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[US] Wkly Jrnl-Miner (Prescott, AZ) 1 Jan. 2/1: [R]avages of the ‘firebug’ [...] have reached enormous dimensions in the metropolis.
at fire-bug (n.) under fire, n.
[US] Wkly Jrnl Miner (Prescott, AZ) 21 Oct. 4/5: A dinner party at a ‘chink joint’ was particularly surprising.
at Chink joint (n.) under Chink, adj.
[US] Wkly Journal-Miner (Prescott, AZ) 16 Oct. 4/2: ‘Maple sugar hell,’ remarked the visitor as he bummed another Camel from the news-hound.
at bum, v.3
[US] Wkly Jrnl-Miner (Prescott, AZ) 24 July 3/7: Mark was groggy - drunk - was he not?
at groggy, adj.
[US] Weekly Jrnl-Miner (Prescott (AZ) 27 Feb. 5/7: things have been jazzed up a bit over in Mohave county following the recent strikes [...] everybody in that camp feels that the district is [...] back to the good times.
at jazz up (v.) under jazz, v.
[US] Wkly Jrnl-Miner (Prescott, AZ) 25 June 5/6: He seemed to shoot off heading [...] away ‘like hell beating tanbark’.
at hell beating tanbark under hell, n.
[US] Wkly Jrnl-Miner (Prescott, AZ) 16 Apr. 2/4: The weed is used, quite extensively, by Mexicans [...] It is stated a Mexican uprising [...] was greatly influenced by those addicted to this weed.
at weed, n.1
[US] Wkly Jrnl-Miner (Prescott, AZ) 30 June 1/3: Desert canaries [...] all covered up with huge piles of wood, nothing but their heads and a scrawny tail showing.
at desert canary (n.) under desert, n.
[US] Wkly Jrnl-Miner (Prescott, AZ) 19 Oct. 5/5: The boss lady there has balked over this proposition.
at boss lady (n.) under boss, n.2
[US] Wkly Jrnl Miner (Prescott, AZ) 5 July 3/4: The bulldogging was the feature some folks paid their dollar to see.
at bulldog, v.
[US] Wkly Jrnl Miner (Prescott, AZ) 5 July 3/4: I looked through the whole 40 volumes [...] and there isn’t a dang word there that’ll fit.
at dang, adj.
[US] Wkly Jrnl Miner (Prescott, AZ) 5 July 3/4: The next couple was from the dude hotel at Castle Hot.
at dude, adj.
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