1899 (con. US Civil War) Monroe City Democrat (MO) 14 Sept. 2/3: The Kansas jayhawkers pillaged and scared one day and the Missouri bushwackers came in the following day and they pillaged and scared [...] the former carried the union flag, the latter the confederate flag.at bushwhacker, n.1
1899 Monroe City Democrat (MO) 14 Sept. 2/3: The Kansas jayhawkers pillaged and scared one day and the Missouri bushwackers came in the following day and they pillaged and scared [...] the former carried the union flag, the latter the confederate flag.at jayhawker, n.
1899 Monroe City Democrat (MO) 14 Sept. 2/3: There was always a suspicion in the minds of the secesh that the draft master was a beneficiary in the bounty business.at secesh, n.
1900 Monroe City Democrat (MO) 25 Jan. 5/5: Christ would not give the sporting, political and world news to suit the American people. He would not stretch a blanket for a candidate.at stretch a/the blanket (v.) under blanket, n.
1902 Monroe City Democrat (MO) 27 Mar. 2/1: Dick was [...] his enemies said, non compos mentis, his friends, apologetically, that he was not ‘all there’.at not all there, adj.
1902 Monroe City Democrat (MO) 10 July 7/2: When it comes to amusement Paris [US] with its little necktie party and hemp dance isn’t in it with Mt Morris, Ill.at hemp dance (n.) under hemp, n.
1902 Monroe City Democrat (MO) 10 July 7/2: That blooming burg had two citizens [...] shuffle off the mortal coil.at shuffle (off) (this/one’s mortal coil) (v.) under shuffle, v.
1903 Monroe City Democrat (MO) 15 Jan. 3/3: The Republican party cannot make the people’s surplus do the disappearing act.at do a/the disappearing act (v.) under disappearing act, n.
1903 Monroe City Democrat (MO) 6 Aug. 3/2: Many people not only cuts up dey shines in dis life, but hopes to raise sand at de resurrection.at cut (up) a shine (v.) under cut up, v.1
1903 Monroe City Democrat (MO) 1 Oct. 8/3: At this age of the world disputation means low flung personalities and not reason.at low-flung (adj.) under low, adj.
1903 Monroe City Democrat (MO) 9 July 4/2: The Maddix House has been treated to several coats of paint and now looks sniptious.at sniptious, adj.
1903 Monroe City Democrat (MO) 22 Oct. 3/4: B’ar arter the pig! [...] A sockin’ big ba’r.at socking, adv.
1903 Monroe City Democrat (MO) 21 May 8/3: A rubber tired [sic] blue cloth trimmed run about that is one of the warmest things that ever hit the pike .at warm, adj.
1904 Monroe City Democrat (MO) 26 May 2/2: ‘I’ll let ye know how ye call my gran’daughter “red head,” ye little sass-box!’ .at sass-box (n.) under sass, n.1
1910 Monroe City Democrat (MO) 15 Dec. 8/4: The people who borrow their newspaper [...] are about as much use to a town as a tin can in an alley with the bottom knocked out.at as much use as..., phr.
1910 Monroe City Democrat 31 Mar. 3/4: When you meet an old despised four footed hog now, take off your hat to him and give him the road.at give someone the road (v.) under road, n.
1912 Monroe City Democrat (MO) 5 Dec. 6/5: ‘Solomon Eckhardstein, tell us why [...] you are wearing a green ribbon?’ ‘Because, ma’am, Patland Mike and Denny said they’d bust me snoot if I didn’t’.at Patland (n.) under Pat, n.
1912 Monroe City Democrat (MO) 5 Dec. 6/5: ‘Solomon Eckhardstein, tell us why [...] you are wearing a green ribbon?’ ‘Because, ma’am, Patland Mike and Denny said they’d bust me snoot if I didn’t’.at snoot, n.
1918 Monroe City Democrat (MO) 1 Nov. 7/2: He endeavoured to demonstrate to the ‘boys’ that he was a dead game sport [...] he set up drinks with lavish generosity.at dead game (adj.) under dead, adj.
1918 Monroe City Democrat (MO) 27 Sept. 1/2: What the average peanut head in the country newspaper office can understand is [etc.].at peanut-head (n.) under peanut, n.
1919 Monroe City Democrat (MO) 11 July 6/5: ‘Look at that trunk,’ exclaimed the woman. [...] ‘Yessum, I’m looking at it,’ said the baggage smasher.at baggage-smasher (n.) under baggage, n.