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Putnam’s Mag. Sept. in (1872) 628: A pair of spanking bays flanked the pole, and a strapping, robustious, fellow with immense whiskers rode on the box.at robustious, adj.
Putnam’s Mag. Sept. in (1872) 628: A pair of spanking bays flanked the pole, and a strapping, robustious, fellow with immense whiskers rode on the box. Putnam’s Mag. Aug. in Dict. Americanisms (1877) 39: I led her through the festal hall, / Her glance was soft and tender; / She whispered gently in my ear, ‘Say, Mozse, ain’t this a bender?’ .at bender, n.2
Putnam’s Mag. VI Dec. 575: I grew – all-overish – no other phrase expresses it.at all-overish, adj.1
Putnam’s Mag. , vi. (Sept.) 246: ‘Now jest stop, Axy,’ said he; ‘jest shet pan now I tell ye ; and don’t open your face again.’.at shut pan! (v.) under pan, n.1
Putnam’s Mag. Feb. 196/2: Mistress Bea le's children were all bewitched, the whole kit and posse of them.at whole kit and cargo (n.) under whole kit, n.
Putnam’s Mag. Sept. 486: While I stirred the ‘stewed Quaker’ that I was cooking for Uncle Payne’s cold [etc].at stewed Quaker, n.
Putnam’s Mag. Mar. 392: As the country-folk say, ‘He is as queer as Dick – as queer as Dick’s hatband.’.at ...Dick’s hatband under queer as..., adj.
Putnam’s Mag. July n.p.: I’ll be doggone if you ever pick a pound of cotton.at I’ll be doggoned! (excl.) under doggone, v.
Putnam’s Mag. II 363: With their snow-shoes thoroughly ‘doped,’ the crowd resort to some suitable place for the contest [DA].at dope, v.1
Putnam’s Mag. I 706/1: When [...] candidates refreshed their adherents by the barrelfull [sic] the low-downer enjoyed his periodical benders without expense [DA].at low-downer, n.
Putnam’s Mag. June I 715/1: The father [...] cultivated a little patch of corn, and did an occasional ‘lick of work’ for some well-to-do neighbor [DA].at lick, n.1
in Putnam’s Mag. Jan. n.p.: He is a rouser at making punch, I assure you, though he only sips it like a lady himself.at rouser, n.
Putnam’s Mag. Apr. n.p.: A common practice is to withhold a little of a poor sewing-girl’s pay from week to week, on the plea of being short, and when a handsome aggregate has been reached, to boldly deny the debt.at short, adj.1
Putnam’s Mag. Jan. n.p.: Old miser Dyser, skin a fly, sir, Sell the skin and turn the money in [F&H].at skin a louse (v.) under skin, v.1
Putnam’s Mag. Mar. 301: The combatants struck each other [...] upon the head, the nut, the cone [HDAS].at cone, n.
Putnam’s Mag. 125: And yet it is England that has given to the world in the immortal Hoggenheimer a type of ‘the mere money-making machines’ .at hoggenheimer, n.
Putnam’s Mag. 7 435: You can bet I don’t let on I ’m enjoying it any; that would queer my act.at queer someone’s act (v.) under act, n.
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