A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at west 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at west 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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“‘Onced’ and ‘twiced’ are words”
“(I Like New York in June) How About You?” (1941)
“(I Love to Play Piano) Let Me Bang Your Box” (1950s)
“(I will gladly pay you Tuesday for) A hamburger today”
“(Not for) All the tea in China”
“42nd Street” (1933)
“53rd and 3rd” (1976)
“72 hours later, you’re hungry again” (joke about eating deli food)
“78704—More than just a ZIP code” ("78704—Actually, it’s just a ZIP code")
“8 Days a Week” (Black’s Barbecue in Lockhart)
“86” (not from Chumley’s or Empire State Building)
“A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand”
“A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money”
“A bird’s nest on the ground” (East Texas saying)
“A community bound by books” (BookPeople slogan)
“A conscience is like a boat or a car. If you feel you need one, rent it” (J.R. on Dallas tv series)
“A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse”
“A day late and a dollar short”
“A diet is the penalty we pay for exceeding the feed limit”
“A guy walks into a bar…” (bar jokes)
“A lick and a promise”
“A line in the sand” (Col. Travis in 1836; Pres. Bush in 1990)
“A Little Bit of New England in the Bronx” (Johnny’s Reef)
“A long term investment is a short term investment that failed”
“A man takes a drink…then the drink takes the man”
“A market that rallies on bad news could signal a bottom’ (Wall Street adage)
“A Matter of Taste” (Tasti D-Lite)
“A morning without coffee is like sleep”
“A new school, For a new century, In a new neighborhood” (Claremont Prep)
“A nickel a shtickel”
“A nickel gets you on the subway, but garlic gets you a seat”
“A recession is when your neighbor loses his job; a depression is when you lose your job”
“A rising tide lifts all boats” (Wall Street proverb)
“A rolling loan gathers no loss” (banking adage)
“A room and bath for two and one-half” (Commodore Hotel, now Grand Hyatt)
“A seat on the New York Stock Exchange is a license to steal”
“A stew boiled is a stew spoiled”
“A stock doesn’t know where it has been” or “A stock doesn’t know you own it” (Wall Street proverb)
“A stock is worth what someone is willing to pay for it” (Wall Street adage)
“A Texan is a Mexican who couldn’t swim to Oklahoma” (dirty joke definition)
“A watched pot never boils”
“A Way of Life” & “Think Less, Feel Better” (New York Health & Racquet Club)
“A woman’s place is in the kitchen”
“Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder”
“Acres and acres, and she’s all mine!” (Texas size joke)
“Adventures in Heroism” (Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum)
“Agree with me on 9 of 12 issues, vote for me. Agree on 12 of 12, see a psychiatrist” (Ed Koch)
“Alamo has no back door” (Maury Maverick, Jr.)
“Alderman, your saloon is on fire!”
“All broth and no beans”
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