1818 Public Ledger (Phila.) 18 Apr. 3/2: A girl [...] twisting her hair into rings, which they term ‘beau-catchers’ .at beau-catcher (n.) under beau, n.1
1836 Public Ledger (Phila.) 14 Oct. n.p.: The Illinoisans are called Suckers, the inhabitants of Indiana Hooshiers, and those of Ohio Buckeyes.at hoosier, n.
1836 Public Ledger (Phila.) 30 Aug. n.p.: Jacket over coat, — rock him! rock him! cried the boys of Marblehead, ‘rock him round the corner’ [DA].at rock, v.1
1836 Public Ledger (Phila.) 1 Nov. n.p.: Why does money become scarce? Because the bankers cannot discount, says the merchant. Stick a pin there [DA].at stick a pin (in) there! (excl.) under stick, v.
1837 Public Ledger (Phila.) 6 Feb. n.p.: ‘That beats the Dutch,’ saith the proverb; meaning that, as the Dutch beat Old Nick, it is something of an exploit to beat them.at beat the Dutch, v.
1866 Public Ledger (Memphis, TN) 18 Sept. 3/2: They will inspect all private premises [...] and see that the yards, back-houses, privies and cellars are cleaned.at backhouse (n.) under back, adj.2
1867 Public Ledger (Memphis, TN) 31 Aug. 3: His pocket was picked [...] in some beerjerking saloon last night.at beer-jerker (n.) under beer, n.
1870 Public Ledger (Memphis, TN) 11 Feb. 1/3: Th role [...] has been eclipsed by the performance of a Fort Edward, New York bonnet-builder [...] a Miss Grey,. whose humble sign as ‘milliner’ adorns the front of a Fort Edward building.at bonnet-builder (n.) under bonnet, n.2
1873 Public Ledger (Memphis, TN) 17 July 3/2: George Harman, a Jefferson street brick presser who does nothing for an honest living, was sent to jail.at brick-presser (n.) under brick, n.
1874 Public Ledger (Memphis, TN) 8 Jan. 3/2: Clinton [...] had been living with Lizzie, a beer jerker.at beer-jerker (n.) under beer, n.
1875 Public Ledger (Memphis, TN) 27 Aug. 3/3: Many of the vags can swear like that fellow Shakespeare — ‘by these pickers and stealers’.at pickers and stealers, n.
1875 Public Ledger (Memphis, TN) 23 Apr. 1/2: About ten o’clock Sunday morning [...] an infuriated man in every household [...] would be yelping for a clean boiled rag .at boiled rag (n.) under boiled, adj.
1876 Public Ledger (Memphis, TN) 7 Dec. 1/3: ‘Oh button up your lip,’ said the candidate.at button one’s lip, v.
1880 Public Ledger (Memphis, TN) 14 Feb. 2/4: I believes I’ll take some moah ob dat pine top whiskey.at pine-top, n.
1881 Public Ledger (Memphis, TN) 22 Apr. 2/5: The annual statements of the Division Bartender and Most Noble Beer Yanker have been handed in and passed.at beer yanker (n.) under beer, n.
1881 Public Ledger (Memphis, TN) 10 Nov. 2/2: There are gentlemen [...] who carry pistols [...] for protection, if attacked by shoulder-hitters, thugs, robbers [...] and other malcontents.at shoulder-hitter (n.) under shoulder, n.
1893 Dly Public Ledger (Maysville, KY) 27 Jan. 1/4: A Western cowboy staggering [...] under the combined pressure of a seventy-pound Gatling gun and six cubic yards of Jimtown’s stimulating panther’s milk.at panther piss, n.
1895 Dly Public Ledger (Maysville, KY) 8 Apr. 1/2: Rats! Geemonetty! Dash my buttons!at dash my buttons! (excl.) under dash, v.1
1895 Dly Public Ledger (Maysville, KY) 8 Apr. 1/2: Holy G! Murder in Irish! Suffering Henry! Great Kilkenny cats!at holy gee! (excl.) under holy...!, excl.
1895 Dly Public Ledger (Maysville, KY) 8 Apr. 1/2: Holy G! Murder in Irish! Suffering Henry! Great Kilkenny cats!at murder in Irish! (excl.) under murder!, excl.
1895 Dly Public Ledger (Maysville, KY) 27 July 1/3: They get funny and supercilious when they’re billed to go against a jay club. They think it’s a pushover.at pushover, n.
1895 Dly Public Ledger (Maysville, KY) 8 Apr. 1/2: Holy G! Murder in Irish! Suffering Henry! Great Kilkenny cats!at suffering —!, excl.
1895 Daily Public Ledger (Maysville, KY) 8 Apr. 1/2: When you’re up and well again, once more ‘on the wing’.at on the wing (adj.) under wing, n.1
1896 Dly Public Ledger (Maysville, KY) 29 Feb. 1/3: Paddy Whack! What a Pair of Toughs Got in the Police Court [...] Judge Wadsworth [...] directed Officers Stockdale and Purnell to give each of the lads a sound thrashing.at paddywhack, n.
1898 Daily Public Ledger (Maksville, KY) 3 May 2/2: The highfalutin’ regard to which its eminently Spanish jassackical contemporary is entitled.at jassack, n.
1901 Daily Public Ledger (Maysville, KY) 8 July 2/2: She [...] is herself a post-graduate in the fine art of whisky-drinking, and frequently toastmaster to a kindred gang in the ‘Ladies Sitting Room’ of a booze-foundry.at booze foundry (n.) under booze, n.
1903 Daily Public Ledger (Maysville, KY) 1/1: Out comes ’Liza’s broom kerslam!at kerslam! (excl.) under ker-, pfx
1904 Public Ledger (Phila.) 12 Sept. 16: He has taken frequent occasion to deny that the ‘lid’ was off, to use the slang definition of a lax police administration [DA].at lid, n.