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[US] Pullman Herald (WA) 25 Oct. 7/2: On receiving their money the gang at once proceeded to fill up on bung juice [...] A number of arrests were made.
at bung-juice (n.) under bung, n.2
[US] Pullman Herald 21 July 1/2: He has got, by far, the hard end of the row.
at get the hard end (v.) under end, n.
[US] Pullman Herald (WA) 1 Feb. 5/2: The growing importance of the penny, or more properly the cent [etc].
at penny, n.
[US] Pullman Herald (WA) 25 May 7/1: Maybe any good scout could have captured Aguinaldo.
at scout, n.
[US] Pullman Herald (WA) 26 Mar. 2/4: The Sheriff’s off [...] received word that two jungle ‘stiffs’ had been seen in the railroad yards.
at jungle stiff (n.) under jungle, n.
[US] Pullman Herald (WA) 13 Mar. 5/2: The Davenport boys were pretty well pepped out as they were small [...] and could not stand the hard grind.
at pepped out, adj.
[US] Pullman Herald (WA) 9 Nov. 1/5: ‘Red Cross,’ a patriotic biddy [...] did nobly in her efforts to assist [...] our fighting men.
at biddy, n.1
[US] Pullman Herald (WA) 2 Jan. 1/6: He had received full value for the big iron dollars.
at iron dollar (n.) under iron, n.
[US] (ref. to US Civil War)Pullman Herald (WA) 10 Sept. 7/2: ‘Jayhawking’ was the term used to describe the depredations of the Kansans and they were called ‘Jayhawkers’.
at jayhawk, v.
[US] Pullman Herald (WA) 10 Nov. 5/3: When we starts fer church he’s a huckleberry above any uv de persimmons wat belongs ter de odder gals.
at huckleberry above persimmon under huckleberry, n.
[US] Pullman Herald (WA) 28 Apr. 11/2: Follwing in the cast: [...] Hot patootie - stewed tailor - Gibson . . . Paul Douglas.
at hot patootie (n.) under patootie, n.
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