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Ocala Banner choose

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[US] Ocala Banner (FL) 14 June 4/3: The beetle-browed ‘gang’ that dispense laws for Pennsylvania.
at beetle-brain (n.) under beetle, n.1
[US] Ocala Banner (FL) 14 Feb. 3/3: I have an ace up my sleeve which i shall now throw ker-flap upon the table.
at kerflap! (excl.) under ker-, pfx
[US] Ocala Banner (FL) 1 Sept. 6/6: Come to Ocala, Brother Metropolis, and get good.
at get in good (with) (v.) under good, adj.1
[US] Ocala Banner (FL) 11 Jan. 6/5: ‘Early to bed, early to rise; work like Helen Blazes’.
at Helen!, excl.
[US] Ocala Banner (FL) 12 Nov. 6/2: Why, to any fair-minded person the reason is [...] as plain as Dick’s hatband.
at Dick’s hatband, n.
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