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yegg yeg noun crook; safecracker 1909P. G. WodehouseThe Gem CollectorNaturally, you don't like the idea of my marrying your daughter. You can't believe that I'm not simply an ordinary yegg, like the rest of the crooks you used to know. I promise you, I'm not. Can't you see that it doesn't matter what a man has been? It's what he is and what he means to be that counts.1914Edgar Rice BurroughsThe MuckerWhy the devil should I take all this swag back to that yellow-faced yegg?1926Max BrandBlack JackThe yegg raised an expostulatory hand…1972Donald E. WestlakeBank ShotHe was a lockman-that was his specialty—he could open safes better than Jimmy Valentine. But this safe was already standing open, and there was nothing in it of any value anyway. He was along simply as a yegg this time, part of the team.Labels: Donald E. Westlake, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Max Brand, P. G. Wodehouse
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bedad BUH-dad interjection an exclamation of surprise, amazement, or displeasure 1854Susanna MoodieRoughing it in the BushFirst, thin, sir, I come from the township of D—-and want a masther; and next to that, bedad! I want something to ate.1890E. Lynn LintonAbout IrelandThere is no check and no verification. Pat and Tim and Mike give their accounts of this and that, bedad! and tell their piteous tales of want and oppression.1901John Conroy HutchesonThe Ghost Ship'Here I am, bedad!' he exclaimed, shoving past Master 'Conky,' to whom he had a strong dislike, though 'Garry,' as we all called him, was friendly with every one with whom he was brought in contact, and was, himself, a great favorite with all the hands on board.1904P. G. WodehouseThe Gold Bat'A very sensible and temperate letter from Sir Eustace Briggs', they called it, but bedad! if that was a temperate letter, I should like to know what an intemperate one is.Labels: E. Lynn Linton, John Conroy Hutcheson, P. G. Wodehouse, Susanna Moodie
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boulevardier boo-luh-vaw-deer noun a wealthy man; a popular socialite 1904Joseph Conrad Nostromo As a matter of fact, he was an idle boulevardier, in touch with some smart journalists, made free of a few newspaper offices, and welcomed in the pleasure haunts of pressmen. 1922P. G. Wodehouse Right Ho, Jeeves ...the Bertram Wooster who eventually toppled off at the door of Kingham Manor was a very different Bertram from the gay and insouciant boulevardier of Bond Street and Piccadilly.1970Kurt Vonnegut Jailbird Clyde's and Fender's faces, however, were mirrors enough to tell me that I was something less than a gay boulevardier on the order of, say, the late Maurice Chevalier.Labels: Joseph Conrad, Kurt Vonnegut, P. G. Wodehouse
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yoiks yoiks interjection an utterance of surprise: "Yoiks!" 1867M. E. BraddonBirds of PreyDon't let him slip through your fingers for a day; hunt him from lodging to lodging, from tavern to tavern, into jail and out of jail—tantivy, yoicks, hark-forward!1908O. HenryThe Gentle GrafterWe'll go out and get what's coming to us from a farmer; and then yoicks! and away.1914Israel ZangwillChildren of the GhettoOh yes! Yoicks! Tallyho!' cried Benjamin, with sudden excitement.1922P. G. WodehouseRight Ho, JeevesIt only needed Aunt Dahlia after them, shouting 'Yoicks!' or whatever is customary on these occasions, to complete the resemblance to a brisk run with the Quorn.1960Algis BudrysRogue MoonYoicks!' he yapped twistedly…Labels: Algis Budrys, Israel Zangwill, M. E. Braddon, O. Henry, P. G. Wodehouse
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