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[US] Fort Worth Gaz. (TX) 29 Dec. 7/1: A barrel of wildcat whisky was brought to light, and two worthies languish in the toils of the law.
at wildcat, n.
[US] Fort Worth Gaz. (TX) 19 Aug. 1/3: The Jaybirds seem more determined than ever to control the government.
at jaybird, n.1
[US] Fort Worth Gaz. (TX) 19 Aug. 1/3: The first shot was fired by the Peckerwood party.
at peckerwood, n.
[US] Ft. Worth Gaz. (TX) 22 Mar. 12/3: Boaz, having having heard of some adverse criticism from Wright and others, concluded to make ‘buzzard bait’ of them.
at buzzard bait (n.) under buzzard, n.
[US] Fort Worth Gaz. (TX) 23 Nov. 2/2: He was at first placed in the coop called ’city prison’.
at coop, n.1
[US] Fort Worth Gaz. (TX) 19 Apr. 4/1: ‘Nigger-Killer Potatoes’ I have noticed in The Gazette an inquiry as to where the ‘nigger-killer’ sweet potatoes could be had.
at nigger killer (n.) under nigger, n.1
[US] Fort Worth Gaz. (TX) 28 May 6/4: You have your say, now give another fellow a chance, you blabmouther fool, you.
at blabbermouth, n.
[US] Fort Worth Gaz. (TX) 28 May 6/4: The grand old buzzards of the Democratic party.
at buzzard, n.
[US] Fort Worth Gaz. (TX) 19 Nov. 12/2: The New York Sun is willing to go its whole pile on Democracy.
at go the (whole) pile (v.) under pile, n.1
[US] Fort Worth Gaz. (TX) 28 May 6/4: You pot-headed, wooden-headed thing, you.
at pothead, n.1
[US] Fort Worth Gaz. (TX) 21 Aug. 2/5: Facetious darkies called it a ‘Blackberry Special’ that hove into this city yesterday [...] About one thousand three hundred of them [i.e. African Americans] [...] disembarked.
at blackberry, n.
[US] Fort Worth Gaz. (TX) 1 July 5/6: Say, I ain’t got a curve dat Mr Paul ain’t on to.
at curve, n.
[US] Fort Worth Gaz. (TX) 1 July 5/6: I’m dead on Mr Paul [...] He has de long green t’ burn a wet dog.
at dead on, adj.
[US] Fort Worth Gaz. (TX) 1 July 5/6: Mr Paul had done de handshake wid every mug in de drum.
at drum, n.3
[US] Fort Worth Gaz. (TX) 1 July 5/6: Say, you never seen anyting like de way he was jollying.
at jolly, v.
[US] Fort Worth Gaz (TX) 5 May 3/5: There was Katy Reilly, a pretty girl that ‘Bug’ Connors called his ‘rag’.
at rag, n.3
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