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[US] 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.
[US] 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
[US] 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.
[US] 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
[US] 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
[US] St Louis Republican (MO) 26 May 41/6: When reuben comes to town / He’s sure to be done brown.
at reuben, n.
[US] St Louis Republican (MO) 6 July 48/2: We want some jam too! Boo-hoo! Boo-hoo!
at boohoo!, excl.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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
[US] St Louis Republican (MO) 31 Aug. 37/2: Sweetling feminine articles [...] only fit for the nymph du pave.
at nymph of the pavé, n.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] St Louis Republican (MO) 30 Aug. 52/1: You’re a blowed-in-the-glass hobo now.
at blowed-in-the-glass (stiff), n.
[US] 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.
[US] St Louis Republican (MO) 5 Apr. 61/3: By the eternal ’coonskins!
at by the eternal coonskins! (excl.) under coonskin, n.
[US] St Louis Republican (MO) 30 Aug. 52/2: If you see Frisco Fatty give him my regards.
at fatty, n.1
[US] 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
[US] 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
[US] 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.
[US] 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
[US] 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.
[US] 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
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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
[US] 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.
[US] St Louis Republican (MO) 5 June 11/1: Oh, my jiminy, she said somsin’ aw-ful!
at jiminy!, excl.
[US] 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.
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