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Burlington Wkly Free Press (VT) 15 Feb. 3/4: After some hard pectoral struggles, [he] said, he ‘meant to tough it out, if possible’.at tough it (out), v.
Burlington Wkly Free Press (VT) 15 Feb. 3/4: After some hard pectoral struggles, [he] said, he ‘meant to tough it out, if possible’. Burlington free Press (VT) 10 Feb. 2/5: The epithets used in the following apostrophe which we have consented to publish, lest the wirter, whose steam [...] is pretty well up, should burst his boiler.at burst one’s boiler (v.) under boiler, n.1
Burlington free Press (VT) 24 Jan. 1/5: Things is sadly haltered since the times when the snow used to go the big figure.at big figure (n.) under big, adj.
Burlington Free Press (VT) 24 Feb. 1/5: [of a gun][ Sometimes she gives two little short barks [...] sometimes she gives a regular rip-snorter — (bang! thundered the gun) like that!at rip snorter, n.
Burlington Free Press (VT) 5 Sept. 2/2: Our eloquent friend [...] represented that gentleman as [...] ‘not fit to carry guts to a bear’.at carry guts to a bear (v.) under gut, n.
Burlington Free Press (VT) 6 Dec. 2/2: Several of them are well-known shoulder-hitters and fighters.at shoulder-hitter (n.) under shoulder, n.
Burlington Free Press (VT) 25 June 3/2: [advert] Grand Display of Fire Works [...] Blue Lights, 2 sizes, Serpent, or Nigger Chasers, 2 sizes, Grasshoppers, 2 sizes.at nigger chaser (n.) under nigger, n.1
Burlington Free Press (VT) 13 Feb. 2/5: Fetid breath forever, / Saturated clothes / [...] / Maidens when you marry, / Tobacco worms don’t take; / Think not Dick or Harry / Will quit it for your sake!at tobacco worm, n.
Burlington Wkly Free Press (VT) 5 Apr. 1/5: Those persons and interests [...] have as by magic [...] turned cat in the pan.at cat in (the) pan (n.) under cat, n.1
Burlington Wkly Free Press (VT) 23 July 2/7: I [...] wished that I had that swivel-eyed statesman with me. I could assign six boats to each eye, and reserve one for myself.at swivel-eyed, adj.
Burlington Free Press (VT) 20 June 4/2: The flesh tore out from the great strain and kerflunk, down went the bight of the chain.at kerflunk! (excl.) under ker-, pfx
Burlington Wkly Free Press (VT) 27 May 9/3: Then he took off his hat and said a prayer to the Big Man in the Sky.at big boss, the, n.
Burlington Wkly Free Press (VT) 27 May 9/2: It’s the ‘verdomde Britisch gouvernment’ here and the ‘verdomde Britisch gouvernment’ there .at verdomde, adj.
Burlington Wkly Free Press (VT) 17 Jan. 10/5: A lourdeau [...] is as we might say a bumpkin, a clown, a clodpole.at clodpoll, n.
Burlington Free Press (VT) 11 Apr. 7/2: I don’t need it any more than a cow needs a side pocket.at side-pocket, n.
Burlington Press (VT) 22 Dec. 11/6: As for Ikey, he chuckled and ate.at ikey, n.
Burlington Free Press (VT) 14 Mar. 7/1: ‘Do you mean to say that I came home drun?’ [...] ‘No not exactly drunk [...] You were not drunk but swizzled’.at swizzled, adj.
Burlington Wkly Free Press (VT) 28 May 9/3: He wore the pepper-and-salt trousers.at pepper and salt, n.1
Burlington Wkly Free Press (VT) 4 Aug. 6/4: The silly law which the numheads in the Legislature succeeded in putting on the statute books.at numbhead (n.) under numb, adj.
Burlington Wkly Free Press (VT) 12 Nov. 11/3: [headline] Fire Bugs Arrested. Police trying to connect them with recent big fires.at bug, n.4
Burlington Wkly Free Press (VT) 11 Apr. n.p.: The old lady was so soured on me [...] There was lots o’ rag-chewin’ between her and me.at chew the rag, v.
Burlington Wkly Free Press (VT) 11 Apr. 15/1: We might as well have a sort o’ final chin-chin while there’s still time.at chin, n.2
Burlington Wkly Free Press (VT) 29 Nov. 10/2: I’ve heard our forbears further back / Would take a sickle and —kerslash / The corn fell right and left, kerwhack.at kerwhacko! (excl.) under ker-, pfx
Burlington Wkly Free Press (VT) 24 Jan. 12/1: Prosecutions [...] classed as follows: keeping a house of ill-fame, five; [...] night-walking, one.at night-walking (n.) under night walker, n.
Burlington Wkly Free Press (VT) 16 Jan. 14/5: Before the ‘boot’, as a rookie is called in Marine parlance, has had skirmish drill.at boot, n.2
Burlington Wkly Free Press (VT) 16 Jan. 14/5: Snap out of your hop, you hay-shaker.at hay-shaker (n.) under hay, n.
Burlington Wkly Free Press (VT) 12 Feb. 8/3: Cottagers working a dead horse, and clergymen recovering from their Sunday sermons [...] is it any wonder that Monday has an evil reputation?at dead horse, n.1
Burlington Free Press (VT) 29 Nov. 5/4: Bobbed-haired young women using the mails for their ‘cutie-pie’ correspondence.at cutie-pie, n.
Burlington Free Press (VT) 21 Feb. 12/5: ‘By Jing!’ [...] justice often slips a gear and killers, if of tender age [...] go forth to elevate the stage.at jings!, excl.
Burlington Free Press (VT) 21 Feb. 12/5: ‘By Jing!’ [...] justice often slips a gear and killers, if of tender age [...] go forth to elevate the stage.at slip a gear (v.) under slip, v.2
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