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What We Said:
Big eyes: A crush, as in "I have big eyes for her!"
Cooling: Unemployed.
Geets: Money.
"Here's looking at you, kid": These famous lines uttered by Humphrey Bogart's Rick Blaine to Ingrid Bergman's Ilsa Lund in the film Casablanca quickly passed into popular usage as a toast.
Hollywood eyes: A description of a pretty girl: "She has Hollywood eyes."
Icky drip: A person whose looks or interests set them apart from the crowd.
"Mash me a fin": "Would you loan me $5?"
"Murder!": "Wow!," an expression of surprise or great excitement.
Nab: A policeman.
Oomph girl or Sweater girl: A term first used by the Hollywood press to describe a full-figured, good-looking girl. Many Hollywood starlets would claim to be the "original" oomph or sweater girl.
Percolator: A car.
Pin-up girl: Attractive women featured on posters during World War II...
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