10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOBBYGOW»
Discover the use of
lobbygow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
lobbygow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Bradys Trailing a Chinese Giant; Or, The "Strong Arm" ...
And so it all came to nothing, much to Alice's disgust. She felt satisfied that the
Chinaman told the truth. The lobbygow was lingering at the head of the stairs,
although Alice had paid him liberally for his services. "Noting dom' so. miss?-' ho
now ...
2
Gobbledygook: A Dictionary That's 2/3 Accurate, 1/3 Nonsense ...
lobbygow,. patagium,. loist. lobbygow (LAHB-ee-gow) (noun): An errand boy.
One of modern literature's most famous errand boys is Sammy Glick of Budd
Schulberg's What Makes Sammy Run? patagium (puh-TAY-jee-uhm) (noun): The
fold of ...
3
Quick Studies - James - Revelation
... a definition. flageolet (flaj-uh-LAY) Make up a definition. lobbygow (LOB-ee-
gow) An errand boy. lobbygow (LOB-ee-gow) Make up a definition. lobbygow (
LOB-ee-gow) Make up a definition. gleek (gleek) To make a joke. gleek (gleek)
Make ...
Claire Ginsburg Sifton, Paul Sifton. cigarette. The Lobbygow looks up the line.]
Here comes the boss. [Instantly the crowd shifts, straightens ; moves forward.]
BOSS FOREMAN [Big, fat, powerful, cigar in mouth, followed by another
Lobbygow, ...
Claire Ginsburg Sifton, Paul Sifton, 1931
5
The Bradys and the Queen of the Highbinders; Or, The War of ...
"How many times have I got to tell you, Harry that the name you call, 'Lobbygow,'
is really three distinct words?" said Alice. "It is Low Gui Gow — and means the
faithful messenger." "Oh, I know," replied Harry. "Everybody calls it Lobbygow,
and ...
6
The Dime Novel Detective
"Are you a lobbygow ?" "I don't know what you mean." The reference was to a
class of boys which exist in Chinatown, doing errands for the Chinese women
who are never seen on the streets. These are called in Chinese, "low-gui-gow,"
or ...
Lobbygow was a wizened little man with one eye forever closed, short iron-grey
hair, a world- wise mouth, and the unmistakable marks of the tramp upon him. A
lobbygow is a white man who lives his life as a hanger-on in the Chinatown of ...
Arthur Preston Hankins, 1921
8
The Bradys and the Blind Chinaman
The last time I sold him the wash he sent a lobbygow after it. My young man was
in the store at the time. I daresay he could identify the lobbygow. I will ask him."
He went into the back room and came out with the young man. "Why yes, I should
...
9
The Bradys and the Mad Chinaman; Or, Hot Work in Five Cities
A Low-gow-gui, corrupted into lobbygow, meaning Chinawoman's dog, was what
the fellow was. Old King Brady recognized him as one of the fraternity in New
York's Chinatown, and when Alice told her story he was ready to believe that the
...
10
Satan's Circus: Murder, Vice, Police Corruption And New ...
The rotund and bespectacled “fake jewelry man,” a friend of Webber's and
sometime “lobbygow”* to Rose, whom chauffeur Shapiro had identified as one of
the passengers in the fatal Packard taxi, had fled town soon after the murder—on
the ...
