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Fort Worth Daily Gaz. (TX) 13 Dec. 3/3: An old man named Hoag [...] got full of ‘Jersey Lightning’ and making disturbance got arrested.at Jersey lightning (n.) under Jersey, adj.
Fort Worth Daily Gaz. (TX) 13 Dec. 3/3: An old man named Hoag [...] got full of ‘Jersey Lightning’ and making disturbance got arrested. Ft Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 15 Sept. 3/2: John H. Lang ran for alderman, and in the race told a barrelhouse man to ‘set ’em up to the canaries.’ The saloon keeper did so, and when he presnted the bill [...] it was repudiated.at barrelhouse, n.
Fort Worth Daily Gaz. (TX) 7 Aug. 8/4: They say, ‘I am a big dog with a brass collar on; I’ll do as I d—d please’.at big dog with the brass collar, n.
Fort Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 1 Apr. 1/4: Whenever a flood has visited the great valley Congress has sent down hog and homony by the ton and shoveled it outamong the voracious Ethiopians.at hog and hominy (n.) under hog, n.
Fort Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 4 Feb. 4/5: The Texas negro is usually ‘bred an’ born in ole Firginny,’ but specimens from ‘old Kaintuck’ are not unfrequently met.at Kentuck, n.
Fort Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 15 Nov. 6/3: The all-night hack-drivers[...] the ‘night-hawk’ as he is called.at nighthawk, n.
Ft Worth Gaz. (TX) 209 Oct. 6/3: The silly cowboy bloweth in his scads against stud-horse poker and remains poor.at scad, n.2
Fort Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 19 Oct. 3/2: ‘Here comes Blondie the milliner!’ [...] We ran to the window, only to see a young amn [...] His hair was as white as snow.at blondie, n.
Ft Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 29 Aug. 6/3: When we seed a girl we liked [...] / We called her pretty neat, and good, / But not ‘about the cheese’.at cheese, the, n.
Ft Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 29 Aug. 6/4: ‘You wan’t stand the razzle dazzle, eh?’ [...] To razzle-dazzle — the employment of means such as a criminal might use were he to quickly throw the glare of a concealed bulls-eye lantern on his prey, who thus blinded would become an easy victim.at razzle-dazzle, n.
Ft Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 29 Aug. 6/4: The expressive compound has been applied to the cheap and fiery vaiety of liquids sold in [...] ‘barrel-houses.’ ‘Razzle-dazzle booze’ carries it own meaning with it.at razzle-dazzle, n.
Fort Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 15 May 2/3: ‘Baker’s dozen’ was originally called the ‘Devil’s dozen’ from the fact that thirteen witches were supposed to sit down at the great meetings of his satanic majesty.at devil’s dozen (n.) under devil, n.
Ft Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 17 Oct. 6/1: The ‘downey cove’ made the major portion of his money by trading horses.at downy cove (n.) under downy, adj.1
Ft Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 29 Aug. 6/4: No gillie can do me, and that duck’s a macer sure’s you’re born.at duck, n.1
Ft Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 29 Aug. 6/4: Tom [...] sang out ‘Let ’er go, Gallagher’.at let her go (Gallagher)!, excl.
Ft Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 29 Aug. 6/4: No gillie can do me, and that duck’s a macer sure’s you’re born.at gilly, n.
Ft Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 29 Aug. 6/4: A red-faced loafer struggling blindly around with a couple of horns of the stuff in his inside.at horn, n.2
Ft Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 29 Aug. 6/4: No gillie can do me, and that duck’s a macer sure’s you’re born.at macer, n.
Ft Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 29 Aug. 6/4: America does not boast of a distinctive thieves’ slang, or ‘patter’.at patter, n.
Ft Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 31 July 3/4: He slouched about here and there, too pigeon-livered to be at war with society.at pigeon-livered (adj.) under pigeon, n.1
Ft Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 29 Aug. 6/3: When we met a good old friend [...] / We greeted him but didn’t say / ‘Hello, you old sardine’.at sardine, n.
Ft Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 29 Aug. 6/3: It is not pleasant to be accosted by one’s five year old hopeful as ‘an old snoozer’.at snoozer, n.1
Fort Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 9 Sept. 8/2: William Drew, alias ‘Zulu’, a well known colored character, caught a fine of £25 for aggravated assault.at Zulu, n.
Fort Worth Daily Gaz. (TX) 19 Mar. n.p.: The Cincinnati club must have felt very much at home. What a hog-killing time they had, to be sure.at hog-killing (time) (n.) under hog, n.
Fort Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 7 Jan. 6/6: The improved jock strap or support is suposed to be of great aid to gymnasts, rowers [...] and runners.at jock, n.1
Fort Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 21 Feb. 8/2: [headline] Another Doorstep Baby.at doorstep baby (n.) under doorstep, n.
Ft Worth Gaz. (TX) 12 Sept. 5/3: Some of the old time workers [...] must buckle on the harness and push this matter, or the time will soon come when it will be ‘Katy, bar the door’.at Katy bar the door, phr.
Fort Worth Dly Gaz. (TX) 25 June 4/2: He would be a dandy pastor who would care to kiss that blab-mouth.at blabbermouth, n.
Ft Worth Gaz. (TX) 4 June 11/4: He does, occasionally [...] get a little ‘obstropolous’.at obstropolous, adj.
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