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Nebraska Advertiser choose

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[US] Nebraska Advertiser 13 Sept. 1/5: Rose was busy as a nailor [...] and hence got small chance to gossip.
at busy as a nailor (adj.) under busy as..., adj.
[US] Nebraska Advertiser (Nemaha Co., NE) 29 June 7/2: There are several young lallygags here who will want to get married.
at lallygag, n.
[US] Nebraska Advertiser 5 July 4/2: [I] ended by playfully promising to make dead meat of the first one that should spring another accident on Hays.
at dead meat, n.
[US] Nebraska Advertiser 17 Jan. 10/1: We spend more for socks and suspenders than our grand-dad did for his Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes.
at Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes (n.) under Sunday go-to-meeting, adj.
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