1892 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 4 Nov. 3/1: What’s the matter? Hain’t you well [...] You look taller-colored as the dead, an’ your eyes is like burnt holes in a blanket.at eyes like pissholes in the snow (n.) under eye, n.
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] Williams was diked out to beat the band and was bound for a skirt party somewhere.at to beat the band (adv.) under band, n.2
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] [A]fter feeding my face I blew down to Mory’s with a couple of heelers.at blow, v.1
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] I must make a cold rush in that course or I’ll slip my trolley sure.at cold, adj.
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] They were trying to sew me up [...] and I wasn’t going to get my leg jerked, so I cut the game.at cut the game (v.) under cut, v.2
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] Williams was diked out to beat the band and was bound for a skirt party somewhere.at diked up, adj.1
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] [A]fter feeding my face I blew down to Mory’s with a couple of heelers.at feed one’s face, v.
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] We horsed Jones to death — he is easy fruit, that man.at fruit, n.
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] It is easy to express your dislike [...] without even bordering on profanity. He is ‘full of tacks’ or ‘prunes,’ ‘has wheels in his head, ’ is a ‘T. Willie,’ a ‘jay,’ a ‘shyster,’ a ‘bag of wind.at full of tacks (adj.) under full of..., phr.
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: [headline] yale college slang / [...] / You May be a ‘Fusser’ and ‘Full of Tacks’ and be ‘Dead Smooth Enough to Cut ice and ‘Have Wheels in Your Head’.at fusser, n.
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] We horsed Jones to death [...] and gave him the loud gee when he tried to get into our jeans.at give someone the gee (v.) under gee, n.2
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] I cut the game, as I had a lot of grinding to do.at grind, v.
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] The New Haven boarding houses are ‘grub-joints,’ or ‘hash-houses’.at grub-joint (n.) under grub, n.2
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] The New Haven boarding houses are ‘grub-joints,’ or ‘hash-houses’.at hash-house, n.
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] [A]fter feeding my face I blew down to Mory’s with a couple of heelers.at heeler, n.
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] We horsed Jones to death — he is easy fruit, that man.at horse, v.
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] [H]e [i.e. a tutor] gives me a pain in the neck.at give someone a pain in the neck (v.) under pain (in the neck), n.1
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] We horsed Jones to death [...] and gave him the loud gee when he tried to get into our jeans.at get into someone’s jeans (v.) under jeans, n.
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] They were trying to sew me up [...] and I wasn’t going to get my leg jerked, so I cut the game.at jerk someone’s leg (v.) under jerk, v.2
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] [of a college dormitory] Come around to my joint and feed this noon.at joint, n.
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] Charlie [...] was loaded for elephants, so we gave him the cold shake.at loaded for bear (adj.) under loaded, adj.
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] Had a long grouch last night and felt rocky a plenty.at rocky, adj.
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] I must make a cold rush in that course or I’ll slip my trolley sure.at rush, n.
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] They were trying to sew me up [...] and i wasn’t going to get my leg jerked, so I cut the game.at sewed up, adj.
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] It is easy to express your dislike [...] without even bordering on profanity. He is [...] a ‘T. Willie,’ a ‘jay,’ a ‘shyster,’ a ‘bag of wind.at shyster, n.
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] Top ‘pinch a skate’ is to arrive at a mild state of inebriation, and may be expressed by ‘getting skated,’ ‘buckling on your skates’ and other fanciful euphemisms.at skate, n.
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] Williams was diked out to beat the band and was bound for a skirt party somewhere.at skirt party (n.) under skirt, n.
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] I went at an easy pace and spieled along Chapel street to look at the queens.at spiel, v.1
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] To split a man’s wood is to understand and agree with him.at split someone’s wood (v.) under split, v.
1894 Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] ‘Swipes’ and ‘greasy grinds’ are the hoi polloi of the class.at swipe, n.2