1871 Knoxville Dly Chron. (TN) 21 Jan. 3/1: He was as drunk as david’s sow. He insisted on singing the ‘Marseillaise’.at drunk as David’s sow, adj.
1871 Knoxville Dly Chron. (TN) 10 Jan. 1/4: Olympe, ususally called Limpy by the boys, begged and sold matches.at limpy, n.
1881 Knoxville Dly Chron. (TN) 11 Nov. 1/5: Ven I got home I don’t can tell if I vas a saw-mill or a brass band I vas dvice so drunk as a boiled owl.at drunk as a boiled owl, adj.
1881 Knoxville Dly Chron. (TN) 20 Mar. 1/1: The anxious meeting was well attended [...] manifestly by seekers of religion.at anxious meeting, n.