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Doo dad - Knick knack Doo dad - Word used when you can't think of the name of something. "Hand me that doo dad. Your grandpa's geegaw is comin' off the wall and it's gonna break the geegaw if it falls. He got me that doo dad when we were sparkin."
Sparkin - Courtin'
Courtin' - Dating
I've also heard "doo-hickey" for the same meaning as in your last reference to doo dad.
That was what I thought the reference was, too. The "Dead End Kids" were "hooligans"--another old term not widely used today.
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AKA the Bowery Boys. Don't see those movies on late night anymore.
Some of the same actors were involved, but the movies and the characters were quite different. The Dead End Kids films started in the late 30s, the kids were tough street punks and the stories were gritty dramas. The Bowery Boys were ten years later; they wore neckties and hung out at an ice cream parlor, and the stories were slapstick comedy.
Some of the same actors were involved, but the movies and the characters were quite different. The Dead End Kids films started in the late 30s, the kids were tough street punks and the stories were gritty dramas. The Bowery Boys were ten years later; they wore neckties and hung out at an ice cream parlor, and the stories were slapstick comedy.
FYI - full length movies of both "Dead End Kids" and "Bowery Boys" are on YouTube.
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