1885 Frankfort Roundabout (KY) 16 May 2/2: Two lightning jerkers [...] are working at the Western Union telegraph ofice [...] Col. Terhune, the gentlemanly manager, says they are ‘Jim-dandies’.at jim dandy, n.
1887 Frankfort Roundabout (KY) 23 July 7/1: The Frankforts played an exhibition game [...] ‘Doughbelly’ officiated as ‘mascotte’ for the home team.at doughbelly (n.) under dough, n.
1892 Frankfort Roundabout (KY) 6 Aug. 1/3: No relfections allowed on any one who happens to ‘stretch the blanket’.at stretch a/the blanket (v.) under blanket, n.
1894 Frankfort Roundabout (KY) 23 June 1/1: The funeral procession [...] was coming down the Versailles pike.at come down the pike (v.) under pike, n.2
1907 Frankfort Roundabout (KY) 2 Mar. 1/2: To go to school or not to go to school, that’s the question. / To play hookie and have a good time, / To play hookie and perchance get caught [etc.].at play hooky, v.
1907 Frankfort Roundabout (KY) 2 Mar. 1/2: He has concluded that hookie is the correct thing, with a fishing pole swung on his shoulder [...] headed for the pond.at hooky, n.3
1907 Frankfort Roundabout (KY) 26 Dec. 7/4: ‘Hog oysters,’ or ‘Kentucky oysters,’ as the succulent chittterlings of the festive porker are sometimes called, are all the rage.at Kentucky oysters (n.) under Kentucky, adj.