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[US] Altoona Trib. (PA) 17 June 3/3: Joe Ely should have caged every sponge who got drunk at the soldiers’ expense.
at sponge, n.
[US] Altoona Trib. (PA) 15 Dec. 4/1: A snipe [...] still retaining fire is called a ‘lantern’.
at lantern, n.
[US] Altoona Trib. (PA) 19 July 1/6: The queen’s lameness has gone from her knee to her brain. A lame-brained queen is just as good as any other in these days.
at lamebrain, adj.
[US] Altoona Trib. (PA) 8 June 7/1: He was so mean hewouldn’t give a fellow an apple core without makin’ him pay back in chewin’ gum.
at so mean... under mean, adj.
[US] Altoona Trib. (PA) 27 Sept. 3/3: There are people so mean that they wouldn’t kick a yellow dog if they thought ity would do him any good.
at so mean... under mean, adj.
[US] Altoona Trib. (PA) 10 Apr. 13/4: A picture of her Sunday face, which was the most beautiful face in the world.
at Sunday face (n.) under Sunday, n.1
[US] Altoona Trib. (PA) 13 July 12/3: [headline] Chicken and Jap Hash Served to Pennsy General Supt.
at Jap hash (n.) under Jap, adj.
[US] Altoona Trib. (PA) 24 Dec. 7/4: [advert] Women’s Silk Umbrella, with attractive swaggery handles.
at swaggery, adj.
[US] Altoona Trib. (PA) 7 Jan. 8/1: Gilda Gray still shakes a ‘mean’ hip in spite of all the new fangled Latin dances.
at shake a wicked leg (v.) under shake, v.
[US] Altoona Trib. (PA) 25 Dec. 13/7: Van Buren, the wham bam kid from Louisiana.
at wham bam!, excl.
[US] Altoona Trib. (PA) 12 July 9/3: Man, we’re really sobbing the blues over this.
at sob the blues (v.) under blues, n.1
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