Guys and Dolls

Glossary of Terms

References are to a particular character or song.

• Guys and Dolls is based on some of the short stories of Damon Runyon (1880-1946), who was born in Manhattan, Kansas, but spent his creative years in Manhattan, New York. He was a newspaperman and a writer of short stories about life on Broadway in midtown Manhattan. Some of the distinctiveness of his style includes never using contractions, and almost always using the present tense. The stories that became Guys and Dolls were “The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown” and “Blood Pressure,” with borrowings from “Pick the Winner” and other stories.
• guy: In 1605, Guy Fawkes, a fanatical catholic, was part of a plot to blow up the English Houses of Parliament with gunpowder, since known as “The Gunpowder Plot”.  Guy Fawkes Day has been celebrated in Britain ever since on the 5th of November, with bonfires and grotesque effigies of Guy Fawkes.  It became an annual custom to make effigies of Fawkes on November 5 and to ask for “a penny for the Guy.”  In England the term guy still refers to a person of grotesque appearance, but in America it has become a general term for a man, or fellow.  (The British equivalent would be chap.)
• doll: Refers to a child’s toy, but in this show to a woman, especially a sweetheart or darling. [May be short for idol, or more likely short for Dolly, a diminutive form of the name Dorothy or Dorothea; may have been named for Dolley Madison, wife of President James Madison, and hostess also for President Jefferson.] Other slang terms for a woman or girl include broad,  tomato [Big Jule, II, 3, the sewer scene, where he refers to Sarah as a “praying tomato”], and pancake (used by Runyon, but not in Guys and Dolls).
• “Runyonland” is that part of Manhattan where Damon Runyon’s Broadway stories take place: Broadway between Times Square and Columbus Circle.  Broadway crosses 44th Street at Times Square, and 59th Street at Columbus Circle. 59th Street is the southern boundary of Central Park.  This stretch of Broadway includes the northern section of the Theater District. To the west is Hell’s Kitchen.
• craps: a game played with two dice with these rules. If on his first roll, the shooter rolls a 7 or 11 (called a natural) he wins.  If he rolls a 2 (“snake eyes”), 3, or 12 (“box cars”), he loses.  (This roll is called craps). If he rolls any other number, play continues, with the number he rolled (4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10) called his point. If the shooter rolls his point before he rolls a 7, he wins (He “makes his point”). If he rolls a 7 before his point, he craps out, and loses. Craps can be played anywhere, with just a pair of dice.  But it is usually played in a casino on a table. In that case, you can make all kinds of side bets, and all payoffs are arranged so that the house has an advantage.  If you bet “against the shooter,” you actually have an advantage, so the house usually pushes (neither pays nor collects) bets against the shooter if he rolls a 12 (sometimes a 2, or even a 3). You can learn more about playing craps at this web site.
• “the hard way”: to make a point by rolling a double; for example, to make a point of 6 by rolling a double 3. (There are five ways to make a 6: 1-5, 2-4, 3-3, 4-2, and 5-1.  Thus it is “harder” to make 3-3 than with a 1 and 5 or 2 and 4.)

Act I, Scene 1: Broadway

• A fugue in music is an imitative polyphonic composition following fairly strict rules; in psychiatry it refers to a pathological amnesiac condition during which one is apparently conscious of one’s actions but has no recollection of them after returning to a normal state. This condition, usually resulting from severe mental stress, may persist for as long as several months. (Thanks to Jacqueline “Jackie” Jones for this.) [“Fugue for Tinhorns”]
• A tinhorn is someone, especially a gambler, who pretends to be important but really has little influence, significance, or money. From this is derived the adjective tinhorn, meaning “cheap” or “insignificant”. See the interesting gambling origin of the word which was shortened from “tinhorn gambler.” (Thanks to Jacqueline “Jackie” Jones for this.) [“Fugue for Tinhorns”]
• The Morning Line is the approximate odds usually printed on the program for a horse race track, and a prediction of how the wagering will go on a race.  [Benny in “Fugue for Tinhorns”]
• To give a bum steer is a predominantly Australian and New Zealand idiom which is evident from the 19th century use and means to provide information that is not correct, was not found helpful, or caused one to be led astray. It does not imply either intentional or unintentional provision of information, and is not generally regarded as pejorative. (From Wikipedia)
• Equipoise, great-grandfather of Epitaph, was a famous thoroughbred from 1928 to 1938. “The ‘Chocolate Soldier’ won 29 of 51 in six years of racing and was a three-time champion including Horse of the Year twice.” [Rusty Charlie in “Fugue for Tinhorns”]
• Mindy’s, the delicatessen in the story, is based on the original Lindy’s Delicatessen, at 1626 Broadway, between 49th and 50th Streets, where Damon Runyon liked to eat; he was particularly fond of their cheesecake. (Runyon renames the deli Mindy’s in his stories.) Founded in 1921 by Leo “Lindy” Lindermann (died 1957), Lindy’s opened a second location at 1655 Broadway in 1929. The original location closed in 1957, and the second location is now a Beefsteak Charlie’s. The Lindy’s name and concept were revived in 1979, and now has two locations, 825 7th Avenue (at 53rd Street) and 401 7th Avenue (at 32nd Street).
• Radio City Music Hall is still the largest indoor theater in the world, with 5874 seats. Built in 1932, in Art Deco style, it functioned primarily as a movie house from 1933 and 1975. Narrowly escaping demolition in 1979, it received a complete restoration shortly thereafter. It now has been restored to its original purpose, live performances featuring the famous Rockettes, a high-stepping, long-legged dance troupe. [Nathan]
• marker:  a written, signed promissory note [Nathan et al.]
• The Biltmore Hotel was located on Madison Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets, part of a complex connected to Grand Central Terminal. It opened in 1913 and closed in 1981. There is also a Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, opened in 1923, and still one of the most elegant hotels in town. (“Biltmore” was the name of the country house of George Washington Vanderbilt II, in North Carolina, which had 40 master bedrooms.)  The audience is expecting Nathan to hold the crap game in the hotel, but of course it’s only in Joey Biltmore’s garage!
• Penicillin was the first “miracle” antibiotic drug.  It was discovered by Dr Sir Alexander Fleming in 1929 in London, and became practical around 1940. Research was moved to the United States in 1942, because of the bombing of London. World War II greatly expanded the need for penicillin.  In 1943 it became widely available. [Nathan, referring to Sky]

Act I, Scene 2: Mission Interior

• Brooks Brothers has been selling tailored suits since 1818. They were originally in Lower Manhattan, and they now sell all kinds of clothes for men, women, and boys. They now have stores in Los Angeles.
• Howard Johnson built a chain of restaurants and mid-price motor hotels, which were franchisee-owned, originally in the eastern United States.  They gained the concession at rest stops on many toll roads in northeastern states, and were a familiar site to the motoring public.  Now they operate throughout the United States and Canada, as well as many other countries. [Sky]
• Gideon Bible The Gideons are well known for placing Bibles in hotel rooms.  The organization was started in 1898 by two men who shared a room when a hotel was crowded. The next year they formed an association of Christian traveling men, and selected the name “Gideons,” based on the story of Gideon in Judges 6 & 7.  Since they were traveling men, they proposed putting a Bible in every hotel, so that a traveler who requested it  could borrow a Bible at the desk.  But in 1907 a trustee proposed putting a Bible in every room. The cost was met by solicitations to churches for funds for that purpose. Today the Gideons distribute Bibles in many places, such as college campuses.  [Sky]
• Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were the Babylonian names of the three young men who were companions of Daniel, in the book of Daniel, chapter 3.  Their Hebrew-form names were Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, respectively.  When they refused to worship the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, they were thrown into a burning fiery furnace. (In 1940,when the British Army was besieged in Dunkirk, they sent a message to London of three words: “But if not.” Most people at the time recognized that as the opening words of Daniel 3:18: But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. This was then seen as a defiance to the Nazi regime, and encouraged the people to rescue the army.)  [Sky]
• Scarsdale Galahad:  Scarsdale is perhaps the richest suburb in the country. (See below under New Rochelle.) Sir Galahad was one of the legendary knights of King Arthur’s round table. Galahad was always known as the “Perfect Knight”: “perfect” in courage, gentleness, courtesy, and chivalry. Galahad was the son of Sir Lancelot and the Lady Elaine of Corbenic. He was the only knight able to sit in the Siege Perilous. He once rescued Sir Perceval, and he is best known as the knight who achieves the quest for the Holy Grail. [Sky, in “I’ll Know”]
• two pairs of pants: refers to the fact that many suits were sold with one coat, (possibly) one vest, and two pairs of pants, since the pants were more likely to wear out before the coat or vest [Sky, in “I’ll Know”]
• turn the other cheek: refers to Matthew 5:39, “But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.” Sky is already willing to take another “slap” from Sarah.

Act I, Scene 3: Phone Booth

• Studebaker: The Studebaker company began making electric motor cars in 1902, and gasoline powered models in 1904.  Their cars were in the mid-price range.  But their financial picture was poor after World War II.  In 1956 they merged with Packard, but the Packard line was discontinued in 1958.  The last Studebaker was made in the United States in 1963, and in Canada in 1966.  [Nathan]

Act I, Scene 4: Hot Box

• psychosomatic: refers to illness due, not to infection, but to neuroses or imagination [“Adelaide’s Lament”]
• bushel: a unit of dry measure equal to four pecks; hence, a large amount [“Bushel and a Peck”]
• peck: a unit of dry measure equal to 8 quarts or approximately 537.6 cubic inches; hence, also, a large amount; may also refer to a light or quick kiss. [“Bushel and a Peck”]
• barrel: a liquid measure of 31 to 42 gallons (31.5 gal. for wine; 36 for beer; 42 for oil); informally, a large amount [“Bushel and a Peck”]
• la grippe: synonym for flu or influenza [“Adelaide’s Lament”]
• Saratoga: A former village (now Schuylerville) and town (which includes Schuylerville) on the west (right) bank of the Hudson River in New York State in Saratoga County, site of two battles of the Revolutionary War, in which the British General Burgoyne surrendered his army to the Americans under General Horatio Gates, October 17, 1777, marking the turning point of the war.  Adelaide is referring, though, to Saratoga Springs, about 10 miles to the west, which is the site of mineral springs, in use at least since 1767, and by the Indians much earlier.  The water has been bottled since 1826.  It became a social center especially since the Saratoga race track was built. There were other forms of gambling at Saratoga Springs, until they were outlawed in 1910, which greatly depressed the local economy. Race track betting is back, though. {G} [“Adelaide’s Lament”]

Act I, Scene 5: Off Broadway

• Taj Mahal:  In his capital city of Agra, the Mughal (or Mogul) emperor of India, Shah Jehan, after the death of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, built her a magnificent mausoleum, which is known as the Taj Mahal. Take a virtual tour of the Taj Mahal. [Note: The proper pronunciation the j of Taj Mahal is the usual English j sound, like the j in jump.  In the past 30 or so years, at least in this country, you are more likely to hear the French j sound, often represented in English-language dictionaries as zh.]  [Nicely (in title song)]
• The Roxy Theater in New York was built in 1927 by Samuel Lionel “Roxy” Rothapfel.  Located at 153 W. 50th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues; about two blocks east of Broadway), it was one of the grandest of movie palaces, and held 5920 seats.  Unfortunately, it was demolished in 1961, at the beginning of a period of “urban renewal” that also saw the demolition of Pennsylvania Station.  The two movies on the marquee of the Roxy on our set are My Blue Heaven and The Girl Is Mine. [Nicely Nicely, in title song]
• The Daily News is a New York City newspaper published daily in tabloid format. It has been in publication since 1919. Today it is the fourth-most widely circulated newspaper in the country (after USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times).
• The title song, Guys and Dolls, seems to refer to the Biblical book of 1 Esdras: 
  • Yea, and if men have gathered together gold and silver, or any other goodly thing, do they not love a woman which is comely in favour and beauty? And letting all those things go, do they not gape, and even with open mouth fix their eyes fast on her; and have not all men more desire unto her than unto silver or gold, or any goodly thing whatsoever? . . . By this also ye must know that women have dominion over you: do ye not labour and toil, and give and bring all to the woman? . . . Yea, many there be that have run out of their wits for women, and become servants for their sakes. . . . Many also have perished, have erred, and sinned, for women.  [1 Esdras 4:18-19, 22, 26-27]
• mug: informal for “the human face” (as in mug shot); also used for a thug, or hoodlum [Benny (in title song)]
• jug: slang for “prison” or “jail” [Benny, in title song]
• Vitalis®: a line of hair-care products for men, made by Bristol-Myers. In the 1940s, they were probably referring to Vitalis® Hair Cream; later they developed sprays and other products. [Benny, in title song]
• Barbasol®: a brand of shaving cream for men. The name comes from the Latin barba, meaning “beard”, and solution. At the Barbasol® website you will find information about the company and its products, and also shaving tips! [Benny, in title song]
• New Rochelle is located in Westchester County, New York, and adjacent to New York City (The Bronx). In the 1930s New Rochelle was the richest city in New York state, by per-capita income.  Perhaps it had that distinction around 1950, the time frame for the show.  But today New Rochelle has been surpassed by White Plains, Tarrytown, and Scarsdale, all of them also in Westchester County. Rob and Laura Petrie’s house on The Dick Van Dyke Show was in New Rochelle.  Also, New Rochelle is where Rosemary dreams of living when she is married to Finch and he is Chairman of the company. [Nicely]

Act I, Scene 7: Off Broadway (“Red Carnation” scene)

• Mesentheorum:  I assume that Harry the Horse is trying to say Chrysanthemum. [Harry]
• The Pimlico race course in Baltimore, Maryland, is the site of the Preakness, the second race in horse racing’s triple crown. (The other two are the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes.) [Benny]
• Elkton, Maryland, is the county seat of Cecil County, in the northeast corner of the state, and hence closest to New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. This made it the “Gretna Green” of the United States, at least until 1938, when they passed a 48-hour marriage law.  Even then Maryland did not require a blood test, and New York required a blood test, then 30 days to apply for a license. Elkton is on (what was formerly) the Pennsylvania Railroad, and also US 40. [Brannigan]
• Blossom Time, with book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly and music by Sigmund Romberg, opened on Broadway in 1921 and ran for 516 performances.  It was based on a Viennese operetta, and is hardly the kind of show you would expect to see Runyon-esque gamblers in. [Brannigan]
• welch or welsh: to cheat by avoiding payment of a bet; informally, to swindle or to fail to pay a debt.
• Obadiah, from the Hebrew meaning “servant of the LORD”, is “Sky” Masterson’s first name. There are 13 men with this name in the Bible. Perhaps the best known Obadiah was the pious governor of King Ahab’s house (1 Kings 18). In the shortest book in the Old Testament, the prophet Obadiah condemns the Edomites for their cruelty.  For the curious, most of the other Obadiahs are in the books of Chronicles: 1 Ch 3:21, 1 Ch 7:3, 1 Ch 8:38 and 1 Ch 9:44, 1 Ch 9:16, 1 Ch 12:9, 1 Ch 27:19, 2 Ch 17:7, 2 Ch 34:12, Ezra 8:9, Nehemiah 10:5, and Nehemiah 12:25.  Other biblical names are Nathan, Benjamin (“Benny”), and Sarah.

Act I, Scene 8: Havana

• Dulce de leche, Spanish for “sweet of milk”, is a traditional dessert from Latin America, made by caramelizing the sugar in milk. My South American friends tell me it is like taffy.  But in this show it seems to be a beverage fortified with rum.
• Bacardi: a brand of rum--The Bacardí family were distillers in Spain for about 300 years. In 1862 Facundo Bacardí Massó moved to Santiago de Cuba and founded a successful rum distillery. In 1910 they founded a distillery in Barcelona, Don Facundo’s home town. During the era of prohibition (1920-33), many Americans flocked to Cuba to enjoy rum. In the 1930s Bacardi established distilleries in Mexico and Puerto Rico; the distillery at Cataño, Puerto Rico, is still one of the largest distilleries in the world.  In 1960 their property was confiscated by the new communist regime, and they fled Cuba to the Bahamas, where they re-founded the company; operations continued in the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Spain, and The Bahamas. In 1965 they moved their headquarters to Bermuda. In 1961, they founded distilleries in Brazil. Later they acquired other spirits companies, including Dewar’s (Blended Scotch Whisky), Bombay Sapphire (Gin), Grey Goose (Vodka), Cazadores (Tequila), Eristoff (Vodka), and Martini & Rossi (Vermouth & Sparkling Wines). See the official Bacardí web site and the Bacardi Limited web site.

Act I, Scene 10: Mission Exterior

• Canasta is a card game, a variation of rummy, played with two decks, that became all the rage in the 1950s, displacing bridge temporarily as the most popular card game. [Nathan]
• Dough, lettuce, and potatoes are slang for money.  Other such slang terms for specific denominations include:
  • $1: slug
  • $5: fin [probably from Yiddish finf, meaning five (related to German fünf)], or pound note [from the value of the pound sterling at one time]
  • $10: sawbuck
  • $50: half yard
  • $100: yard, or C [from Latin centum, or Spanish cien, or French cent, all meaning hundred], or C-note
  • $1000: G [short for grand], or G-note

Act II, Scene 1: Hot Box

• Hollanderize means "to clean [a garment, particularly a fur] thoroughly", named for the fur dealer Hollander and Sons. See this letter to the New York Times from a member of the Hollander family, and note at this web page.  [Adelaide, “Take Back Your Mink”]

Act II, Scene 2: Mission Exterior

• The sheep’s eye and the lickerish tooth: According to Merriam-Webster, sheep’s eye means “a shy longing, usually amorous, glance”; it is a stock phrase used in some classic movies. According to his daughter, Frank Loesser himself explained that “sheep’s eye” refers to amorous longing, and “lickerish tooth” is a variation of “lecherous”--but in a good way!  (Lickerish is an alternative spelling of licorice, or liquorice : there is at least a hint that it is a sweet desire!) [Arvide: “More I Cannot Wish You”]

Act II, Scene 4: Off Broadway

• A & P is The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, one of the largest supermarket chains in the United States, with over 700 stores in the Northeast, the Midwest, New Orleans, and Ontario, Canada. [Letter from Adelaide’s mother to Nathan]
• The Whitney colors are white and green, the livery colors of the Whitney family. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney founded the Whitney Museum, when the Metropolitan Museum declined her collection of over 500 works.  It now has the largest collection of  American art.  In one of Runyon’s stories (“Pick the Winner”), the prototype for Adelaide, Miss Cutie Singleton, longs for a green and white house. [Nathan]

Act II, Scene 5: Mission Interior

• Holy Rollers is a term applied, usually disparagingly, to Pentecostal Christians, because of their ecstatic style of worship, often with shouts and vigorous bodily movement.  Of course, this is also a pun on rollers of dice. [Brannigan]
• majordomo: the chief steward or butler in a great household; hence, one who acts on behalf of or directs the affairs of another. [Sky]
• stool pigeon: a pigeon used as a decoy to draw others within a net; hence, a person used as a  decoy or informer, especially one who is a spy for the police. [Benny]
• Bronx cheer: a sound expressing disapproval; a raspberry (i.e., a derisive or contemptuous sound made by vibrating the extended tongue and the lips while exhaling) [direction]
• scratch sheet: a form listing the horses scratched from the day’s races and also the handicapper’s rating of the horses in the races
• Emily Post published her book Etiquette in 1922, and soon the phrase “according to Emily Post” became the last word on manners and etiquette.
• according to Hoyle:  Edmond Hoyle (1672?-1769) published a book on card games.  His name has since become synonymous with the authority on card games and parlor games, so according to Hoyle means “in accordance with accepted rules”.  [Sky]
• Roseland: Located at 239 West 52nd Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue), 10019, on the margin of the Hell’s Kitchen section of Manhattan, Roseland Ballroom sizzled in the 1940s as a swing dance hall; today, it is more of a medium-priced concert club, featuring primarily Hip-Hop and Alternative Rock.  It is also available for shows, conventions, and parties. {L} [Sky]
• fade: to meet the bet of (an opposing player) in dice. {from dictionary.com: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition; Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.} [Nicely, in “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat”]

Act II, Scene 6: Off Broadway

• Vicks® VapoRub® has been around for many years as an external remedy for cold and flu symptoms.  Today Vicks® has a large line of cold and flu medications. [“Adelaide’s Lament”, 2nd reprise]
• Wanamaker’s: one of the pioneers in department stores, the first Wanamaker’s opened in 1861 in Philadelphia.  In 1896 John Wanamaker bought A. T. Stewart’s store on Broadway between 8th and 9th streets in New York, and this became Wanamaker’s in New York.  In 1909 Mr Wanamaker purchased the great pipe organ from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (the 1904 St Louis world’s fair), and installed it in his Philadelphia store.  Today, the Wanamaker Organ is the largest pipe organ in the world, in number of ranks (not in number of pipes).  [pronunciation: WONNa-maker] [Adelaide “Marry the Man Today”]
• Saks: Saks Fifth Avenue, located at 611 Fifth Avenue, New York, is the well-known department store. [Adelaide “Marry the Man Today”]
• S. Klein was a retailer of inexpensive women’s apparel. [Adelaide “Marry the Man Today”]
• Reader’s Digest, Guy Lombardo, Rogers Peet, golf, galoshes, and Ovaltine are symbols of domesticated middle-class life.  [Adelaide & Sarah: “Marry the Man Today”]
• Guy Lombardo (1902-1977) was a popular band leader, who became known as “Mr New Year’s Eve”, leading his Royal Canadians at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel every New Year’s Eve from 1929 to 1976. He added the phrase “the sweetest music this side of heaven” to popular speech.
• Rogers Peet operated four clothing stores in New York City.  They are no longer in business.

Miscellaneous

• Hell’s Kitchen is the section of Manhattan bounded by Eighth Avenue, 34th St, 59th St, and the Hudson River.  This area was formerly a violent and seedy residential area, and until recently the haunt of immigrant gangs of the type that inspired West Side Story and Daredevil of Marvel Comics. During the 1950s all of the elevated railways had been torn down, letting the sunshine in again, and the neighborhood was improving.  Being adjacent to the theater district, the area became home to many actors and off-Broadway theaters.  The residents chased out hoodlums, and began referring to the area as “Clinton”, an older designation, named for DeWitt Clinton, who was mayor (1803-15) of New York and governor (1817-23) of New York.  By the 1990s the area was undergoing “gentrification”, sometimes called “yuppification”, and many working-class people were no longer able to afford to live in the neighborhood.
• The Save-A-Soul Mission is based on the Salvation Army, which began in London’s East End in 1865, by William Booth, a Methodist minister, who ministered to the poor in the slums.  In 1878 the ministry organized itself with a semi-military structure, adopted uniforms, and Booth became its first General.  In 1880 the Army began in the United States.  Their bands of street musicians and soldiers standing outside stores in December are familiar to many. Commissioned officers in the Army undergo two years of training, in the United States at one of four colleges, including one in Rancho Palos Verdes (Crestmont College, 30840 Hawthorne Blvd). The commissioned ranks in the army are: Captain, Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, Commissioner, and General. (There are also Cadets and Lieutenants, but they are considered noncomissioned officers; there are no sergeants or corporals. Ordinary members are called soldiers.) There is only one General, who operates out of the worldwide headquarters in London. In Act I, Scene 1, Sarah tells us the Save-A-Soul Mission is located at 409 W 49th Street.  That would put it between 9th and 10th Avenues, about 1½ blocks from Broadway.  See map.  This is near the theater district, but right in the middle of Hell’s Kitchen.

Bible verses:

• Isaiah 48:22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
• Isaiah 57:21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. (There are only 21 verses in Isaiah 57.)
• Proverbs 23:9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. (This is the citation on the sign quoting Isaiah 48:22 or 57:21, “There is no peace unto the wicked.”)
• Isaiah 23:9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
• Matthew 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. [Sky, I, 2]
• Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. . . .
• James 4:7b Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. [Sarah: I, 1]

Links

• TAP Guys and Dolls main page
• Tony McQ’s home page
• Outline of scenes in Guys and Dolls

References

• dictionary.com
• https://www.biblegateway.com or http://bible.gospelcom.net/ (for Bible verses)
• {L} Let’s Go®: New York City; Eric Todrys, editor; St Martin’s Press, New York, 2002.
• {G} Webster’s Geographical Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam Co., Springfield, MA, 1969.

• Please email me with any corrections, additions, or alterations to this list, or if you find any terms in the show which you think should be explained here.
• This page last updated 08/11/19.