Yankee dime
n.— «If you’ll do me this favor in double quick time,/You shall have my best wishes and a Yankee dime.» —Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) Jan. 13, 1846. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
tot lot n.— «A play-yard paradise “Tot-Lot,” has been established in the courtyard of St. Stephens church.» —“Children Have Own ‘Tot-Lot’” in Boston Coshocton Tribune (Ohio) Sept. 30, 1938...
jag someone off v. phr.— «“We don’t make any money,” says Weisbecker, who charges $3.39 for the sandwich. “But,” he says, deploying a western Pennsylvania euphemism for pulling someone’s, er, leg, “we do like to jag people off...
blink n.— «Blinks are real. They are radio commercials that last one second. And they may be coming soon to a radio station near you.» —“Blink and you’ll miss one-second radio ads” by Bob Dyer Beacon...
five and fly n.— «Hamm, of the Air Force Academy, countered that the attitude of quitting after the required five years—known as “five and fly”—was “a minority view.…One of the reasons for the exodus now is the...
five and fly n.— «In his last start, Byrd (4-2, 7.10 ERA) did a five and fly, giving up two runs, five hits and only one walk in a 15-3 win over Boston.» —“Indians break out the big bats” by Sheldon Ocker Akron Beacon...