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Des Moines Register (IA) 7 June 3/4: Cheap quacks and human slaughterers and bone carpenters.at bone-bender (n.) under bone, n.1
Des Moines Register (IA) 7 June 3/4: Cheap quacks and human slaughterers and bone carpenters. Des Moines Register (IA) 6 July 3/5: A sheepish look stole over the two Celestial’s faces.at celestial, n.
Des Moines Register (IA) 6 July 3/5: ‘Sick him, John! [...] ‘Put a tin ear on him, John!’.at put a tin ear on (v.) under tin ear, n.
Des Moines Register (IA) 19 Oct. 4/2: [headline] Gambling Charge Against George Collins Awaiting Detention of Man Fleeced in ‘Flat Joint’ .at flat joint (n.) under flat, adj.3
Des Moines Register (IA) 2 July 11/1: It’s awfully hot to be wrestling with anything but lemonade and giggle water.at giggle-water (n.) under giggle, adj.
Des Moines Register (IA) 23 Aug. 6/3: They [...] spoke of ‘giving the old man the big squeeze.’ The only interpretation of that is blackmail.at squeeze, n.1
Des Moines Register (IA) 26 Feb. 9/4: He never ducked a fight. He was game as pebble, whatever his physical shortcomings.at game as a pebble (adj.) under pebble, n.
Des Moines Register (IA) 6 Mar. 14/4: When they do not go to classes they ‘blitz’ or ‘bleach’ them.at bleach, v.
Des Moines Register (IA) 6 Mar. 14/4: When they do not go to classes they ‘blitz’ or ‘bleach’ them.at blitz, v.1
Des Moines Register (IA) 6 Mar. 14/4: A student or pofessor who spends a lot of time going to faculty teas is a ‘bun-duster’.at bun-duster (n.) under bun, n.3
Des Moines Register (IA) 6 Mar. 14/4: One who is a little slow mentally [...] has [a] ‘charley horse between the ears’ [or] may have ‘holes in the head’.at charley horse, n.
Des Moines Register (IA) 6 Mar. 14/4: One who is a little slow mentally [...] may have ‘holes in the head’.at hole in one’s head, n.
Des Moines Register (IA) 6 Mar. 14/4: Students usually arrange for a ‘float hour,’ a vacant period [...] so that they can ‘jell’ or ‘coke and cake,’ which means loaf socially.at jell, v.
Des Moines Register (IA) 6 Mar. 14/4: The boys seek a ‘smooch-mad’ co-ed to take with them in their ‘smooch wagon’.at smooch, n.
Des Moines Register (IA) 7 May Mag. 3/4: Overland trout — roast pork.at overland trout, n.
Des Moines Register (IA) 8 May 22/6: [headline] booze runner’s / car to be sold.at booze runner (n.) under booze, n.
Des Moines Register (IA) 13 Aug. 2/2: The deb-gangs mostly consist of six to 15 members [...] there is a low percentage of venereal infection or illegitimate births among the debs .at deb, n.2
Des Moines Register (IA) 11 Sept. 188/2: He’s a lot o’ nothin’ [...] See me stand him on his ear.at stand someone on their ear (v.) under ear, n.1
Des Moines Register (IA) 27 July 4/3: The cowboy-hatted Johnson [...] rode in the shotgun seat.at shotgun, n.3
Des Moines Register (IA) 6 Oct. 23/6: ‘He’s a mud-slinger. It’s easy to [...] criticize when you’ve never done anything .at mudslinger, n.
Des Moines Register (IA) 13 Dec. 3/1: ‘I was scared spitless [...] It was the most horrifying sight I’ve ever seen’.at scared spitless (adj.) under scare, v.
Des Moines Register (IA) Community Forum 15 Feb. 17/6: The Maroons wait as north and Waukee square off.at square off, v.1
Des Moines Register (IA) 17 Sept. 152/5: ‘Shanghai’d’ A kidnapping victim is the daughter of a crime lord.at shanghai, v.
Des Moines Register (IA) 4 Dec. 110: [advert] This cheery thermos is sure to make that brownbagger’s deskside lunch much more stylish.at brownbagger, n.
Des Moines Register (IA) 25 July C3: He could spout off stats of things that happened 37, 38 years ago.at spout off (v.) under spout, v.1
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