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[US] Times (Richmond, VA) 31 Dec. 4/1: Texas cowboys expelled a drummer from a railroad train [...] because he had on a red necktie [...] Flaunting a red rag in the face of a bull driver has exactly the same effect that it does on the animal he drives.
at bull-driver (n.) under bull, n.1
[US] Times (Richmond, VA) 15 Dec. 15/7: The undertaker [...] is the most unpopular man in Darkytown.
at darktown (n.) under dark, n.
[US] Times (Richmond, VA) 6 Oct. 15/6: The ‘source’ of his madness nobody could tell; / But they guessed it was caused by him living too swell.
at swell, adv.
[US] Times (Richmond, VA) 6 Oct. 15/6: It now became that His Highness was ‘cracked’; / His ‘think-box’ a whole lot of gray matter lacked.
at thinkbox (n.) under think, v.
[US] Times (Richmond, VA) 26 Feb. 5/2: [advert] Poor Pilgarlic [...] You can enjoy sitting down again under your own ‘thatch’ [...] as soon as you begin to use Ayer’s Hair Vigor.
at pilgarlic, n.
[US] Times (Richmond, VA) 28 Aug. 15/1: The Freakish Pretty Hats of Autumn. Tall plumes are worn by the girl who rushes the season.
at freakish, adj.
[US] Times (Richmond, VA) 26 Dec. 11/5: [headline] Gift Giving in Japland.
at Japland (n.) under Jap, n.
[US] Times (Richmond, VA) 5 Feb. 1/4: ‘Alligator Bait’. Two Photographers Jailed for Taking Pictures of Nude Negro Children.
at alligator bait (n.) under alligator, n.
[US] Times (Richmond, VA) 8 Nov. 4/2: Candidate Woolley appears to have been ‘catawampously’ and tetotaciously ‘chawed up’.
at catawampus, adj.
[US] Times (Richmond, VA) 15 June 5/1: Three negros — one black, one yellow, and the other a cocoanut-headed boy [...] were arrested as suspicious characters.
at coconut-headed (adj.) under coconut, n.1
[US] Times (Richmond, VA) 8 Nov. 4/2: Chairman Jones’ refusal to give up the fight may be altered by an Irish hint from his party to retire.
at Irish hint (n.) under Irish, adj.
[US] Times (Richmond, VA) 17 Nov. 18/5: In this same Town there was a Boy who was Aces and Eights with the Girls.
at aces and eights (adj.) under aces, adj.
[US] Times (Richmond, VA) 25 Dec. 6/4: In Germany [...] on Christmas Eve at midnight all the water turns to wine. That would be a comforting thing to the booze artist.
at booze artist (n.) under booze, n.
[US] Times (Richmond, VA) 19 Oct. 23/6: I’ll fix it so that you can shake hands with the Guy that eats ’em alive [...] They’re [...] feekling good and cagey.
at cagey, adj.2
[US] Times (Richmond, VA) 18 Mar. 3/5: The nimble soldier of the Japland scampered here and there [...] fresh and smiling as their tireless leader, Gen. Fukushima.
at Japland (n.) under Jap, n.
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