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Wheeling Daily Intelligencer choose

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[US] Wheeling Dly Intelligencer (WV) 31 Dec. 1/5: he protests being neither a ‘money shaver, money lender, merchant or lawyer’.
at shaver, n.2
[US] Wheeling Dly Intelligencer (WV) 4 Oct. 4/4: Where, oh where were the great beer punishers all this while?
at beer-punisher (n.) under beer, n.
[US] Wheeling Dly Intelligencer (WV) 11 Mar. n.p.: Martin started off swearing to have her pulled.
at pull, v.
[US] Wheeling Dly Intelligencer (WV) 25 Dec. 3/5: He condescended to sit down [...] and ‘hol’ er confab’ with them.
at confab, n.
[US] Wheeling Dly Intelligencer (WV) 24 Sept. 3/3: The boys painted the town a ‘bright vermillion’.
at paint the town red, v.
[US] Wheeling Dly Intelligencer (WV) 26 Feb. 4/5: The annual ‘stag’ social of Wheeling Lodge B, P.O. Elks, was given at Germania Hall.
at stag, adj.
[US] Wheelng Dly Intelligencer (VA) 26 May 6/1: Niggers done get so biggity dose days [...] Dey ain’t got no manners now, dey’s all alike black and white; dey’s all biggity.
at biggity, adj.
[US] Wheelng Dly Intelligencer (VA) 26 May 6/1: Niggers was some ’count dem days, dey was dat.
at some, adj.
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