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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
Public Ledger (Phila.) 18 Apr. 3/2: A girl [...] twisting her hair into rings, which they term ‘beau-catchers’ . 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.
Public Ledger (Phila.) 2 Dec. n.p.: You’r not going to smoke me. So mosey off [DA].at mosey, v.
Public Ledger (Phila.) 27 July n.p.: That riz Deb’s ebenezer [DA].at riz, adj.
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
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.
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.
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
Public Ledger (Memphis, TN) 31 Aug. 3: His pocket was picked [...] in some beerjerking saloon last night.at beer-jerker (n.) under beer, n.
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
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.
Public Ledger (Memphis, TN) 8 Jan. 3/2: Clinton [...] had been living with Lizzie, a beer jerker.at beer-jerker (n.) under beer, n.
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.
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.
Public Ledger (Memphis, TN) 7 Dec. 1/3: ‘Oh button up your lip,’ said the candidate.at button one’s lip, v.
Public Ledger (Memphis, TN) 14 Feb. 2/4: I believes I’ll take some moah ob dat pine top whiskey.at pine-top, n.
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.
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.
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.
Dly Public Ledger (Maysville, KY) 8 Apr. 1/2: Rats! Geemonetty! Dash my buttons!at dash my buttons! (excl.) under dash, v.1
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.
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.
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.
Dly Public Ledger (Maysville, KY) 8 Apr. 1/2: Holy G! Murder in Irish! Suffering Henry! Great Kilkenny cats!at suffering —!, excl.
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
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.
Daily Public Ledger (Maksville, KY) 3 May 2/2: The highfalutin’ regard to which its eminently Spanish jassackical contemporary is entitled.at jassack, n.
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.
Daily Public Ledger (Maysville, KY) 1/1: Out comes ’Liza’s broom kerslam!at kerslam! (excl.) under ker-, pfx
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.
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