1878 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 15 Oct. 3/7: If they ever ketch him in this blasted dad burned town agin, they’ll know it.at dad-burned, adj.
1878 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 17 Dec. 1/4: A pastor sufficiently putty-headed to be pleased with this sort of worship.at putty-brained (adj.) under putty, n.
1880 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 26 Oct. 3/4: She became a saleslady in a big glove store [...] and was baording high at one of those fashionable hasheries.at hash-house, n.
1881 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 26 July 8/3: With a rip, whiz, ker-bang on he came.at kerbang! (excl.) under ker-, pfx
1881 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 1 Feb. 4/5: Shall the people go o and patch up the old rattle traps?at rattletrap, n.
1882 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 26 Dec. 7/3: We have all graduated from the College of Hard Knocks, where misfortune [...] and disasters were the professors; kicking, cuffs and blows the curriculum.at school of hard knocks, n.
1882 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 25 July 3/5: A pretty good one was gotten off at the expense of a K&T news butcher.at news butcher (n.) under news, n.
1883 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 10 Apr. 2/2: Hayseed’s eye will follow the marked card instinctively when I pick them up to shuffle.at hayseed, n.
1883 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 6 Mar. 4/1: That noodleheaded booby, Freddie Gebhardt.at noodlehead (n.) under noodle, n.1
1883 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 16 Jan. 8/4: The first man [...] who is not ‘straight’ enough to walk a line no wider than a hair’s breadth, is to be ignominiously “fired”.’ ‘Yes, sir, fired’.at yes sir!, excl.
1884 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 9 Sept. 8/6: George Henderson got full of ‘balloon juice’ and was assessed $5. He liquidated.at balloon juice (n.) under balloon, n.
1884 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 9 Sept. 8/6: Wiltshire, for trespassing was assessed the usual $3 fine. He didn’t have it, and went below.at down below, n.2
1884 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 9 Sept. 8/6: George Henderson got full of ‘balloon juice’ and was assessed $5. He liquidated.at liquidate, v.
1886 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 16 Feb. 4/6: Within our midst there dwells a gent [...] of an old bach.at bach, n.
1889 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 25 June 2/1: You blab-mouthed fools, who cares what you think?at blabbermouth, adj.
1890 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 9 Sept. 4/3: A dynamiter named Damon, a single-footed bible-banger.at bible-banger (n.) under bible, n.
1890 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 22 Apr. 4/5: How is Blondie? I hear Blondie has turned out rather fat? but that don’t lessen my aching interest, for we were boys and girls together.at blondie, n.
1891 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 29 Dec. 5/1: The dysapeptics are today walking around with [...] their right potato grabber on that part of their anatomy.at potato-grabber (n.) under potato, n.
1892 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 12 Apr. 2/2: Piogtails not Wanted. The Chinese Exclusion Bill Passes the House.at pigtail, n.
1893 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 1 Aug. 7/1: ‘After thirty years of slavin’ and sufferin’ and wearin’ old duds you want to turn me out doors! Very well, I’ll go!’ [...] Aunt Sally [...] was making ready for her departure.at Aunt Sally, n.
1893 Sedalia Wkly Bazoo (MO) 16 May 5/2: The ‘Chicago’ House Inmates Scooped by the Police [...] Six of these females constitute the proprietress and inmates of the swell ‘Chicago’ house on West Main.at scoop, v.