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Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so-lute-ly ...
hard-boil from hard-boiled [2] hawk (meaning "to sell") from hawker [5] haze from hazy [2] headhunt from headhunter [citation needed] headquarter from headquarters [5] helicopt from helicopter [citation needed] herptile (a reptile or amphibian) from herpetology [citation needed] herpe (a single herpes sore) from herpes [citation needed ...
From its earliest days, hardboiled fiction was published in and closely associated with so-called pulp magazines.Pulp historian Robert Sampson argues that Gordon Young's "Don Everhard" stories (which appeared in Adventure magazine from 1917 onwards), about an "extremely tough, unsentimental, and lethal" gun-toting urban gambler, anticipated the hardboiled detective stories. [7]
According to the ANU, yakka means hard work – or strenuous labor. The word was first derived from “yaga,” which means “work” in the Yagara language – the traditional language of the ...
A hard candy (American English), or boiled sweet (British English), is a sugar candy prepared from one or more sugar-based syrups that is heated to a temperature of 160 °C (320 °F) to make candy. Among the many hard candy varieties are stick candy such as the candy cane , lollipops , rock , aniseed twists , and bêtises de Cambrai .
The eggs are usually raw, but can be hard-boiled or rotten. The egging of politicians is a well-known form of protest, and egging cars or houses can be done as a form of vandalism , with or without reason, but in some places egging is done for benign or celebratory reasons.
According to The American Egg Board, hard-boiled eggs, still in their shell or peeled, will remain tasty for about a week when properly stored (which means in a fridge that is no warmer than 40°F).
Spicy beef soup contains bits of beef and offals (usually fried cow's lungs), rice vermicelli, perkedel (fried potato patty) and hard boiled egg. [43] Sopa de Gato: Spain (southern) Simple soup, typically includes water, bread, oil, garlic, and salt Sopas: Philippines: Noodle soup