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Mystifying Expressions That Victor Skaarup and Kris Winther Thought Fit To Include In Their 1949 Swedish Reference Work USA Slang, Ordbok Over Modern Amerikansk Slang.

BY Ethan Hein

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All to the mustard
Awry-eyed
Baked wind
Balcony owl
Barbadacious
Bun-yanker
Catching the monk
Dilly-mill
Dutch treat
Geegawful
Mendelsohning
Panther sweat
Patch my pantywaist!
Prunes, to be full of
Putty blower
Skibby
Slither tuber
Wavy navy
Wooden nutmeg
X-legged
Yard goose

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