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[US] Virginian Pilot (Norfolk, VA) 19 Feb. 13/1: They [i.e. racehorses] trotted a mile in 2:14. Now they began to burn the earth.
at burn the earth (v.) under burn, v.
[US] Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) 9 Dec. 5/3: he will spend two days in jail on a diet of prisoners1 ‘sponge cake and wine’ — bread and water.
at cake and wine (n.) under cake, n.1
[US] Virginian Pilot (Norfolk, VA) 8 Deb. 11/2: He was all ‘diked up’ in new clothes.
at diked up, adj.1
[US] Virginian Pilot (Norfolk, VA) 15 Dec. 7/1: A posse of revenue officers [...] captured four moonshine stills. These ‘juiceries’ were [...] at the point where the three counties [...] come together.
at juicery, n.
[US] Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk) 20 May 🌐 Neighborhood pride had eroded, hope was largely gone, and outsiders had assigned New Road a new name, ‘Scagtown’.
at scag town (n.) under scag, n.2
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