1911 Alaska Citizen 28 Aug. 7/2: She [...] came back with the ace by sending him a letter that smelled like a drug store.at ace, n.
1911 Alaska Citizen 28 Aug. 7/3: Love’s young dream received some gosh-awful jars.at gosh-awful, adj.
1911 Alaska Citizen 28 Aug. 7/2: She was a nice girl, but she despaired of catching on at home.at catch on, v.
1911 Alaska Citizen 28 Aug. 7/2: When Corkerina went home she had the Sleekest Thing going like a runaway freight train.at have someone going (v.) under go, v.
1911 Alaska Citizen 28 Aug. 7/2: He passed up the home girls as though they were pikers.at homegirl, n.
1911 Alaska Citizen 28 Aug. 7/2: He was a lovely twostepper but said none of the bunch could keep step with him.at lovely, adj.
1911 Alaska Citizen 28 Aug. 7/2: They could glide forty times around a hall without losing step [...] and the result was that they both made a mash.at make a mash (v.) under mash, n.1
1911 Alaska Citizen 28 Aug. 7/3: In the dapple iron grey of the morning, before she was arrayed in her war paint and gimcracks, the frayed edges stuck out like door knobs.at war-paint (n.) under war, n.
1911 Alaska Citizen 28 Aug. 7/2: Things were getting too warm to keep much longer without fermenting. In fact their letters began to burn holes in the mail sacks.at warm, adj.
1912 Alaska Citizen 13 May 3/1: When I had finished tipping the stewards I came ashore with my pockets hanging out to show that I hadn’t knocked down anything for myself.at knock down, v.
1912 Alaska Citizen 13 May 3/2: A map of all the London ‘tubes’ looks like a ground plan of the small intestine.at tube, n.1
1913 Alaska Citizen 21 July 6/3: Buckingham Palace, with the Princess, is always ‘Buck House’.at Buck House, n.
1913 Alaska Citizen 28 July 8/4: You never will land a Johnny-boy that’s got enough gray matter in his cupola to want a real, bang-up flossy lady for his kiddo.at cupola, n.
1913 Alaska Citizen 28 July 8/4: She never gets closer to [a lady] than [...] when some swell dame buzzes past in her gas-wagon.at gas wagon (n.) under gas, n.1
1913 Alaska Citizen 21 July 6/4: Fashion never made a better ‘hit’ than when she originated the stock cut with points at the sides.at hit, n.
1913 Alaska Citizen 28 July 8/4: You never will land a Johnny-boy that’s got enough gray matter in his cupola to want a real, bang-up flossy lady for his kiddo.at kiddo, n.
1913 Alaska Citizen 28 July 8/4: A skirt that palavers like a brain-storm with busted steerin’-gear.at palaver, v.
1913 Alaska Citizen 28 July 8/4: Where do you think you’ll wind up if you don’t slough this rough stuff you’re shovin’ across.at slough, v.