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[US] Lewisburg Chron. (PA) 15 Oct. 1/5: The American department don’t quite come up to the chalk.
at come up to (the chalk) (v.) under come up, v.1
[US] Lewisburg Chron. (PA) 30 Apr. 1/4: My chop. Hello! What’s this? Bacon again? Oh, pooh! zounds — compound it — dash it —hang it — I can’t stand this!
at dash it (all)! (excl.) under dash, v.1
[US] Lewisburg Chron. (PA) 30 Apr. 1/4: My chop. Hello! What’s this? Bacon again? Oh, pooh! zounds — compound it — dash it —hang it — I can’t stand this!
at hello!, excl.1
[US] Lewisburg Chron. (PA) 4 Jan. 7/3: Lawyers and printers are thick as fleas.
at thick as..., adj.
[US] Lewisburg Chron. (PA) 4 Jan. 7/3: Wire-pulling aids work, sub rosa.
at wire-puller, n.1
[US] Lewisburg Chron. (PA) 4 Jan. 7/3: They Endeavor next, with anger tearing, / To ‘rip it up’ by dint of swearing.
at rip it up (v.) under rip, v.
[US] Lewisburg Chron. (PA) 4 Jan. 7/3: ‘Put on the screws’, ply well your tasks.
at put the screw(s) on (v.) under screw, n.1
[US] Lewisburg Chron. (PA) 4 Jan. 7/3: But blacker yet the brows of those, / Who hoped our purses to unclose — / [...] / By ‘screwing’ hard, through leaky law.
at screw, v.
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