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[US] Hayti Herald (MO) 27 July 2/3: All the world detests the ‘noser’ - the quiz, the meddlesome, prying person.
at noser, n.
[US] Hayti Herald (MO) 2 Oct. 8/3: Life is blithe and sunny since the peace dove hit the breeze.
at hit the breeze (v.) under breeze, n.1
[US] Hayti Herald (MO) 30 Dec. 2/1: These derogatory statements are originated by the malicious, who intend that they shall be circulated by [...] the common long-tongued variety of gossips.
at long-tongued, adj.
[US] Hayti Herald (MO) 12 Feb. 8/1: One [...] took it upon himself openly to defy the officers, exclaiming profanely that he’d be d--d if he ever enlisted to do nigger work.
at nigger work (n.) under nigger, n.1
[US] Hayti Herald (MO) 10 Feb. 2/3: We will come down with a sledgehammer to blows that will do justice to ‘hell beating tanbark’.
at hell beating tanbark under hell, n.
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