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[US] Progress (Shreveport, LA) 14 Oct. n.p.: Loie Fuller has metamorphosed the science of the evening dress [...] the woman is merely the [...] animated clotheshorse who interposes her energy into this climax of gorgeousness.
at clotheshorse, n.
[US] Progress (Shreveport, LA) 30 Jan. 2/1: Wester Shreveport is just a booming. Let her go Gallagher!
at let her go (Gallagher)!, excl.
[US] Progress (Shrieveport, LA) 9 Oct. 11/1: The tax voted for the great Coushatta central will be a hot potato when Mr Edenborn fingers it.
at hot potato, n.1
[US] Progress (Shreveport, LA) 11 Dec. 4/2: If the Retail Dealers’ Association would take this matter up with the Kay-See officials [etc.].
at K.C., n.
[US] Progress (Shreveport, LA) 30 Oct, 4/1: Dr Guiteras got a roasting [...] and the Progress believes he got about what he deserved.
at roasting, n.
[US] Progress (Shreveport, LA) 28 May 4/1: You are all right as long as you are willing to follow the big dog with the brass collar.
at big dog with the brass collar, n.
[US] Progress (Shreveport, LA) 26 Mar. 12/4: His fight against the encroachment of the KayCee Railroad.
at K.C., n.
[US] Progress (Shreveport, LA) 2 Apr. 4/3: Bienville parish has her lawless night-hawks too.
at nighthawk, n.
[US] Progress (Shreveport, LA) 23 July 1/4: Tjhings are goin to bile when they start podner.
at pard, n.
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