catch-terms

Updated: June 11, 2025

He had always taken chances he would again. The catch-terms of Garry's day, such as "couldn't fool him," "keep your eye peeled," "a buzz-saw," etc., etc., were not current in the father's day, but their synonyms were. He knew what he was about.

Francis Hopkinson Smith - Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero