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Doctor, feel my purse.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian
Doctors Health

He shot out of here like a bat out of a belfry.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian
Mixed metaphors Situations

I wasn’t under the impersonation you meant me.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian
Malaprops

Familiarity breeds attempt.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian
Relationships Sex Wordplay

He has me sitting on pins and cushions waiting.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian
Misspokements Situations

Home wasn't built in a day.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian
Malaprops

The chickens have come home to roast.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian
Malaprops Wordplay

I’m a ragged individualist.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian
Malaprops

Seems like only a year ago they were married nine years!

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian
Marriage Time

I’m completely uninhabited.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian
Characteristics Malaprops

I look like the wrath of grapes.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian
Appearance Emotions Food/Drink

I don’t drink, I’m a totalitarian.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian
Alcohol Characteristics Food/Drink Misspokements

You could have knocked me down with a fender.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian
Malaprops

I’m a member of the weeper sex.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian
Malaprops People Women

Up at the crank of dawn.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian
Malaprops Time

Well, you’ve got to take the bitter with the better.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian
Life

I am his awfully-wedded wife.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian
Malaprops Marriage Wordplay

The way things are these days, a girl's gotta play hard to take.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian
Relationships Situations Women