1890 (con. 1860s) J.O. Kerbey On the War Path 161: We were [...] introduced to the High Mucky Muck who was sitting on a dais.at high muck-a-muck, n.
1890 (con. 1860s) J.O. Kerbey On the War Path 250: The ante was $100 and there was no limit.at ante, n.
1890 (con. 1860s) J.O. Kerbey On the War Path 92: They are of that self-satisfied class so peculiar to the South that practice too well the hunkidori doctrine, to let well enough alone.at hunky-dory, adj.
1890 (con. 1860s) J.O. Kerbey On the War Path 156: Jones says: ‘We went along here at a hell-bending trot’.at hell-bending (adj.) under hell, n.
1890 (con. 1860s) J.O. Kerbey On the War Path 86: She seems to have made a mash on John Smith.at mash, n.1
1890 (con. 1860s) J.O. Kerbey On the War Path 27: [He] suffers in silence the bitter attacks from those who [...] have become disappointed sore-heads.at sorehead, n.
1890 (con. 1860s) J.O. Kerbey On the War Path 273: The first Confederate soldier killed was a tar-heel.at tarheel, n.