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[US] Constitutionalist (Elyria, OH) 30 Mar. 4/1: ‘There sir,’ said Dowlas [...] ‘what do you think of that?’ ‘O, that’s played out,’ said the American. [...] ‘It’s played, I tell you. [...] I mean ter say it’s gone up.’.
at gone up (adj.) under gone, adj.1
[US] Constitutionalist (Elyria, OH) 30 Mar. 4/1: ‘There sir,’ said Dowlas [...] what do you think of that?’ ‘O, that’s played out,’ said the American. [...] ‘It’s played, I tell you.’.
at played (out), adj.
[US] Constitutionalist (Elyria, OH) 3 May 3/2: Whereupon he let fly his bunch of ivories, and, taking Mr. Printer at a disadvantage, knocked him into ‘pi’.
at bunch of fives, n.
[US] Constitutionalist (Elyria, OH) 3 May 3/2: Now, we do not wish to insinuate that our fellow typo was ‘tired,’ for that would be slandering the craft.
at tired, adj.
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