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Changing the channels on a radio - radios back then used crystals to tune them to various stations.
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What does ride mean in slang from the 1920s?
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Political donor
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to deride; make fun of; tease.
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What does ritzy mean in the Roaring Twenties?
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Garrett mean in cockney slang
