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[US] Sheridan Critic I ii: The publisher [...] threatening himself with the pillory, or absolutely indicting himself for Scan. Mag.
at scanmag, n.
[US] Wash. Eve. Critic n.p.: 24 Nov. The policy of Gibson & Co. is to unload the odium of their wretched force [i.e. farce] upon the President.
at unload, v.
[US] Wash. Critic (DC) 19 Sept. 1/1: Five cent whiskey and nigger gin are sold in the neighborhood.
at nigger gin (n.) under nigger, n.1
[US] Wash. Critic (DC) 12 Apr. 3/3: [He] secured him a position in New York as an elevator pilot in building owned by Ed. Stokes.
at elevator jockey (n.) under elevator, n.
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