D.C. Dictionary: The Diner Slang Dictionary
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- Honeymoon salad:
- lettuce alone
- Bowl of red:
- a bowl of chili con carne, so called for its deep red color.
- Eve with a lid on:
- apple pie, referring to the biblical Eve's tempting of Adam with an apple. The "lid" is the pie crust
- Put out the lights and cry:
- an order of liver and onions, "Lights" is a term sometimes used for the edible, mainly internal organs of an animal
- White Cow:
- vanilla milkshake
- B.L.T.:
- bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich
- In the alley:
- served as a side dish
- Dusty Miller:
- chocolate pudding, sprinkled with powdered malt
- Flop two, over easy:
- fried egg flipped over (carefully!) and the yolk is still very runny. That means the other side is cooked for a few seconds
- Bossy in a bowl:
- beef stew, so called because "Bossy" was a common name for a cow. -Synonyms: Mully