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New Northwest (Portland, OR) 19 May 2/6: How d’ye spose I feel then? Why, madder than a wet hen.at ...a wet hen under mad as..., adj.
New Northwest (Portland, OR) 19 May 2/6: How d’ye spose I feel then? Why, madder than a wet hen. New Northwest (Portland, OR) 7 Mar. 2/4: A lady [...] who has lived for nearly a quarter of a century in [...] a place once denominated by a disgusted individual, as the ‘Devil’s half-acre’.at devil’s half-acre (n.) under devil, n.
New Northwest (Portland, OR) 25 July 4/2: These domestic reformers tell us ‘it costs one nothing to keep clean except a little soap, water and elbow grease’.at elbow grease, n.
New Northwest (Portland, OR) 1 May 2/5: She entered the drug store opposite and asked the perfumed pill-grinder whether [etc].at pill-grinder (n.) under pill, n.
New Northwest (Portland, OR) 9 June 2/3: We now have a new law, which renders the male night-walker liable to equal penalties with the female. Any male person frequenting the streets [...] by night to ‘entice, allure, or “invite” the other sex shall be deemed a common nightwalker’.at night walker, n.
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