LizzieMaine
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A "one cylinder cheater" was a monocle, but you usually only came across that usage when Moon Mullins was discussing Lord Plushbottom's eyewear.
'Pipe down.' Be quiet.
'I'll plug you.' I'll shoot you.
"One Lung engine". Referring to a one cylinder engine as used in certain cheap early motorcars, such as the Orient and the Brush.
'That's a horse of a different color.'
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"One Lung engine". Referring to a one cylinder engine as used in certain cheap early motorcars, such as the Orient and the Brush.
How about "Katie, bar the door!"
"This guy is chuckin' aspirin tablets out there. He hums that pea. In other words he can really bring it."
And if it's Kirby Higbe, Sal Maglie, Don Drysdale, or Bob Gibson on the mound, watch out for The High Hard One.
My mother, a Canadian farm girl born in 1920, referred to a fuss or commotion as a "Shemozzle" which I believe is a Jewish expression. How it gained currency in rural Ontario is more than I could say.