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[US] (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
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] Monroe City Democrat (MO) 25 May 1/5: Yum, yum, but the Dude is a warm number.
at yum!, excl.
[US] 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.
[US] Monroe City Democrat (MO) 9 May 6/2: ‘Dog-gone my hide!’ he ejaculated.
at doggone, v.
[US] 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.
[US] Monroe City Democrat (MO) 10 July 7/2: They were told to git and they got.
at get, v.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] Monroe City Democrat (MO) 22 Oct. 3/4: Consarn that Jonas!
at consarn, v.
[US] 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
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] Monroe City Democrat (MO) 22 Oct. 3/4: B’ar arter the pig! [...] A sockin’ big ba’r.
at socking, adv.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] Monroe City Democrat )MO) 5 Jan. 3/4: Oh Missouri, Mizzoo, I’m weeping for you.
at Mizzoo, n.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
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