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[US] Somerset Herald (PA) 3 Nov. 1/5: An elderly gentleman [...] was ‘done’ out of £260 [...] by two scamps, who ‘dropped the pigeon’ on him.
at pigeon drop, n.
[US] Somerset Herald 13 July 1/1: When I was right sleepy, then she’d pick her chance to come them big licks.
at give (it) big licks (v.) under big licks, n.
[US] Somerset Herald 13 July 1/1: For spite, she done as she blambed please.
at blame, adj.
[US] Somerset Herald 13 July 1/1: Strike! yes, sir, she did, like all dignation.
at dingnation, n.
[US] Somerset Herald 13 July 1/1: I cocks the old musket [...] I lays my finger on the trigger [...] I flames away.
at flame, v.1
[US] Somerset Herald 13 July 1/1: At first I was tickled at it, and would set and laugh at her.
at tickled, adj.
[US] Somerset Herald (Somerset, PA) 12 July 1/7: The inhabitants of Alabama are Lizards.
at lizard, n.
[US] Somerset Herald (PA) 14 Dec. 3/4: Ida Peterman, charged wiht A. & B. [...] entered a plea of ‘guilty’.
at a. and b., n.
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