Last seen in:
- The New Yorker - Aug 19 2019
- Wall Street Journal - Apr 27 2015 - Beasts on Broadway
- Wall Street Journal - Oct 3 2014 - October 3, 2014 - Thinking Out Allowed
- Wall Street Journal - Feb 14 2014 - February 14, 2014 - A Kiss and a Hug
- Newsday.com - Jan 17 2013
- New York Times - Aug 23 2008
- L.A. Times Sunday - Jul 15 2007
- Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Dec 2 2005
- Wall Street Journal - Jun 3 2005 - June 03, 2005 - And Change
Related Clues:
- Informal speech
- Big cheese or long green
- Linguistic quirk
- Go for broke, e.g.
- Language lesson
- "Crib" for "home," e.g.
- 'Language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work,' per Carl Sandburg
- ''Under the weather,'' for instance
- Screw the pooch, e.g.
- Local language, say
- Colloquial phrase
- Nonstandard speech
- 'Knock it off' or 'get it on,' e.g.
- Subject for Eric Partridge
- "On the fence," for example