butter and eggs n.— «Clara K. Click, 40, of 117 Lincoln street, was arrested when lottery books, used to play the butter and eggs, were discovered in her home.» —“Lottery Raids Pay Dividencs” by L.F. Amburn, Jr...
butter and egg racket n.— «He followed it by a six-city survey quoting records, officials and personal observations of the butter and egg racket. The game is a lottery played by low-income groups.…Bets are made on the butter and egg...
voodoo stew n.— «They did as much as possible to not touch the water, which he called “voodoo stew.” “It was slimy, stinky water.…I told my friend it was the texture of melted butter and was full of sewage, road...
bug n.— «The numbers game (known also as policy, clearing house, the bug, butter and eggs and other names) operates every day except Sunday throughout the year, players wagering anything from a penny upward on a three-digit number (000...
humbum n.— «Is there anybody left who knows about humbums from the Depression days?…Maybe it was two words: hum bums?…They were kind of like fritters, made of selvage bread-dough pieces and plopped into hot oil. There they...
yumptious adj.— «You could slaver them with butter or powdered sugar or jam.…Humbums were yumptious.» —“Anyone got the dope on humbums?” St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minn.) Feb. 15, 2005. (source: Double...