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[US] Pittsburgh Dispatch (PA) 26 Jan. 9/7: ‘Bostons’ is the rather appropriate name for beans.
at Boston strawberries (n.) under Boston, adj.
[US] Pittsburgh Dispatch (PA) 5 Mar. 4/8: In an Iowa murder case it was proven that [the witnesses] were so near-sighted that they could not tell a pistol from a bull-pup fifteen rods away.
at bull pup (n.) under bull, n.1
[US] Pittsburgh Dispatch (PA) 17 Feb. 10/6: [The song’s] refrain ‘razzle dazzle, razzle dazzle’ is slang for a hilarious and dilapidated condition of drunkeness.
at razzle-dazzle, n.
[US] Pittsburgh Dispatch (PA) 23 June 18/4: ‘A piece of undiluted, mush-eating, Massachussetts mendacity,’ said the Colonel.
at mush-eater (n.) under mush, n.1
[US] Pittsburgh Dispatch (PA) 26 Jan. 9/7: ‘Mystery brown’ is corn beef hash.
at mystery, n.
[US] Pittsburgh Dispatch (PA) 26 Jan. 9/7: ‘Pig in the mud’ is the suggestive name for a ham sandwich with mustard.
at pig in the mud (n.) under pig, n.
[US] Pittsburgh Dispatch (PA) 2 May 1/7: The Washington Girl [...] When the new administration comes in and these fellows drop out, she becomes what the ‘regulars’ call a ‘college widow.’ ‘The Washington girl [...] always wants to marry, but she rarely gets there’.
at college widow (n.) under college, n.
[US] Pittsburgh Dispatch (PA) 16 Mar. 18/2: Think you that i have been a gullible, easy old man?
at easy, adj.
[US] Pittsburgh Dispatch (PA) 28 Apr. 5/2: It is also reported that there was a strike among the black sheep [...] on account of a reduction in their wages to pay the deputies.
at black sheep, n.
[US] Pittsburgh Dispatch (PA) 22 June 12/3: If the black dog of depression has got you by the throat, will not a cheering cup give a peep at the silver lining of the cloud?
at black dog, n.2
[US] Pittsburgh Dispatch (PA) 31 July 10/4: Will Become Dead Soldiers. The noble army of 8,000 bottles.
at dead soldier (n.) under soldier, n.
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