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Big Chief Wahoo (Type 1)
   Chicle Advertising - 1940

Notes: Cards are approximately 1-5/8" x 4" with matchbook design for fronts, 
with advertising text or blanks inside. They provide a lesson in "Wahoo's Injun 
Slango." American Card Catalog reference is R22-1. Scans are posted at the 
Vintage Non-Sports Cards gallery.

No.   Title              Slang Name

  1   Shower-Bath        "Big-Rain-in-Little-Room"
  2   Duck               "Chicken-Wearum-Snowshoes"
  3   Hot Dog            "Hamburger-Wearum-Tights"
  4   Jaloppy            "Hoss-Power-Gottum-Hiccups"
  5   Ink                "Pencil-Juice"
  6   Permanent Wave     "Hair-Gottum-Cramps"
  7   Percolator         "Coffee-Pot-Go-Burp"
  8   Jitterbug          "Paleface-Do-Um-War-Dance"
  9   Vacuum Cleaner     "Growling-Sack-Eatum-Dirt"


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