1851 Western Police Gaz. 29 Mar. n.p.: [W]ith Mayor Mickle’s banner ‘Beware of Mock Auctions,’ he will press the war into Africa.at carry the war into Africa (v.) under Africa, n.
1851 Western Police Gaz. (Cincinnati, OH) 29 Mar. n.p.: At a certain boarding house [...] a young lady (she disgraces the name) in company with one or two ‘Auction pimps’ [etc].at boarding house, n.
1851 Western Police Gaz. (Cincinnati, OH) 29 Mar. n.p.: About 40 sporting gents were strung together with iron bracelets.at bracelets, n.
1851 Western Police Gaz. (Cincinnati, OH) 29 Mar. n.p.: [I] will only [...] make a few enquiries in relation to the actions of several bucks and coddies [ibid.] When do you expect to renounce your apish manners and codfish mimickings.at codfish, n.
1851 Western Police Gaz. (Cincinnati, OH) 29 Mar. n.p.: Other places were marked down as ‘no go’, illustrating the hard-heartedness of their inhabitants.at no go, phr.
1851 Western Police Gaz. (Cincinnati, OH) 29 Mar. n.p.: You must have ben egregiously sorry for that old ‘Grass Widow’.at grass widow, n.
1851 Western Police Gaz. (Cincinnati, OH) 29 Mar. n.p.: I kicked up a high dust. She was so inquistive as to look into my letters.at kick up, v.
1851 Western Police Gaz. (Cincinnati, OH) 29 Mar. n.p.: Two celebrated ‘nymphs of the pave’.at nymph of the pavé, n.
1851 Western Police Gaz. (Cincinnati, OH) 29 Mar. n.p.: Those boys who frequent that one-horse grocery [etc].at one-horse (adj.) under one, adj.
1851 Western Police Gaz. (Cincinnati, OH) 29 Mar. n.p.: Terrible Shaking Among the Gamblers [...] the snail shakers did not get wind of what was brewing until they found themselves in the hands of the police.at snail shaker (n.) under snail, n.
1851 Western Police Gaz. (Cincinnati, OH) 29 Mar. n.p.: About 40 sporting gents were strung together with iron bracelets.at sporting man (n.) under sporting, adj.