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18 Old-Timey Slang Terms

18 Old-Timey Slang Terms. Time to Bolster Your Vocabulary! From: Mental Floss (http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/138007). 1. In the ketchup. In the ketchup: Operating at a deficit. 2. John Hollowlegs. John Hollowlegs : A hungry man [hobo use]. Lobbygow.

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18 Old-Timey Slang Terms

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  1. 18 Old-Timey Slang Terms Time to Bolster Your Vocabulary! From: Mental Floss (http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/138007)

  2. 1. In the ketchup • In the ketchup: Operating at a deficit

  3. 2. John Hollowlegs • John Hollowlegs: A hungry man [hobo use]

  4. Lobbygow • Lobbygow: One who loafs around an opium den in hopes of being offered a free pipe

  5. 4. Happy Cabbage • Happy cabbage: A sizable amount of money to be spent on self-satisfying things

  6. 5. Zib • Zib: A nondescript nincompoop

  7. 6. Give someone the wind • Give someone the wind: To scare a potential suitor (mate) with great suddenness

  8. 7. The Zings • The zings: A hangover

  9. 8. Butter and egg man • Butter and egg man: A wealthy, unsophisticated, small-town businessman who tries to become a socialite, especially when visiting a large city

  10. 9. Cluck and Grunt • Cluck and grunt: Eggs and ham

  11. 10. Off the Cob • Off the cob: Corny

  12. 11. Dog Robber • Dog robber: A baseball umpire

  13. 12. Happies • Happies: Arch supporters [shoe salesman use]

  14. 13. High-Wine • High-wine: A mixture of grain alcohol and Coca-Cola [hobo use]

  15. 14. Flub the Dub • Flub the dub: To evade one’s duty

  16. 15. Donkey’s Breakfast • Donkey’s breakfast: A straw mattress

  17. 16. George Eddy • George Eddy: A customer who does not tip

  18. 17. Wet Sock • Wet sock: A limp, flaccid handshake

  19. 18. Gazoozle • Gazoozle: To cheat

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