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[US] Edgefield Advertiser (SC) 11 June 2/1: The editor of the Ohio paper abandoned the Whigs because they nominated the Abolitionists, and joined the Locofocos because they went for the doughfaces.
at doughface (n.) under dough, n.
[US] Edgefield Advertiser (SC) 28 Apr. 1/1: ‘Shamrock Mountain’ is a large space [...] barren of tree or shrub [...] ’tis called the ‘Devil’s Half Acre’.
at devil’s half-acre (n.) under devil, n.
[US] Edgefield Advertiser (SC) 6 June 1/6: He is the biggest blunderhad in the world.
at blunderhead, n.
[US] Edgefield Advertiser (SC) 13 Oct. 2/2: I’ll be God damned,’ ‘God damn my soul’ and other such phrases.
at I’ll be goddamned! (excl.) under god-damn, v.
[US] Edgefield Advertiser (SC) 13 Oct. 2/2: You see that God damned thing there?
at god-damned, adj.
[US] Edgefield Advertiser (SC) 29 Apr. 4/1: Yeou, all-fired, dod-blasted, dod-rabbited, pesky-lookin’ little tarnel black nigger.
at dod, n.1
[US] Edgefield Advertiser (SC) 29 Apr. 4/1: Yeou, all-fired, dod-blasted, dod-rabbited, pesky-lookin’ little tarnel black nigger.
at dod-blasted (adj.) under dod, n.1
[US] Edgefield Advertiser (SC) 29 June 2/2: The Copper-hearted Chicken! We have been shewn a dirty copper cent which someone plmed off on the ladies of the Methodist Church.
at copper-hearted (adj.) under copper, n.
[US] Edgefield Advertiser (SC) 29 Aug. 2/5: Oh you ‘Coke’, you ’Country Crackers’.
at country cokes (n.) under country, adj.
[US] Edgefield Advertiser (SC) 3 Mar. n.p.: Well dog my cats! [...] Well, now dog-gone my skin!
at doggone, v.
[US] Edgefield Advertiser (SC) 21 Dec. 2/2: Josh Ashley [...] went for him but some of the members grabbed the tails of his jimswinger and held him in leash.
at jimswinger, n.
[US] Edgefield Advertiser (SC) 29 May 2/2: Umph you needn’t try to be so drotted smart about it.
at dratted, adj.
[US] Edgefield Advertiser (SC) 21 Dec. 3/3: We had good men in office and threw them out for jim-swingers and coat-tail-swingers.
at jimswinger, n.
[US] Edgefield Advertiser (SC) 25 Sept. 1/6: he was helf up by a red-necked farmer armed with a shot gun [...] and swearing a blue streak.
at redneck, adj.
[US] Eaglefield Advertiser (SC) 13 Oct. 4/7: ‘Heavens!’ she cried [...] ‘Reggie has foozled his approach!’.
at foozle, v.
[US] Eaglefield Advertiser (SC) 13 Oct. 4/4: The girl [...] saw her lover coming up the steps — saw him slip — saw him carom kerflip kerflop back to the path below.
at kerflip! (excl.) under ker-, pfx
[US] Edgefield Advertiser (SC) 4 Oct. 7/4: Pigeon, I’m through with all this bachelor stuff. No more stag suppers.
at stag, adj.
[US] Edgefield Advertiser (SC) 29 Jan. 6/3: Men who always [...] bloviating over what they have don’t get very far.
at bloviate, v.
[US] Edgefield Advertiser 11 July 2/3: Young Fatwad is an absolute nincompoop.
at fatwad (n.) under fat, adj.
[US] Edgefield Advertiser (SC) 6 Aug. 5/5: When reminded that many people were doubtless on the anxious bench as regards these appointments, Mr Tolbert said [...] ‘Let them linger on the anxious bench a while longer’.
at on the anxious bench (adj.) under bench, n.
[US] Edgefield Advertiser (SC) 31 May 9/1: Edgar Hart, a popular knight of the road, who travels [etc.].
at knight of the road, n.
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