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Old-Fashioned words Vocabulary Word List (98)
| A) | A beehive hairdo, A D.A haircut, A domino theory, A pageboy, A-way we go |
| B) | Barn stormer, Bean counter, Bib and tucker, Bigger than a bread box, Bloomers, Bone corset, Brownie camera, Button-hook |
| C) | Candy cigarettes, Carbon copy, Church key, Civil Defense, Cut a rug |
| D) | Dance marathon, Davenport, Dime store, Do not be a pill, Do not touch that dial |
| F) | Fedoras, Fly right, Funny papers |
| H) | Have some moxie, Heaven to Betsy, Heavens to Murgatroyd, Hey Kemo Sabe, Holy moley, Hot rod, Hubba-hubba, Hula hoops, Hung out to dry |
| I) | I will be a monkeys uncle, Ice box, In like Flynn, India rubber, Ink well |
| J) | Jalopy, Juke joint, Jumping Jehoshaphat |
| K) | Kilroy was here, Knee high to a grasshopper, Knickers, Knucklehead |
| L) | Life is swell, Live the life of Riley, Lovers lane |
| M) | Mickey Mouse wrist watches |
| N) | Neck, Nincompoop, Not for all the tea in China |
| O) | Oh - fiddlesticks, Oh my aching back, Oh my stars, Organ grinders monkey |
| P) | Page boy, Passion pit, Peddle pushers, Penny farthing, Pet, Pitch woo, Poodle skirts, Pshaw |
| R) | Ring around the rosy, Rumble seat |
| S) | Saddle shoes, See you later alligator, Shine a light on, Skate keys, Smooch, Soda jerk, Spats, Spoon, Straighten up, Straw boater |
| T) | The Iron Curtain, Think about the starving Chinese, This is a fine kettle of fish, This is fail safe, Tin Lizzie |
| W) | Watch fob, Well, Who was that masked man, Why |
| Y) | You are a regular guy, You are knee high to a grasshopper, You dodged a silver bullet, You have cooties, You sound like a broken record |
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