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"Phone booth" - rarely, if ever, seen today. Many younger people won't even know what a "phone booth" was. Even a "public telephone" would be hard to find today unless you are in an airport.
Oh, and the older folks used to say "It's your dime"- that being what it took to make a call from a phone booth.
The outdoor phones these days, well, they were fifty cents the last I knew- and that was quite a few years ago.
Oh, and the older folks used to say "It's your dime"- that being what it took to make a call from a phone booth.
The outdoor phones these days, well, they were fifty cents the last I knew- and that was quite a few years ago.
LOL. When I was a teenager pay phones ("pay phone" - that's another anachromism) cost a nickel. Then they went up to a dime and stayed there for a long time.
The office waste basket is a ,circular file.
Lizzy or tin lizzy was the model T
dog house ,is the phrase used when mom was displeased with dad being sent to..
Hooch, moon shine
turning off the light is actualy a switch that the knob is turned both on lamps and wall switches. still have a few. ou can ssee them being used on M.A.S.H.
Knockers are door knocking device before the door bell.
Peepers= eyes
leapen lizards , =wow
land a goshen= wow
eggs to lay and dirt to scratch = Begging out with something important to do.
chicken feed =spare change
hay mow .pile of hay
tractors shunt= tractor's power take off
Victrola =record player
talkies= movies with sound
flicks =movies
fractured flickers= remanufactured old movies
hootenanny =barn dance
roll in the hay=
moon calf=dumb struck = deer in head lights
I may be in the wrong period here but my grandmother called the "toilet," the "necessary."
A "paper bag" was called a "polk."
"Fetch" was used instead of "bring."
"Sit a spell" instead of saying "for a while."
"Pole cat" instead of a "skunk."
"File 13" is a "trash can." (My generation. I'm 69.)
We grew our own pop corn so it was "pop corn" until it was popped then it became "whitecaps."
Can you imagine using this one now. A Hootenanny is also a Hoedown. I think a person could get fired now for even mentioning that.
"Molassy Boiling" is when everyone got together to help a neighbor get his molasses from a juice that came out of the cane stalk to the thickened wonderful molasses. They poured it into quart Mason jars that we called "cans." While the adults worked on the molasses, the children who were not allowed too close to the boiling pan played games and had a party. Women watched it all in seated talking circles in the grass.
"Spring house" was where the cool water ran through and kept the milk and butter cool.
Sewing room was a small room set aside to spin thread and sew.
My mom - and my husband's mom - both used to tell us when we were kids "You're like a bull in a china closet."
I guess that's why we get along so well. We're both like that. Whatever that is - what's a china closet? Is it like a butler's pantry or something?
It's a large piece of furniture made of wood, with glass on the doors. China and similar items are protected from damage, but still visible.
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