Word: hollyhock
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Betting on horse races." Major Beith remarked, "is conducted in England in much the same fashion as bootlegging in America. When you want to lay a wage on a horse you say 'carnation' or 'hollyhock' to indicate 'five pounds' or 'ten pounds' just as in America I understand one says 'orchestra' or 'balcony' when one is ordering spiritual refreshment from a bootlegger...
Students who travel to Yale on Saturday adorned with a chrysanthemum, an aster, a cosmos, a zinnia, a hollyhock, a gladiolus, or a dahlia, will be in danger of having the flowers seized and incurring a heavy fine and imprisonment, unless they are armed with a special permit that certifies to the health of the flowers...