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[US] Hartford Republican (KY) 14 Oct. 1/5: Then came the country joker’s time to be frozen and it was done in short order.
at country, adj.
[US] Hartford Republican (KY) 11 June 2/3: It was a bright specimen of that sort of politics which is bringing ruin to the country.
at bright specimen (n.) under bright, adj.3
[US] Hartford Republican (KY) 6 Jan. 8/5: [headline] Japs Turn to Cigarette. Pipe is Being Rapidly Displaced by Coffin Nail.
at coffin nail, n.2
[US] Hartford Repub. (KY) 23 June 8/1: [headline] A Kentucky Argument. Close Call for Everybody, but of Course no Ladies were Hurt.
at Kentucky argument (n.) under Kentucky, adj.
[US] Hartford Republican (KY) 18 Jan. 3/4: The old saying of giving a man a ‘white pine overcoat,’ meaning [...] the covering provided by the undertaker.
at pine drape (n.) under pine, adj.
[US] Hartford Repub. (KY) 24 Dec. 4/3: Our luck has been the bumest of all the bum luck.
at bum, adj.
[US] Hartford Repub. (KY) 24 Dec. 4/3: Some of the odd-come-shorts the bonded warehouses are due to be empty.
at odd-come short, n.
[US] Hartford Republican (KY) 13 May 4/3: Fluke came home from his fishing trip as sick as a poisoned rat.
at …a (poisoned) rat (adj.) under sick as…, adj.
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