1891 Reno Eve. Gazette (Reno, Nev.) 23 Apr. 8/1: Tong asserts he was only [...] reboiling Yen Shee or opium dross, the latter being the scraping of pipes.at yen-shee, n.
1900 Reno (NV) Eve. Gazette 28 Apr. 2/2: A bowie knife is an ‘Arkansas toothpick.’.at Arkansas toothpick (n.) under Arkansas, adj.
1900 Reno (NV) Eve. Gazette 28 Apr. 2/2: A railroad porter is a ‘baggage smasher’.at baggage-smasher (n.) under baggage, n.
1900 Reno (Nev.) Eve. Gazette 28 Apr. 2/2: The rump of a fowl is the ‘pope’s,’ ‘parson’s’ or ‘bishop’s nose.’.at bishop’s nose, n.
1900 Reno (NV) Eve. Gazette 28 Apr. 2/2: It is true that we have the ‘Cape Cod turkey,’ which is a codfish, and numerous other humorously applied special dishes.at Cape Cod turkey, n.
1900 Reno (NV) Eve. Gazette 28 Apr. 2/2: Red herrings are ‘Glasgow magistrates’ or ‘Norfolk capons.’.at Yarmouth capon, n.
1900 Reno (NV) Eve. Gazette 28 Apr. 2/2: The cured ham is ‘Cincinnati chicken.’.at Cincinnati chicken (n.) under Cincinnati, n.
1900 Reno (Nev.) Eve. Gazette 28 Apr. 2/2: The calf is an ‘Essex lion’.at Essex lion (n.) under Essex, adj.
1900 Reno (Nev.) Eve. Gazette 28 Apr. 2/2: Red herrings are ‘Glasgow magistrates’ or ‘Norfolk capons’.at Glasgow magistrate (n.) under Glasgow, adj.
1900 Reno (NV) Eve. Gazette 28 Apr. 2/2: The shrimp is a ‘Gravesend sweetmeat.’.at Gravesend sweetmeat, n.
1900 Reno (NV) Eve. Gazette 28 Apr. 2/2: The potato is an ‘Irish apricot’.at Irish apricot (n.) under Irish, adj.
1900 Reno (NV) Eve. Gazette 28 Apr. 2/2: The rump of a fowl is the ‘pope’s,’ ‘parson’s’ or ‘bishop’s nose.’.at parson’s nose (n.) under parson, n.
1900 Reno (NV) Eve. Gazette 28 Apr. 2/2: The rump of a fowl is the ‘pope’s,’ ‘parson’s’ or ‘bishop’s nose.’.at pope’s nose (n.) under pope, n.
1931 Reno (NV) Eve. Gazette 17 Sept. 12/1: However, the stars of the Army eleven have already begun to show their wares. The big gun of the Jarhead attack is Nodgie Ganuzzi, for the last five years premier halfback on West Coast Army elevens.at jarhead, n.2
1942 Reno (LV) Eve. Gazette 18 Sept. 12: ‘Who knows?’ Lobert said yesterday, eager for the Brooklyn game. ‘Maybe we’ll clean their clocks.’.at clean someone’s clock (v.) under clean, v.
1951 Reno Eve. Gazette 26 Apr. 9/7: Henry Lin Louie [...] pleaded not guilty to charges of possessing yen shee, an opium derivative.at yen-shee, n.
1961 R. Ruark in Reno (NV) Eve. Gazette 11 June 4/6: The Vice-President’s lengthy preoccupation with that Pakistani camel-jockey, Bashir Ahmed [etc.].at camel jockey (n.) under camel, n.
1963 Reno (LV) Eve. Gazette 20 Mar. 31/6: ‘A common expression for when it’s time to leave a blast (party) for home,’ she wrote, ‘is “Let’s beat feet and skin the path to the pad before the warden flips.”.’.at beat feet (it) (v.) under beat, v.