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George Meek, Bath Chair-Man choose

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[US] (ref. to 1890s) Meek & Wells George Meek, Bath Chair-Man 78: Here, during the winter, we spent many lively evenings, playing cribbage [...] ‘tippet,’ a variation of the game of ‘cod ’em’.
at coddam, n.
[US] Meek & Wells George Meek, Bath Chair-Man 40: Anyway, I was gone too long on my errands and thus quickly earned the order of the sack.
at order of the sack (n.) under sack, n.
[US] Meek & Wells George Meek, Bath Chair-Man 80: One young man came who was ultra-religious and insisted on preaching to them and having ‘Sankey and Moody’ every night.
at sankey, n.
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