air ship v. phr. to abscond with money collected from newspaper dealers. Editorial Note: This term does not appear in the manuscript. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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air ship
v. phr.— «Air ship. To abscond with money collected from dealers.» —“Newspaper deliverers jargon” by Canny; Rosenberg Lexicon of Trade Jargon Nov. 29, 1937. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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