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[US] Indiana Gaz. (PA) 18 June 5/3: The quality of ‘Tidal Wave’ sticks out like a sore thumb.
at stick out like a sore thumb, v.
[US] Indiana Gaz. (PA) 6 Aug. 5: Snake charmer — oboe. Horse teeth — piano.
at horse teeth (n.) under horse, n.
[US] Indiana Gaz. (PA) 6 Aug. 5: Snake charmer — oboe. Horse teeth — piano.
at snake charmer (n.) under snake, n.1
[US] Indiana Gaz. (PA) 16 Nov. 7/1: ‘Brown Bess’ means yes, and ‘Chevy Chase’ means the face.
at brown bess, adv.
[US] Indiana Gaz. (PA) 2 Nov. 35/2: Persons refer to the seam wolves as shirt-rabbits and lining squirrels.
at lining squirrel, n.
[US] Indiana Gaz. (PA) 2 Nov. 35/2: Persons refer to the seam wolves as shirt-rabbits and lining squirrels.
at seam squirrel (n.) under seam, n.
[US] Indiana Gaz. (PA) 2 Nov. 35/2: Persons refer to the seam wolves as shirt-rabbits and lining squirrels.
at shirt rat (n.) under shirt, n.
[US] Indiana Gaz. (PA) 11 Sept. 3/1: He said that after he got onto himself, he stopped shooting off his bazoo about his tolerance.
at get onto, v.
[US] Indiana Gaz. (PA) 11 Sept. 3/1: He said that after he got onto himself, he stopped shooting off his bazoo about his tolerance.
at shoot off one’s mouth (v.) under shoot off, v.
[US] Indiana Gaz. (PA) 28 July 47: [headline] Bet the farm on ‘Babe’ winning [i.e. an Oscar].
at bet the farm (v.) under bet, v.
[US] Indiana Gaz. (PA) 24 Apr. E-6/2: Fruit of the Loom [...] a common shorthand for those old tighty-whities.
at tighty-whitey, n.
[US] Indiana Gaz. (Indiana, PA) 10 May 2/1: Legal experts [...] agree that the president would have been better off doing the perp walk into the grand jury.
at perp walk (n.) under perp, n.
[US] Indiana Gaz. (PA) 27 May 13/4: [T]hey’re ‘shit-kicking music’ at its best!
at shitkicking music (n.) under shitkicking, adj.
[US] Indiana Gaz. (PA) 29 Feb. 2/1: I am a square, married, heterosexual male.
at square, adj.
[US] Indiana Gaz. (PA) 13 June 30/2: ‘There is no identity crisis [...] we’re not worried about cracking up or schitzing out’.
at schiz (out), v.
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