1889 Phillipsburg Herald (KS) 13 Dec. 2/5: ‘Yes, Mrs hayseed, the ign’rance of city folks about country life is just amusin’’.at hayseed, n.
1890 Phillipsburg Herald (KS) 9 May 4/4: And last of all the public schools / [...] / Which ought to make each mother’s son / As good and great as Washington.at every mother’s son, n.
1893 Phillipsburg Herald (KS) 21 Dec. 3/6: We allus remarked [...] that sech folks was ‘as odd as Dick’s hatband’.at odd as Dick’s hatband (adj.) under Dick’s hatband, n.
1895 Phillipsburg Herald (KS) 25 Apr. 7/5: In pigin-English, ‘Bamboo chow-chow’ is a term expressing the application of the rod.at bamboo chow-chow (n.) under bamboo, n.
1900 Phillipsburg Herald (KS) 19 July 4/1: It seems to be bonds which ever way the cat jumps.at see which way the cat jumps (v.) under cat, n.1
1903 Phillipsburg Herald (KS) 5 Feb. 4/3: Don’t take any wooden nickels or bad checks.at wooden nickel (n.) under wooden, adj.