1903 Spokane Press (WA) 17 June 4/3: His work as referee was very much of the punkerino order.at punkerino (adj.) under punk, n.1
1904 Spokane Press (WA) 30 Nov. 2/1: The talented useful man would rank high above the pig-brained millionaire.at pig-brained (adj.) under pig, n.
1904 Spokane Press (WA) 14 Dec. 2/3: But what a punmch he has! [...] Hoe will remember those rib benders for a very long time.at rib bender (n.) under rib, n.1
1905 Spokane Press (WA) 28 July 2/1: We doubt the attempted assassination of the procurator of the holy synod was a ‘barney’.at barney, n.1
1905 Spokane Press (WA) 28 July 2/1: The corkscrew [...] reclining supinely in the bell hop’s pocket.at bellhop (n.) under bell, n.1
1905 Spokane Press (WA) 9 Dec. 1/4: She gives her occupation as an actress, but is known as a box rustler.at box rustler (n.) under box, n.1
1905 Spokane Press (WA) 28 July 2/1: Dashwood was there with the ‘dope’ yesterday both with the stick and behind the bat.at dope, n.1
1905 Spokane Press (WA) 12 Aug. 2/1: Russell Sage is 89 and he hasn’t peeped about a wasted life yet.at peep, v.2
1906 Spokane Press (WA) 22 Dec. 4/1: A Betwixt an’ Between. I don’t know which I’d rather be, / A rich man’s boy or a poor man’s kid. / [...] for I ain’t nothin’ at all, I guess, / ’Xcept just an old betwixt and between.at betwix(t) and between, adj.
1906 Spokane Press (WA) 3 Nov. 2/2: He [...] is invited to cut loose [...] with a humorous reference to the introductory remarks of the local big wheeze who presented him.at big wheeze (n.) under big, adj.
1906 Spokane Press (WA) 9 Feb. 3/1: O’Keefe and his running partner were going along the road when reilly stopped them.at running partner, n.
1907 Spokane Press (WA) 7 Aug. 2/3: Thomas [...] has become a missionary among ther ‘coke’ fiends of the Tenderloin.at coke fiend (n.) under coke, n.1
1908 Spokane Press (WA) 24 Dec. 4/6: You’ve heard the song Sousa wrote: / ‘The Hands Across the Sea.’ / He must have meant Big Wilhelm’s mitt / And the bread hooks of Tedd-ee.at bread hooks (n.) under bread, n.1
1909 Spokane Press (WA) 16 Dec. 1/1: Everybody and his cousin has heard of the ‘Two Tims’.at everybody and his cousin, n.
1909 Spokane Press (WA) 26 May 3/1: If he’ll only listen to me [...] before he flies into a Dutch fit and does anything rash, I can soon make everything right.at Dutch fit (n.) under Dutch, adj.1
1910 Spokane Press (Washinton, WA) 1 Dec. 16/3: Mexican Dollar is a Real Joke [...] The successor to the old ‘adobe (dobey) dollar’ has not a milled edge.at adobe dollar (n.) under adobe, adj.
1910 Spokane Press (WA) 27 Mar. 5/4: Not the first attempt that has been made to hold back bottles till the brewers were ‘up against’ it for receptacles for their amber brew.at amber, adj.
1910 Spokane Press (WA) 22 Sept. 7/3: ‘Dopey’ Agnes says it’s [i.e. opium] the best ever and she ought to know because she’s performed on the bamboo for 27 years.at bamboo, n.
1910 Spokane Press (WA) 17 Aug. 4/3: He’s so loose in his attic that he rattles.at loose in the bean (adj.) under bean, n.1
1910 Spokane Press (WA) 22 Sept. 7/3: An Irishman is referred to as a ‘boiled dinner’.at boiled dinner (n.) under boiled, adj.
1910 Spokane Press (WA) 22 Sept. 1/8: Was out with a mob of moll buzzers the other night and boosted a few skins.at boost, v.2
1910 Spokane Press (WA) 22 Sept. 7/3: A‘sweet booster’ is a successful female shop-lifter.at sweet booster (n.) under booster, n.2
1910 Spokane Press (WA) 22 Sept. 7/3: One old bowser [...] swung on my roof with her mush and put my thatch to the cleaners.at bowser, n.2
1910 Spokane Press (WA) 22 Sept. 7/3: ‘A bull buster’ is one who makes a practice of assaulting policemen.at bull, n.5
1910 Spokane Press (WA) 22 Sept. 7/3: You had better lay off that stem, or get a new chef to cook your hop.at chef, n.
1910 Spokane Press (WA) 22 Sept. 7/3: One old bowser [...] swung on my roof with her mush and put my thatch to the cleaners.at take to the cleaners (v.) under cleaners, n.
1910 Spokane Press (WA) 13 Mar. 17/2: Policeman Brown was a foxy cop / [...] / Behind a tree he’d lie in wait / [...] / He’d copper the fast and copper the slow, / Then up before the judge he’d go.at copper, v.2
1910 Spokane Press (WA) 13 Feb. 20/2: You ding-rotted swab, out of diss house und no monkey business! [...] So! Ding-bust it!at dingbust, v.
1910 Spokane Press (WA) 13 Feb. 20/2: You ding-rotted swab, out of diss house und no monkey business! [...] So! Ding-bust it!at dingbusted, adj.
1910 Spokane Press (WA) 28 Feb. 6/2: ‘The Wyoming Whoop‘ [is] the name of a newspaper [...] in Dinktown.at Dinktown, n.