1895 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.
1895 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.
1897 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.
1897 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.
1897 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.
1897 Kansas City Jrnl (MO) 15 Oct. 4/3: He made some remarks [...] like ‘damn it’ and ‘Helen Blazes’.at Helen!, excl.
1897 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.
1897 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.
1897 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.
1898 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.
1898 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.
1898 Kansas City Jrnl (MO) 28 Mar. 3/2: [headline] Frank Walsh and Joe Shannon, Star pluggers Against Department Stores.at plugger, n.3