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Noblesville Ledger choose

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[US] Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘I hear they are about to “croak” a man’.
at croak, v.2
[US] 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
[US] Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘Every other man here is an “ex-finger”?’.
at finger, n.
[US] 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
[US] 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
[US] 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
[US] Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘There are four or five “coniackers” in here now’.
at koniacker, n.
[US] 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.
[US] Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘His partner “shaded” him and then “peached”’.
at peach, v.
[US] Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘Say, ain’t it time to “peck”?’.
at peck, v.1
[US] Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘You know “Spider”, the “pennyweighter”, he is up in Mich. on the Shoe contract’.
at pennyweighter, n.
[US] Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘I “pounded my ear” all night’.
at pound one’s ear (v.) under pound, v.2
[US] 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.
[US] Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘His partner “shaded” him and then “peached”’.
at shade, v.
[US] Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘I expect a stiff today with a “samoleon” or two’.
at simoleon, n.
[US] Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘Who is his nibs over there [...] that one with the blue “skin”’’.
at skin, n.1
[US] 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
[US] 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
[US] Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: string up — to garrotte.
at string up, v.
[US] Ledger (Noblesville, IN) 14 Aug. 6/2: ‘I told all the screws when they “turned me up”’.
at turn up, v.2
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