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Yes, in_newengland, my Father and his family were from Devonshire.
(and he put salted peanuts in the bottle as he drank his "dope".)
your wheel to the park".
Opps, I tried to shorted it but deleted too much.
Your heritage shows! I have similar--my Dad's family came from Yorkshire. So I am not the only one who was told to take my WHEEL TO THE PARK! "Shes out on her wheel." I have so many English words and foods and expressions, and traditions that I never knew were English.
And gander was kind of slangy like "get a load of" meaning to take a look at something unusual/funny/"hot"(a good-looking man or woman).
"Take a gander at that." I hear that now and then.
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And besides being someone who was always tardy, my step-mother called a particular type of lollypop a slow-poke. LOL
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The curb-feelers thing was actually rigid wires installed on the wheels of the "machine" that would make a scraping noise when you were parked close enough to the curb.
They were quite popular amongst the gangsta set in the 70s. You usually saw them on Cadillacs and Buick Electras.
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"Hot rod" - haven't heard that one in years.
I hear it, but it's used sarcastically. For instance, someone will point to a banged up beater of a car, and say "Look at that hot rod."
My mother would say in early spring "better take your jacket its airish outside" a light coat because the weather was cool.My dad called it snipe hunting which was smoking a cigarette butt someone threw down during the Depression....Many of you already posted notion,mangoes,sammich all family favorites.
Dads favorite lunch meat when i was growing up was Souse hated it then love it now.
They were quite popular amongst the gangsta set in the 70s. You usually saw them on Cadillacs and Buick Electras.
I hear it, but it's used sarcastically. For instance, someone will point to a banged up beater of a car, and say "Look at that hot rod."
Curb feelers were common on cars in the 1950's. The cars my parents owned had curb feelers on them. Also sun visors.
Originally, a "hot rod" was a car that had been "souped up" i.e. modified, to make an impressively loud noise and to take off quickly from a dead stop.
Hmmmmm......what did they call it when two cars at a stop light would, by mutual agreement, take off as soon as the light turned green to see who could accelerate faster??? There was a name for that but I've forgotten what it was.
Souped up... Hot Rod.... we had clunkers,beaters,hoopties,jalopys...ever watch a parade with Shriners driving those Beverly Hillbillies cars? Yup those were good old days....dad was a Shriner.
Curb feelers were common on cars in the 1950's. The cars my parents owned had curb feelers on them. Also sun visors.
Originally, a "hot rod" was a car that had been "souped up" i.e. modified, to make an impressively loud noise and to take off quickly from a dead stop.
Hmmmmm......what did they call it when two cars at a stop light would, by mutual agreement, take off as soon as the light turned green to see who could accelerate faster??? There was a name for that but I've forgotten what it was.
drag race?
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I have similar--my Dad's family came from Yorkshire. So I am not the only one who was told to take my WHEEL TO THE PARK! "Shes out on her wheel." I have so many English words and foods and expressions, and traditions that I never knew were English. 
euphemisms
