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Ailing with the flu, viral illness, or a bad cold, especially with an elevated temperature.
He's down with the grippe. he will have to see the doctor if he get's worse.
A thin plasticized transfer or a decal from a thick piece of paper to the skin. Water was used to soften the decal. A word used in the 1930's and 1940's.
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The cockamanian looks like a tattoo on your skin. Of course, it is only temporary.
From the Yiddush, a male person who always gets the wrong end of the stick; a naive man, who doesn't know what's going on at any given time. He let's people take him over.
That kunyalemmel let's everyone walk all over him. He's a Mr. Milquetoast.
A woman with very thin legs. In old days, it was a sign of coming from a poor family, with not much food available.
She has such piano legs. Her family should feed her more.
a small unattractive person with an attitude to match.
The neighbor is a real cockroach. Not only is she a little twit, but she has a personality to match.
From the yiddush, a person who sells rags, or dragging around rags. Used for a person who is ill dressed, sloppy in habits, or wears ill-fitting clothing. Also a person who is poor and shows it.
She's a real shlepper, wearing that dress that looks like a burlap bag.
From a popular song by Pearl Bailey in the early 1950's.
A dishonest, shady person, or scam artist who has found his mate, who complements each other's undesireable behaviour.
Don't blame him only for cheating the old woman out of her money, his wife helped. It takes two to tango.