A Yiddish term of derision for a stupid nigger. Related, possibly, to shvartzer.
When they arrested the shvug, the trap was still clamped on his hand. They had to take him to the hospital.
A bit from a comedy or other showbiz routine; by extension, any person's idiosyncratic performance. From Yiddish "shtick" = Ger. "stuck", meaning "piece."
I asked him for me $20 back, and he went into his usual shtick -- something about losing at pinochle.
The perp was dumb as a rock, and confessed in five minutes.
A metaphorical thermometer. See witch's tit.
"It's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass money!"
A chicken's rump, aka the Pope's nose.
Give the kid the part that goes over the fence last. Little kids like fat.
A neighborhood of New Orleans noted for its distinctive dialect, vaguely resembling both Southern and New York speech. See yat.
After he spoke two sentences, I knew he grew up in the Irish Channel.
Real, not artificial; technologically and stylistically simple, like acoustic vs. electric guitar music.
This hand-made wood furniture is really acoustic.