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Hartford (CT) Courant 4 Oct. n.p.: How comes it that the friends of F.A. Marcy did their level best [...] to secure the defeat of Mr. Francy?at level (best), n.
Hartford (CT) Courant 4 Oct. n.p.: How comes it that the friends of F.A. Marcy did their level best [...] to secure the defeat of Mr. Francy? Hartford Courant (CT) 13 Feb. 1/3: ‘That is another pair of sleeves,’ said Jim.at another pair of sleeves under sleeve, n.
Hartford Courant (CT) 19 Aug. 11/2: Sophiy will have reason enough for her muslins and ribbons, and trinkum-trankums’.at trinkum-trankum, n.
Hartford Courant (CT) 24 Sept. 12/1: These colored men, whom the Spaniards dubbed ‘smoked Yankees’.at smoked Yankee, n.
Hartford Courant (CT) 21 Mar. 8/5: Lynch the thimble man [...] was arrested [...] while working the thimble game.at thimble game (n.) under thimble, n.
Hartford (CT) Courant 25 June 8: The La Follette convention, whose delegates were so summarily ordered to hit the pike by the national committeemen at Chicago [DA].at hit the pike (v.) under pike, n.2
Hartford (CT) Courant 6 Dec. 1: (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) The famous wild cow of Cromwell is no more. After ‘living the life of Riley’ for over a year [...] the cow today fell a victim to a masterfully arranged trap, and tonight lies skinned.at life of Riley, n.
Hartford Courant (CT) 10 Dec. 11/2: ‘You’re a brick, all right, Bill’.at brick, n.
Hartford Courant (CT) 10 Dec. 11/2: ‘You’ve helped me a helluf a lot, Bill’.at helluva, adj.
Hartford Courant (CT) 28 June 17/7: He took ‘nine G’s’ with him ($9000) with him and came back as clean as a jaybird.at clean as a jaybird (adj.) under clean, adj.
Hartford Courant (CT) 8 Dec. sect 6 1/1: The T-men (Treasury Men) were organized [in 1934] and the drive on bootlegging opened.at T-man, n.1
Hartford Courant (CT) 10 Aug. 12/4: The limerick’s a jewel of levity [...] though ordinarily unprintable [...] Except in staggish company.at staggish (adj.) under stag, adj.
Hartford Courant (CT) 28 Jan. 5/2: [caption] Pink taffeta with self ruching and a bunny coat [...] Her heart was set on a fur jacket — short, chunky, white and rabbity.at bunny, n.1
Hartford Courant (CT) 21 Jan. 18/1: Concerning the nationalities of last night’s cast [...] They may be as Irish as Paddy Murphy’s pig [but] they fail to ring the bell.at as Irish as Paddy Murphy’s pig under Irish, adj.
Hartford Courant (CT) 9 Jan. Mag. 8/5: Kersplash! The canoe rolled over as I leaned to net the fish.at kerslosh! (excl.) under ker-, pfx
Hartford Courant (CT) 28 June 26/3: To the question ‘What are you doing?’ he may answer, ‘fattenin’ frogs for snames’.at fatten frogs for snakes (v.) under snake, n.1
Hartford Courant (CT) 11 June 6/9: James Ahern as [...] the timid suitor, is as Irish as Paddy Murphy’s pig.at as Irish as Paddy Murphy’s pig under Irish, adj.
Hartford Courant (CT) 9 May 1/1: He finds a pigeon [...] and it’s sitting there cooing like a stir-happy lifer.at stir-crazy (adj.) under stir, n.1
Hartford Courant (CT) 25 Aug. 8/4: The first meeting [...] will be a ‘cracker barrel session’.at crackerbarrel, adj.
Hartford Courant (CT) 15 May 35/3: [headline] Honest John’s Store Still Suffers Shorts.at shorts, the, n.2
Hartford Courant (CT) 12 Nov. 4F/4: Gloss. of Cockney Eng. [...] Red, white and blue is cold salt beef.at red, white and blue, n.1
Hartford Courant (CT) 12 Nov. 4F/4: Gloss. of Cockney Eng. [...] A tongue pie is a severe scolding.at tongue pie, n.
Hartford Courant (CT) 11 Aug. 4/3: Grand prize: A $1,000 bill to sock away!at sock, v.2
Hartford Courant (CT) Sports pt 2 22 Nov. D9/3: He won’t have to work too hard at it this season, with his memphis Connection [...] Steve ‘Tater Head’ Mitchell [...] and Archie ‘Caboose’.at potato-head, n.
Hartford Courant (CT) 19 Mar. 71/3: ‘Im told we will have hard sledding’.at hard sledding (n.) under sledding, n.
Hartford Courant (CT) 4 Jan. E3/25: It is demoralizing when such an enrgetic [...] function goes kerplooey.at kerplooey! (excl.) under ker-, pfx
Hartford Courant (CT) 19 Oct. 83/1: That brings me to shanghai, a verb [...] you kidnap him or, these days, you ‘induce another to do something through force or deceit.at shanghai, v.
Hartford Courant (CT) 1 Sept. A10/1: A new generation of narcotics known as crank, croak and moon rock is invading American streets [...] corak [is] a mixture of crack and regular cocaine.at croak, n.
Hartford Courant (CT) 1 Sept. A10/1: [M]oon rock or speedball [is] a combination of crack and heroin.at moon rock (n.) under moon, n.
Hartford Courant (CT) 1 Sept. A10/3: [A]ddicts make a ‘sandwich’ by inserting two rocks of crack with heroin powder between them.at sandwich, n.
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