Time to Bolster Your Vocabulary!

From: Mental Floss (http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/138007)

18 Old-Timey Slang Terms

In the ketchup: Operating at a deficit

1. In the ketchup

John Hollowlegs: A hungry man [hobo use]

2. John Hollowlegs

Lobbygow: One who loafs around an opium den in hopes of being offered a free pipe

Lobbygow

Happy cabbage: A sizable amount of money to be spent on self-satisfying things

4. Happy Cabbage

Zib: A nondescript nincompoop

5. Zib

Give someone the wind: To scare a potential suitor (mate) with great suddenness

6. Give someone the wind

The zings: A hangover

7. The Zings

Butter and egg man: A wealthy, unsophisticated, small-town businessman who tries to become a socialite, especially when visiting a large city

8. Butter and egg man

Cluck and grunt: Eggs and ham

9. Cluck and Grunt

Off the cob: Corny

10. Off the Cob

Dog robber: A baseball umpire

11. Dog Robber

Happies: Arch supporters [shoe salesman use]

12. Happies

High-wine: A mixture of grain alcohol and Coca-Cola [hobo use]

13. High-Wine

Flub the dub: To evade one’s duty

14. Flub the Dub

Donkey’s breakfast: A straw mattress

15. Donkey’s Breakfast

George Eddy: A customer who does not tip

16. George Eddy

Wet sock: A limp, flaccid handshake

17. Wet Sock

Gazoozle: To cheat

18. Gazoozle