Money in the Bank

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MONEY IN THE BANK

   "Money in the bank."  A sure thing.
   I couldn't find it easily in the online OED, RHHDAS, CDS.  And, since banks went belly-up in the Great Depression, what's so great about banks?
   From THIS WEEK magazine, NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, 8 September 1940, pg. 2, col. 1:

   _LIKE MONEY IN THE BANK_
(...)
   "And as a plain business proposition I'd rather lease it to you than to anybody I know.  You may not realize it, Bill Hagans, but your reputation is just like money in the bank--and plenty of it!"

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MAN BITES HOT DOG; NO BIG $5 WORDS

   From "Wally's Wagon" in THIS WEEK magazine, NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, 14 July 1940, pg. 23, col. 2 headline: _Man Bites Hot Dog_.
   The 9 June 1940, THIS WEEK, NYHT, pg. 10, col. 2 "Wally's Wagon" headline was: _No Big $5 Words_.

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SATURDAY EVENING POST "SLANGUAGE 1940"

   An ad for the Saturday Evening Post in the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, 17 July 1940, pg. 38, col. 2, shows the U.S. using this slanguage:

SO LONG!; It's ducky; Over the River!; LOUSY; BALONEY!; SKIP IT!; In the bag; G-MAN; IT'S A GAG; The whole ball o' wax; Doggone; PUSHOVER; Swell!; Corned Willie; HAPPY DAYS!; Yes-man; Jeepers!; Phony; Too too divine; BLAH!; Hi Toots!; NUTS; Blessed event; Two bits; But definitely!; SCRAM!; Corny; Shut-eye; CHECK!; In the groove; GOOF; OKIE-DOKIE!; So What?; Jallopy; Very spotty dealer situation; HIGH HAT; CUT IT OUT; Mr. Whiskers; Swing it!; C.O.D.; Hi ya, kid!

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MISC.

BLOODY MARY
   Lucius Beebe describes "PERSONAL PREFERENCES OF PERSONAGES" in the NYHT, 27 July 1940, pg. 7, col. 2: "George Jessel thrives on an arrangement of half vodka and half tomato juice, known as a Bloody Mary."

JAILBAIT
   Lucius Beebe has this in the NYHT, 24 August 1940, pg. 7, col. 2: "Ernie Byfield's latest name for California jail-bait is 'Alcatraz anchovies.'...This, of course, follows 'Sing-Sing snipe' and 'Folsom pheasant.'"

MIDNIGHT SNACKS
   Lucius Beebe has this in the NYHT, 15 June 1940, pg. 11, col. 1: "For late eaters they offer free 'midnight snacks' at the bar."

TRIPLE S MEAL
   From the NYHT, "Triple S Meal," 1 July 1940, pg. 13, col. 5: "A warm day, a long drive, hot and a more than a little cranky, we stopped for midday refreshments at an old Connecticut inn where this Triple S Luncheon of Soup, Sandwich and Salad was served.

THE RIGHT STUFF
   A headline for an editorial in the NYHT, 2 September 1940, pg. 18, col. 3.