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Wenatchee Daily World choose

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[US] Wenatchee Dly World (WA) 24 Nov. 3/3: Then down with your dust; / In frolics dispose your pounds, shillings and pence.
at down with one’s dust (v.) under dust, n.
[US] Wenatchee Dly World (WA) 27 Sept. 1/3: They say that everybody and his wife should go to the depot.
at everybody and his cousin, n.
[US] Wenatchee Dly World (WA) 30 Sept. 4/2: He began to Roar somewhat and talk about chopping on the all-night Seances.
at chop, v.2
[US] Wenatchee Dly World (WA) 30 Sept. 4/2: He would carelessly fish out [...] a large Wad of the Green Kind with a Fifty for a Wrapper.
at fifty, n.
[US] Wenatchee Daily World (Wash State) 14 May 1/1: The big boxer accordingly armed himself ...] and hit the grit.
at hit the grit (v.) under grit, n.2
[US] Wenatchee Dly World (WA) 30 Sept. 4/2: He had the confidence of many [...] Barkeeps and could give the Hurry-Up to any well-known Gam.
at give someone the hurry-up (v.) under hurry-up, n.
[US] Wenatchee Daily World (Wash State) 14 May 1/1: Overdorf oozed out of town late last week.
at ooze, v.
[US] Wenatchee Dly World (WA) 30 Sept. 4/2: Herbert learned that the first Rule [...] was to move rapidly up to the Poison Counter.
at poison counter (n.) under poison, n.
[US] Wenatchee Dly World (WA) 30 Sept. 4/2: He would carelessly fish out [...] a large Wad of the Green Kind with a Fifty for a Wrapper.
at wrapper, n.
[US] Wenatchee Dly World (WA) 2 Apr. 4/4: An unknown man was arrested [...] for threatening to carve up several small boys [...] When searched by the cops he gave up a pruning knife.
at carve up, v.
[US] Wenatchee Dly World (WA) 2 Oct. 4/2: A bunch of repentent sinners, who had been scooped in the by the police last night.
at scoop, v.
[US] Wenatchee Dly World (WA) 17 June 4/1: Those philanthropists [...] should be held in higher reverence than those of pot-gut politicians.
at pot-gut (n.) under pot, n.1
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