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we still say pocketbook! ...and tin foil. thats not right??
Granny always talks about the "picture shows", and sort of off topic but she told me a story from when she was younger (in the 40s) that her brothers would try and get their friends to do cartwheel contests and then take their change that fell out of their pockets so they could go to the corner store and get a piece of candy for a nickel.
Davenport and parlor have been previously mentioned. The only people I heard using those words were the Italians in our neighborhood, is that specifically used by them?
Lordy, I remember Tangee lipstick (yes it always seemed to be orange) and Evening In Paris perfume in the beautiful dark/bright blue bottle. Probably only the dimestore carried them. They were affordable! Back then, "affordable" meant cheap, not halfway between cheap and expensive as it means today!
My mom called any cleanser "Dutch" for decades, even after there were other brands besides "Old Dutch" Cleanser for the kitchen and bathroom. So did I! Cunucu Beach, how about Chiffaneer? I think it's the same as a Chiffarobe. For many years after toilets became modern and there were no more "water closets" up above them, we still said, :"Did you pull the chain?" for "flush the toilet."
Am on pg 30 and C. Beach, my dad always called bedroom slippers "house shoes" too. That reminded me, he called slips or petticoats "underskirts." And he used "nightdress" for nightgown. Wish I could recall his other colloquialisms. I loved them! Of course, pants were "britches" . . .
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