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[US] Morning Times (Wash., DC) 14 Dec. 8/3: [advt] A Genuine ‘Ripsnorter’.
at rip snorter, n.
[US] Morn. Times (DC) 31 May 18/4: Me no go back, boss, jumbie (ghost) too bad!
at jumbie, n.
[US] Morn. Times (DC) 26 July 19/6: Hundreds of people buy their whiskey ‘cheap.’ They know it must be the moonshine product. But they wink at the price.
at moonshine, adj.
[US] Morn. Times (Wash., DC) 17 Jan. 2/7: Fiske was a wag and he made up his mind to cure ‘Prexy’ of [...] interrupting the boys in their declamation.
at prexy, n.
[US] Morn. Times (Wash., DC) 14 Feb. 4/4: The Calico Hop [...] promises to be a most enjoyable occasion.
at calico ball (n.) under calico, adj.
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