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Some 1940’s Noir Terms
Able Grable: Girl with low morals.
Above my pay grade: Don’t ask me.
Active duty: Sexually promiscuous boy.
Alienist: An archaic term for a psychiatrist or psychologist, which fell out of favor by the middle of the twentieth century.
Ameche: To telephone.
Anchor Clanker: Sailor.
Ankle: Walk, as in “Ankle past him slow.”
Armored heifer: Canned milk.
A-shirt: A tank top-style undershirt that had no sleeves or collar and usually had wide shoulder straps.
Ashtray: A vessel or small dish, sometimes with a lid, used for cigarettes and ashes.
Taking It on the Lam