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[US] Eve. Bulletin (Honolulu) 22 Mar. 5/2: The Daughters of Rebekah will have a hard times party [...] at which those attending must dress in the style becoming ‘overty Row’.
at Poverty Row, n.
[US] Eve. Bulletin (Honolulu) 3 Aug. 4/1: People may be indulging in peanut politics.
at peanut politics (n.) under peanut, adj.
[US] Eve. Bull. (Honolulu) 20 Apr. 4/2: A pumpkin headed ignoramus.
at pumpkin-headed, adj.
[US] Eve. Bulletin (Honolulu) 26 Sept. 4/1: Thse peanut-headed politicians [...] should be removed.
at peanut-head (n.) under peanut, n.
[US] Eve. Bulletin (Honolulu) 31 Dec. 10/3: Jim Flynn, the Pueblo fireman, or as he is known in spaghetti circles, Antonio Chiargillo.
at spaghetti, n.
[US] Eve. Bulletin (Honolulu) 20 Nov. 8/4: A right under the jaw had Bill in queer street for a moment.
at in Queer Street under Queer Street, n.
[US] Eve. Bull. (Honolulu) 21 June 7/1: Old Peter Jackson, who was as dark as the inside of a cow on a dark night, was adored by a tremendous following.
at dark as the inside of a cow (adj.) under dark, adj.
[US] Eve. Bulletin (Honolulu) 21 July 6/3: The change has been in the nature of an Irish promotion.
at Irish promotion (n.) under Irish, adj.
[US] Eve. Bull. (Honolulu) 16 Sept. 10/4: One more fiasco like this and wrestling is a dead card in Chicago.
at dead card (n.) under dead, adj.
[US] Eve. Bulletin (Honolulu) 30 Apr. 10/3: Fortunately [...] they had a generous bank roll to start in with, else they would now be pounding the ties.
at pound the rails (v.) under pound, v.2
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