [synd. cartoon strip] Honus Reilly the Dutch harp and Benny Dickteen were holding an earnest conversation in the Dingbat Cafe.
at harp, n.1
[US] T.A. Dorgan Daffydils 31 Dec. [synd. cartoon strip] Hiram came all the way down from Hosh Kosh Manor to get a squint at the warships in the Hudson river.
at hiram, n.
[US] T.A. Dorgan Daffydils 23 Dec. [synd. cartoon strip] Jack and Flossie had just been hitched.
at hitch (up), v.
[US] T.A. Dorgan Daffydills 3 Jan. [synd. cartoon strip] It was the annual dinner of the Broadway mahogany polishers.
at mahogany polisher (n.) under mahogany, n.
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