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[US] Pensacola Jrnl (FL) 6 Oct. 6/3: He’s been hittin’ the can — chasin’ the duck.
at hit the can (v.) under can, n.1
[US] Pensacola Jrnl (FL) 6 Oct. 6/3: He’s been hittin’ the can — chasin’ the duck.
at rush the duck (v.) under duck, n.5
[US] Pensacola Jrnl (FL) 6 Oct. 6/3: G’wan, youz! He’s drunk.
at go on!, excl.
[US] Pensacola Jrnl (FL) 6 Oct. 6/3: Why, you could see a mulligan like that half a mile.
at mulligan, n.
[US] Pensacola Jrnl (FL) 6 Oct. 6/3: He’s been paintin’ his tonsils wit’ Delancy Street varnish.
at paint one’s tonsils (v.) under paint, v.
[US] Pensacola Jrnl (FL) 6 Oct. 6/3: Can’t you tell when a jay like that has been lookin’ at de rosy?
at rosy, the, n.
[US] Pensacola Jrnl (FL) 6 Oct. 6/3: He’s been paintin’ his tonsils wit’ Delancy Street varnish.
at varnish, n.
[US] Pensacola Jrnl (FL) 8 Apr. 19/3: You must have some anti-fogmatic [...] a little of the antifogmatic will make you see better.
at antifogmatic, n.
[US] Pensacola Jrnl 15 Nov. 5/3: Now mind your manners and keep your lips buttoned.
at button one’s lip, v.
[US] Pensacola Jrnl (FL) 15 Aug. 4/1: Everybody who intends visiting the big show at ‘Jimtown’ should make a point to be there on Florida day.
at jim town, n.
[US] Pensacola Jrnl (FL) 28 Aug. 5/4: Now, that’s what I call an unusual action on the party of a conductor [...] How’s that for Pensacola’s special brand of artistic nickel grabbers?
at nickel snatcher (n.) under nickel, n.
[US] Pensacola Jrnl (FL) 20 June 10/5: The eternal nightmare of dodging the sign Rx and the deadly dose bottle upon the pill jugglers’ shelves.
at pill-roller (n.) under pill, n.
[US] Pensacola Jrnl (FL) 1 Jan. 11/1: [cartoon caption] Mrs Astorbilt’s New Year’s Ball!
at Astorbilt, n.
[US] Pensacola Jrnl (FL) 29 Mar. 3/3: We are much insulted by the insinuations that the commissioners are weak-kneed, or pea-brained .
at peabrained (adj.) under peabrain, n.
[US] Pensacola Jrnl (FL) 10 Jan. 7/2: [cartoon caption] Sure Mike! If d’ey ain’t lively den dey ain’t frogs!
at sure, Mike! (excl.) under sure!, excl.
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