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[US] Kansas City Dly Jrnl (MO) 17 Jan. 3/1: He referred to Colonel Stowe who [...] had an alfalfa beard on his chin.
at alfalfa, n.
[US] Kansas City Dly Jrnl (MO) 10 May 7/2: The boys came down here on their graduation leave, and were painting the town a pale pink hue.
at paint the town pink (v.) under paint, v.
[US] Kansas City Jrnl (MO) 16 May 13/4: Morrissey and Scovel. One with two Jacks and the Other with a Bobtail Flush.
at bobtail, adj.
[US] Kansas City Jrnl (MO) 29 Nov. 6/5: A rich girl had m,arried a cheap-skate lawyer. The marriage had deteriorated as marriage with cheap skates does .
at cheapskate, n.
[US] Kansas City Jrnl (MO) 29 Nov. 6/5: A rich girl had married a cheap-skate lawyer. The marriage had deteriorated as marriage with cheap skates does .
at cheapskate, adj.
[US] Kansas City Jrnl (MO) 15 Oct. 4/3: He made some remarks [...] like ‘damn it’ and ‘Helen Blazes’.
at Helen!, excl.
[US] Kansas City Jrnl (MO) 16 May 13/4: ‘What’d you have?’ ‘A lalla-pa-loosa [...] a Jack, and the deuce, trey, four and five of diamonds’ .
at lallapaloosa, n.
[US] Kansas City Jrnl (MO) 7 Aug. 8/4: The veteran nickel-grabber smiled as he rung up a cash fare and proceeded to the next passenger.
at nickel snatcher (n.) under nickel, n.
[US] Kansas City Jrnl (MO) 7 June 2/1: We thought at first that the ‘reform party’ was a ring-tailed snorter.
at ringtailed snorter, n.
[US] Kansas City Jrnl (MO) 27 Feb. 8/5: Miss Mellish [...] became an embittered old maid. Dear old soul, she was a perfect crab apple.
at crab-apple, n.
[US] Kansas City Jrnl (MO) 28 Mar. 3/2: The gang [...] beat us up with their fists. The fellow that struck me used ‘knucks’.
at knuck, n.
[US] Kansas City Jrnl (MO) 28 Mar. 3/2: [headline] Frank Walsh and Joe Shannon, Star pluggers Against Department Stores.
at plugger, n.3
[US] Kansas City Jrnl (MO) 7 May 18/2: Florrie West [...] is known as ‘the dazzler’.
at dazzler, n.
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