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in Chicago Trib. 2 June 1949 20/3: The Indiana hoosiers that came out last fall is settled from 2 to 4 milds of us [DA].at hoosier, n.
in Chicago Trib. 2 June 1949 20/3: The Indiana hoosiers that came out last fall is settled from 2 to 4 milds of us [DA]. Chicago Trib. 14 Aug. 2/5: One of the gentry tackled Governor Powell — determined to make a convert [i.e. to Mormonism].at tackle, v.
‘Camp Phrases’ Chicago Trib. 11 Nov. 2: ‘Bully’ is the highest term of commendation.at bully!, excl.
‘Camp Phrases’ in Chicago Trib. 11 Nov. 2: Mess beef is ‘salt horse,’ coffee is ‘boiled rye,’ vegetables are ‘cow feed,’ and butter ‘strong grease’.at grease, n.1
‘Camp Phrases’ in Chicago Trib. 11 Nov. 2: A tent is jocularly termed ‘the canvas,’ a sword is a ‘toad sticker,’ and any of the altered patterns of muskets are known as ‘howitzers.’.at howitzer, n.
‘Camp Phrases’ in Chicago Trib. 11 Nov. 2: A tent is jocularly termed ‘the canvas,’ a sword is a ‘toad sticker,’ and any of the altered patterns of muskets are known as ‘howitzers.’.at toad-sticker (n.) under toad, n.
Chicago Trib. 28 Nov. 2/2: The gains in Logan’s old stamping ground were perfectly enormous.at stamping ground(s), n.1
Chicago Trib. 14 Jan. 4/2: He said he wanted to borrow a revolver [...] He said he had a fuss on the South Side.at fuss, v.
Chicago Trib. 14 July 2/2: They undertook to sell out the Irish vote [...] and are very much surprised to find they have ‘sold short’ and cannot deliver the goods.at deliver the goods (v.) under goods, n.
Chicago Trib. 25 Sept. 6/6: ‘Your father’s such a dry old stick, we are much better without him’.at dry stick (n.) under stick, n.
Chicago Trib. 8 Sept. 4/2: Cinicinnati is tight tonight, as tight as a fiddler’s clerk.at tight as a fiddler’s clerk (adj.) under tight, adj.
Chicago Trib. 25 Sept. 6/6: ‘Don’t forget to send me plenty of pocket money. A fellow can’t do without “tin” here’.at tin, n.
Chicago Trib. 9 Feb. 4: FEMALE SUFFRAGE. The ‘Short-Haired Women and Long-Haired Men’ in Council. Third Annual Convention or the Illinois Woman’s Suffrage Association.at longhaired, adj.
Chicago Trib. 18 Oct. 8/4: A quintet of bunco thieves were tried by jury.at bunco, adj.
Chicago Trib. 23 Oct. 4/2: The Cincinnati Commercial gives these male Mrs. Grundys a ‘going over’ in an article well worth reading [DA].at going-over, n.
Chicago Trib. 14 Oct. 8/2: The prices [for lodging] asked vary — the lodger being generally asked as much as it is thought he will give. If he jews, he will get it for comparatively little [DA].at jew, v.
Chicago Trib. 8 Dec. n.p.: The history of the leg-drama, so well known under the title of The Black Crook [DA].at leg drama (n.) under leg, n.
Chicago Trib. 5 Feb. 7/2: Shaw [...] believed that he knew as much of the tricks of bunko as Laurence.at bunco, n.
Chicago Trib. 5 Feb. 7/2: Henry Laurence, the bunko man who [...] ‘beat’ a citizen of Barrington out of $100.at bunco man (n.) under bunco, n.
Chicago Trib. 5 Jan. 2/4: He raised the old rifle and fired. In one fourth of a York minute [...] all the clothes upon him would not have made a bib for a china doll.at New York minute (n.) under New York, n.
Chicago Trib. 17 Apr. 2/7: The CurlyHeaded Doctor, Shag-Nasty Jim, and others of the [Indian] Chiefs.at shag-nasty (adj.) under shag, v.1
Chicago Trib. 7 Aug. in Reminiscences (1879) 204: Brown [...] laid a C with the Texan clown / And eke the same did win.at C, n.2
Chicago Trib. 7 Aug. in Reminiscences (1879) 203: The ancient Farmer Man / Behind a carl* full drunk [*Carl – Countryman, greeny].at greenie, n.1
Chicago Trib. 7 Aug. in Reminiscences (1879) 205: I wager thee, / That I can pick the Trey from out / The shuffled paste-boards there.at pasteboard, n.
Chicago Trib. 15 Feb. 9/1: [As] few gentlemen had the leasure to attend them, they fell into tabby-parties.at tabby party (n.) under tabby, n.
Chicago Trib. 7 Aug. in Reminiscences (1879) 205: I wager thee, / That I can pick the Trey from out / The shuffled paste-boards there.at tray, n.1
Chicago Trib. 8 Sept. 8/2: The bobtail cars ought to be taken off the streets right away, or conductors put on them [DA].at bobtail (car), n.
Chicago Trib. 6 July 8/1: The fugitive is the same person who bunkoed a stranger out of $75 recently [DA].at bunco, v.
Chicago Trib. 8 Dec. 12/3: This marriage was merely a ‘confidence’ or ‘bunko’ game on both sides,—purely a Mormon affair [DA].at bunco game (n.) under bunco, n.
Chicago Trib. 30 Sept. 4/2: Everything possible was done by Mike Corcoran and his bummer and bunko-steering clique to intimidate honest voters.at bunco-steering (n.) under bunco, n.
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