1871 St Louis (MO) Republican April n.p.: What we admire most in Carl Schurz’s movement, is, that he comes out boldly and takes no pains to trash his trail. We admire plain dealings.at trash, v.
1878 St Louis (MO) Republican 25 July in Miller & Snell Why the West was Wild 25: I know Kessinger and he is not going to allow anyone to get the drop on him.at get the drop(s) (on) (v.) under drop, n.1
1901 St Louis Republican (MO) 30 June 7/4: The doctor can throw the bearers in the street and give them bamboo chow-chow besides.at bamboo chow-chow (n.) under bamboo, n.
1901 St Louis Republican (MO) 29 Jan. 6/3: Ruhlin isd an awful nervous fighter. He nearly has a Dutch fit before a fight.at Dutch fit (n.) under Dutch, adj.1
1901 St Louis Republican (MO) 3 Mar. 50/4: Down comes the ding’d thing [...] kerslash, right on top o’ me.at kerslash! (excl.) under ker-, pfx
1901 St Louis Republican (MO) 26 May 41/6: When reuben comes to town / He’s sure to be done brown.at reuben, n.
1902 St Louis Republican (MO) part 1 26 Jan. 11/3: [headline] Wheat, Corn and Oats All Go Down the Chute.at go down the chute(s) (v.) under go down, v.
1902 St Louis Republic (MO) 1 June 47/6: ‘I see [...] the soul of Simon Legree has at last become the soul of the nation!’.at simon legree, n.
1902 St Louis Republican (MO) 2 Mar. 48/4: I makes a bid for two or three but gets the mitten.at get the mitten (v.) under mitten, n.
1902 St Louis Republican (MO) 2 Mar. 48/6: I fetches water, an he’ps rub hosses an’ speakin’ gen’ral, does more nigger work than I ever crosses up with.at nigger work (n.) under nigger, n.1
1902 St Louis Republican (MO) 31 Aug. 37/2: Sweetling feminine articles [...] only fit for the nymph du pave.at nymph of the pavé, n.
1903 St Louis Republican (MO) 5 Apr. 61/3: Come on, you pap-eating, apron-stringed, French daddied — .at apron-stringed (adj.) under apron-strings, n.
1903 St Louis Republican (MO) 30 Aug. 52/4: You’re wabbly just now and don’t know where you’re at.at where one is at, phr.
1903 St Louis Republican (MO) 30 Aug. 52/1: You’re a blowed-in-the-glass hobo now.at blowed-in-the-glass (stiff), n.
1903 St Louis Republican (MO) 30 Aug. 52/2: I don’t want to see you turn out a tomato can vag. You’re the flyest kid I ever trained.at tomato-can vag (n.) under tomato can, n.
1903 St Louis Republican (MO) 5 Apr. 61/3: By the eternal ’coonskins! at by the eternal coonskins! (excl.) under coonskin, n.
1903 St Louis Republican (MO) 30 Aug. 52/2: If you see Frisco Fatty give him my regards.at fatty, n.1
1903 St Louis Republican (MO) 30 Aug. 52/1: His Jocker, Whitey, had decided to give him his freedom. For seven long yers he had slaved slaved and toiled for his Jocker.at jocker, n.1
1903 St Louis Republican (MO) 30 Aug. 52/3: You’ll be an ex-Prushun after you leave me, an’ want to get a name that won’t have any ‘kid’ attached to it.at kid, n.1
1903 St Louis Republican (MO) 30 Aug. 52/7: I don’t know as there’s anythin’ I can tell you about trainin’ your kid ’t you ain’t next to.at next (to), adj.
1903 St Louis Republican (MO) 30 Aug. 52/7: If [...] he’s got the straight goods in him, you’ll have an easy time of it.at straight goods (n.) under straight, adj.1
1903 St Louis Republican (MO) 30 Aug. 52/3: He went home once after ten years on the turf an’ tried toreform. He couldn’t make a go out of it.at on the turf under turf, n.
1903 St Louis Republican (MO) 30 Aug. 52/4: You’re wabbly just now and don’t know where you’re at.at wobbly, adj.2
1904 St Louis Republican (MO) 5 June 11/2: She lied ant said she be ailin’ so I could wear ’er boots, ’cos me boots war bashed out.at bashed out (adj.) under bash, v.
1904 St Louis Republican (MO) 5 June 11/1: When I asked him three times for his fountain pen [he said] ‘Blast it, no!’.at blast!, excl.
1904 St Louis Republican (MO) 28 Aug. 21: ‘Information Men’ at union Station [...] the Young ‘Dopesters’ of the Bureau in the World’s largest Railway depot Untangle Knotty Problems for the nervous Traveling Public.at dopester, n.1
1904 St Louis Republican (MO) mag. section 5 June 7/1: The Princess [...] passed along the row, taking a good eyeful of everyone.at get an eyeful (v.) under eyeful, n.
1904 St Louis Republican (MO) 13 Nov. 75/5: The leaves are turning yellow / The proch’s charm has died / And Glayds and her fellow / Now lallygag insided.at lallygag, v.