[Ads-l] _drop the lip_

[Dave Hause]

Early to mid-70s, central Illinois, it was "dime out" someone.
Dave Hause

-----Original Message----- 
From: Wilson Gray 
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 8:41 PM 
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
Subject: _drop the lip_ 

'40's-'50's StL slang: "narc on, scream on*, rat out, drop a dime on," etc.

*Back in the '60's, I heard Myron Cohen use "scream on" in the sense of
"upbraid, harangue, fuss at." "Scream on" has these meanings in BE, too.

Youneverknow.


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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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