c.1900 ‘The Festive Lumber-Jack’ in F. Rickaby Ballads and Songs of the Shanty-Boy (1926) 97: He’s as busy as a bed bug.at busy as..., adj.
c.1900 ‘Heenan and Sayers’ in F. Rickaby Ballads and Songs of the Shanty-Boy (1926) 179: So whenever you boast of fighting, Johnnie Bull, mind your eye.at mind your eye! (excl.) under eye, n.
c.1900 F. Rickaby Ballads and Songs of the Shanty-Boy (1926) 97: Every jack’s a cant-hook man; no others can be found. They do some heavy loggin’, but they do it best in town [DA].at jack, n.6
c.1900 ‘The Festive Lumber-Jack’ in F. Rickaby Ballads and Songs of the Shanty-Boy (1926) 97: He’s a wild rip-snortin’ devil ever’ time he comes to town.at rip-snorting, adj.