Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Lorain Republican (Elyria, OH) 30 Oct. 2/4: Sir:—Your letter of the 2d of September, last, was handed me from the Post Office. In it you say: Having heard that I was present at a burgoo feast near Lexington, on the of 4th July, 1843, at which Mr. Clay was a guest, you request me to state whether he (Mr. Clay) played cards on that occasion for money.at burgoo, n.
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