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The Boston Blade choose

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[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: I saw some very pretty girls [...] as pleasant to me as a basket of chips.
at basket of chips (n.) under basket, n.1
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: That word ‘norx’ [...] fanned the crowd. Ike, even , was non-plussed and acknowledged the beans.
at acknowledge the beans (v.) under beans, n.2
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: Good bye old beeswax, till I see you.
at beeswax, n.1
[US] Boston Blade 8 July n.p.: You just say they blackleg it once more, if you dare.
at blackleg, v.
[US] Boston Blade 17 June n.p.: I had to give him a bliffer in de eye.
at bliffer, n.
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: [T]he religious sentiments of that boobyish grocer.
at boobyish (adj.) under booby, n.1
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: Elephant, accept our must grateful acknowledgements for that ride over on your bus [...] You did us brown.
at do brown (v.) under brown, adj.2
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: We took the hint and budged.
at budge, v.1
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: No matter, Sykesee is pretty clever, and as my Mose likes him, I suppose I must.
at clever, adj.
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: The confounded east winds, with which we codfishopolitans have lately been blessed.
at codfishopolitan (n.) under codfish, n.
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: We saw Hitty go into the crack hotel the other day.
at crack house (n.) under crack, n.3
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: Cuff stood [...] with shining polished ivory, as well as the whites of his eyes.
at cuffy, n.
[US] Boston Blade 17 June n.p.: Helen, where in the deuce have you gone?
at deuce, the, phr.
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: Maybe we didn’t duff into the ice-creams, nor nothin!
at duff into (v.) under duff, v.2
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: That word ‘norx’ [...] fanned the crowd. Ike, even, was non-plussed and acknowledged the beans.
at fan, v.1
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: Ned Grey can fan any other barer in [...] the shaving and hair-dressing line.
at fan, v.1
[US] Boston Blade 8 July n.p.: Our costume will consist of yellow nankeen ‘fie-for-shames’, green swallow-tail coat, and white hat.
at fie for shame, n.
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: Mose and him had a muss, and mose gave him fits, in less than no time.
at give someone fits (v.) under fit, n.3
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: But being exhausted, his gun-lock was poor, / He flashed in the pan, and fell on the floor.
at flash in the pan, v.
[US] Boston Blade 17 June n.p.: If I don’t show de foo-foos de gallusest piece of calico out I’ll leave der mercheene.
at foo-foo, n.
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: It was no use, and seeing that he was ‘in for it,’ he stammered out that it ‘suited to a T’.
at in for (it), phr.
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: Rather difficult, Bill, to understand all the gum games that are carried on.
at gum game, n.
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: Last night in my rambles in search of some game / Chance led me through High street almost in a flame.
at game, n.
[US] Boston Blade 17 June n.p.: You’re a pack of hypocrites, / And all your creeds are gamon [sic].
at gammon, n.2
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: To go it again I must get up more steam / [...] / When again she entreated, Once more, Dr M— !
at go it, v.
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: Take our advice and quit the company of such a grease pot.
at grease pot (n.) under grease, n.1
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: Squads of raw Greeks, just over, with their broods of potato-eaters.
at Greek, n.
[US] Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: The Dotor he groaned, and I think took a pill, / Re-loaded his gun, and the mounted the H— .
at gun, n.1
[US] Boston Blade 17 June n.p.: Could not you [...] send some of the b-hoys here to keep some of the g-hals from spoiling and becoming old maids.
at g’hal, n.
[US] Boston Blade 17 June n.p.: I saw curls, the sap-headed waiter at the American House.
at sap-headed, adj.
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