swivel chair job n.— «Other dilated sarcastically on the difference between a swivel chair job at the city hall and one which kept the holder thereof on his feet all day between counters or in factories under conditions calculated to...
road to Damascus
n.— «Mr. Roosevelt has always been a progressive, but never an insurgent. Is he now on the road to Damascus?» —State Journal (Lincoln, Neb.) Aug. 21, 1910. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
run the traps v. phr.— «They were still charging hard so we just ran the traps and they worked.» —“Pius X Drubs Council Bluffs Team” by Ken Hambleton Lincoln Journal (Neb.) Oct. 18, 1975. (source: Double...
dead wagon n.— «The “dead wagon” was put on the Harlem company’s trade. This wagon is run by the protective association nominally to collect milk cans, witnesses testified, but its real value lies in the canvassing of every...
set n.— «Street gangs, called “sets” in gangster slang, have plagued Southeastern neighborhoods for decades. Schorr ran through a partial list: Neighborhood Crips, West Coast Crips, 5/9 Brims, Lincoln Park, Skyline Piru...
spizzerinktum n.— «“What is a spizzerinktum? I have just been called that and I want to know.”…”A spizzerinktum is a person who possesses initiative, vim, vigor, efficiency, intelligent persistency and an overmastering...