Fedya Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 I remembered the racial tension between Belafonte and the two white characters; I just couldn't remember the exact quote. Stevens may have used the "free, white, and 21" quote anyway, with IMDb just not having it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
cigarjoe Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 More.... Stoney Lonesome - prison make it snappy stutter gun croaked pulled a job stick your neck out Lost their goods and chattels. Goodness sakes pour a slug racetrack clothes In the pen pinched Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt_Markoff Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 horses were sometimes referred to as 'plugs' (especially if they hadda hurry up to wait) Q: what do you do when the racetrack gets flooded? A: Pull the plugs out Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Well, I'll NEVER refer to horses as "plugs". No SIR! Not for--- "MONEY, MARBLES, or CHALK!" Kinda always wondered about that one. Sepiatone Link to post Share on other sites
johnpressman Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 22 hours ago, Sepiatone said: Oh, HEY! What a "PISTOL"! You sure are a "caution"! I gotta "get on the horn" and tell my sister about this! Or maybe just send her a "wire". Sepiatone Joe Mantegna says: Mike : [chuckles] Just a bully? What, you're not gonna let me carry your books? Aren't you a caution. In David Mamet's brilliant 1987 movie "House Of Games". Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Question: After witnessing one guy give a good thrashing to another guy in a fist fight, does anyone ever say anymore... "Boy, that guy sure cleaned his clock, alright!" (...don't think I've heard that one in a month o' Sundays, anyway) 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
cigarjoe Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 As safe as a bearded woman at a Legion convention. shakedown prowl car here's the lay A sock on the nose. a mouthpiece down at the heels Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt_Markoff Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 'safe as houses' Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 "Slip him a MICKEY!" Sepiatone 1 Link to post Share on other sites
cigarjoe Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 More went sour a stiff hooch a throw-away paper on the cuff a mug monkey with it Link to post Share on other sites
SansFin Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Not as sharp as a rowboat. As calm as a turtle. Daddy was a pistol. I am a son-of-a-gun. Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt_Markoff Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 'slewfoot' (heard in 'the Pride of the Yankees') 'bindlestiff' aka a hobo, a man-of-the-road, aka 'forgotten man' Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 7 hours ago, Sgt_Markoff said: 'slewfoot' (heard in 'the Pride of the Yankees') ' Uh....that was "Tanglefoot"! Well so far, it seems we've seen the whole "kit and caboodle" of archaic phrases..... Sepiatone 1 Link to post Share on other sites
cigarjoe Posted February 27, 2019 Author Share Posted February 27, 2019 More.... Bump off made a sap of, don't be a sap, or he was sapped a gat Plugged rubbed out sweating someone pipe down hot lead a swamper hoosegow Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Bet ya a sawbuck the last time you watched one guy say "Put 'er there, Pal" to another guy as he stuck out his hand to shake in a movie, at least one of them was wearing a fedora. (...heck, maybe both of 'em were) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt_Markoff Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Darg I'm thinking you're the kind of guy who still has a stack of 'Sports Illustrated annual swimsuit editions' piled up in a corner somewhere Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 5 minutes ago, Sgt_Markoff said: Darg I'm thinking you're the kind of guy who still has a stack of 'Sports Illustrated annual swimsuit editions' piled up in a corner somewhere Close anyway here, Sarge. But, that stack of magazines over in the corner is mostly back copies of Motorcycle Classics(just got my latest edition in the mail today in fact), Motorcyclist, and a few copies of Car and Driver. (...that's really more the kind'a guy I am, ya know) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
cigarjoe Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 More... search me a Mexican divorce old geezer a phone booth (pretty archaic now, lol) Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt_Markoff Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 'you're faded' --from shooting dice 'cup of mud' = coffee the 'makings' = pouch tobacco and papers flop, flophouse, fleabag, etc = temporary lodgings a 'right guy' = someone in the rackets a 'citizen' = a square, someone in legitimate business 'sad sack' = lazy, goldbricker (service phrase) "sez you" a "jane" = female Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 14 hours ago, cigarjoe said: hoosegow Haven't heard THAT one since I was in the CALABOOSE! And when was the last time you heard someone, just before tossing back a shot, say, "Here's HOW!" ? Sepiatone 2 Link to post Share on other sites
cigarjoe Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 More... slang expressions for women a skirt a frail a twist a moll a B-girl 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 You forgot "TOMATO". (The Stardust Ballroom has a LOT of them! ) Sepiatone 1 Link to post Share on other sites
thomasterryjr Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 "Everyone who has contributed to the archaic expressions thread I really like you. Why? Because you have moxie. Anyone who has moxie is all right by me". "Moxie" is an archaic movie term meaning you have "courage and nerve". The word "Moxie" is still being used in the Northeast United States because there is a soft drink which goes by this very name and has been selling since 1876. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt_Markoff Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 "give out" "make with" "give out with the bass on those ole 88's!" "make with the do-re-mi on that guy" Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt_Markoff Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 'bottle' was at one time, an adjective meaning good, swell, best, excellent. Possibly British. Link to post Share on other sites
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