[From Anything Goes (dir. Lewis Milestone, 1936). Click for a larger view.]
The notebook belongs to Sir Evelyn Oakleigh (Arthur Treacher, later of the Fish & Chips), who is collecting American slang — gangster slang, really. Why is his pencil positioned in the middle of a word? Because he’s correcting snitch to snatch. Know your slang!
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