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The Last Great American Slang Picture Show

Created by Bruyere

Fun Trivia : Quizzes : American Slang

	"Here is another sampling of some very curious terms from the not-so-distant past in America. Good luck to all! Many of these you'll probably know, others you might have heard on the late-late-late show."
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1. Which of the following words does not refer to whisky?

wild mare's milk

sea food

panther sweat

vinegar blink

2. Which term does not refer to money?

oomph

pazaza

moolah

ookus

3. Which is not a term for nonsense?

tripe

flapdoodle

piffle

nitty-gritty

4. To 'pick em up and lay them down' means?

to deal cards

to dig a ditch

to have many girlfriends and dump them

to dance

5. A 'patzer' refers to?

a kibbitzer in a card game

a bad pitcher

an inferior chess player

a tank

6. Which is not a term for intoxicated?

pie-eyed

ossified

bright eyed and bushy tailed

higher than a kite

7. Which does not mean sleep?

hit the hay

get some shut eye

get your 40 winks

schlep

8. Which does NOT mean 'stop talking!'?

make like a clam

put a lid on it

let the cat out of the bag

stow the gab

9. Which is not a term for a gun?

pea shooter

Oscar

chatterbox

china-clipper

10. Which word does not refer to a farmer?

stump-jumper

slicker

hayseed

dirt clod