1885 Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘Have they got you dead-to-rights?’ ‘No; they may do me up on my “rep” pretty hard’.at do up, v.1
1885 Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: A fresh fish came in. He recognized an old friend [...] "Hello! when did you get out of the grand sterr?’.at fresh fish (n.) under fresh, adj.2
1885 Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘The grub-hole won’t be open until 5 o’clock’.at grub-hole (n.) under grub, n.2
1885 Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘A fly copp came in and “sneezed” me. I tried to “jam”, but it was no go’.at jam, v.6
1885 Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘There are four or five “coniackers” in here now’.at koniacker, n.
1885 Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘Who is his nibs over there [...] that one with the blue “skin”’’.at his nibs (n.) under nibs, n.
1885 Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘His partner “shaded” him and then “peached”’.at peach, v.
1885 Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘You know “Spider”, the “pennyweighter”, he is up in Mich. on the Shoe contract’.at pennyweighter, n.
1885 Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘I “pounded my ear” all night’.at pound one’s ear (v.) under pound, v.2
1885 Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘I traded the “dice” with an old chum who went “over the road” for Pete’s work’.at over the road under road, n.
1885 Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘His partner “shaded” him and then “peached”’.at shade, v.
1885 Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘I expect a stiff today with a “samoleon” or two’.at simoleon, n.
1885 Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘Who is his nibs over there [...] that one with the blue “skin”’’.at skin, n.1
1885 Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘A fly copp came in and “sneezed” me. I tried to “jam”, but it was no go’.at sneeze, v.2
1885 Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: A fresh fish came in. He recognized an old friend [...] "Hello! when did you get out of the grand sterr?’.at stir, n.1
1885 Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘I told all the screws when they “turned me up”’.at turn up, v.2