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[US] Warren Sheaf (Marshall Cty, MN) 29 June 4/1: Mr Augstein has a new (Irish) buggy.
at Irish buggy (n.) under Irish, adj.
[US] Warren Sheaf (Marshall Co., MN) 31 Oct. 4/2: I knew I was a lunkhead an’ a lummux an’ a gump.
at lummocks, n.
[US] Warren Sheaf (Marshall Co., MN) 31 Oct. 4/2: The Confessions of a Lunkhead [...] All was gumps an’ all was lunkheads, only they didn’t know.
at lunkhead, n.
[US] Warren Sheaf (Marshall Co., MN) 31 Oct. 4/2: Them lunkhead chaps will see [...] what gawky chaps will see.
at lunkheaded, adj.
[US] Warren Sheaf (Marsghall Co., Minn.) 29 Oct. 8/2: The bureau looked like what sailors used to call a ‘hurrah’s nest’.
at hurrah’s nest, n.
[US] Warren Sheaf (MN) 12 Dec. 5/4: [advert] Neckties [...] in four-in-hands, strings, batwings.
at batwing, n.
[US] Warren Sheaf (MN) 3 July 4/1: The United States is likely to burn powder enough this year without wasting any of it on Independence Day.
at burn powder (v.) under burn, v.
[US] Warren Sheaf (Marshall Co., MN) 14 May 13/3: After having our peepers peeled a long time for an Assistant Scoutmaster, we have finally landed one.
at peel one’s peepers (v.) under peeper, n.
[US] Warren Sheaf (Marshall Co., MN) 7 July 10/2: Insanity is a positive term [...] in a nut college.
at nut college (n.) under nut, n.2
[US] Warren Sheaf (MN) 2 Feb. 2/2: The potato is such an important crop in Ireland that they are jocularly called ‘Irish apricots’.
at Irish apricot (n.) under Irish, adj.
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