Word: twists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tell an arm twist from a back scratch
...bean ice cream had existed in the first quarter of the century, soda jerks would have translated it into cocky fountain lingo. Dickson has compiled a marvelous glossary of such wise-guy locutions, including "Hoboken special," which for some reason signified a pineapple soda with chocolate ice cream, and "twist it, choke it and make it cackle" for a chocolate malted with an egg (twist presumably for the twisting of the malted-milk beater, choke for chocolate, and cackle, of course, for the chicken that laid the egg). New scoop shops do not seem to have developed such a memorable...
Jackie Torrence, originally out of Granite Quarry, N.C., gives Appalachian Mountain tales her own Earth Mother Afro twist. Eyes rolling, hands fluttering, laughter spilling up and over, she can jolly an audience as nobody else. But watch out for the little sting afterward! Uncle Remus is not safe in her company. When she turns into a frog, warning of the approach of Br'er Rabbit, lily pads a mile away tremble at Torrence's harrumph...
...Oliver Twist. A patriotic English boy contributes to prosperity by going on a lowfat, low-protein, low-carbohydrate diet...
...strike was the final twist in a long and complicated battle between the men who play baseball and the men who own it. The roots of the conflict lie in a 1975 decision in a case brought by former Los Angeles Dodgers Pitcher Andy Messersmith and Baltimore Orioles Pitcher Dave McNally challenging baseball's reserve clause. Under that 92-year-old provision, a player had been bound to the club that initially signed him until he was traded or quit the game. When an arbitrator (and later an appeals court) ruled in favor of the players, the free-agent...