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[US] C. Sandburg ‘Si Hubbard’ in Amer. Songbag 351: He pulled Si’s whiskers so all-fired hard.
at all-fired, adv.
[US] C. Sandburg ‘Money’ in Amer. Songbag 112: When you’ve got lots of money [...] You’re as happy as a bug in a rug.
at ...a bug in a rug under happy as..., adj.
[US] C. Sandburg ‘The Lone Star Trail’ in Amer. Songbag 267: I’m the best dam cowboy that ever punched cattle.
at punch cows, v.
[US] C. Sandburg ‘In My Father’s House’ in Amer. Songbag 483: There ain’t no liars there in my Father’s house [...] There ain’t no crapshooters there In my Father’s house.
at crap shooter (n.) under crap, n.1
[US] C. Sandburg ‘The Tenderfoot’ in Amer. Songbag 275: Oh jimminy krissmas, how he lied!
at jiminy cricket!, excl.
[US] C. Sandburg ‘On to the Morgue’ in Amer. Songbag 199: Where will we all be One hundred years from now? Pushing up the daisies.
at push up (the) daisies, v.
[US] C. Sandburg ‘My Lulu’ in Amer. Songbag 378: My Lulu gal’s a daisy.
at daisy, n.
[US] C. Sandburg ‘Si Hubbard’ in Amer. Songbag 351: We heard that gosh-durned sharper say: ‘Four dollars, quick!’.
at gosh-darned, adj.
[US] C. Sandburg Amer. Songbag 440: [title] Hinky Dinky, Parlee-Voo.
at hinky-dinky, adj.
[US] C. Sandburg Amer. Songbag 196: I have converts sing: ‘There are flies on you, There are flies on me, But there ain’t no flies on Jesus.’.
at no flies on..., phr.
[US] C. Sandburg ‘Shovellin’ Iron Ore’ in Amer. Songbag 183: I, ‘Old man now what will you pay?’ Says he, ‘Two bits a ton.’ Says I, ‘Old man, go diddle yourself, I’d rather bum.’.
at go fuck yourself! (excl.) under fuck, v.
[US] C. Sandburg ‘Portland County Jail’ in Amer. Songbag 215: He said I was a lazy bum, a no-good.
at no-good, n.
[US] C. Sandburg ‘Common Bill’ in Amer. Songbag 63: I began to think the gump-head / Would never go away.
at gump, n.1
[US] C. Sandburg ‘The Lane County Bachelor’ in Amer. Songbag 122: You may chew your hard-tack till you’re toothless and gray.
at hard tack (n.) under hard, adj.
[US] C. Sandburg ‘A.R.U’ in Amer. Songbag 191: I’m still on the hog train flagging my meals.
at on the hog (train) under hog, n.
[US] C. Sandburg ‘The Dying Hogger’ in Amer. Songbag 186: [as cit. 1914].
at hogger, n.2
[US] C. Sandburg ‘A.R.U.’ in Amer. Songbag 191: Been on the hummer since ninety-four.
at on the hummer under hummer, n.3
[US] C. Sandburg ‘Po’ Boy’ in Amer. Songbag 32: Away out on the prairie / I stopped that Katy train.
at Katy, n.
[US] C. Sandburg ‘Crazy Song’ Amer. Songbag 342: I fell kerflop in a barber shop.
at kerflop! (excl.) under ker-, pfx
[US] C. Sandburg ‘Cocaine Lil’ in Amer. Songbag 206: Along in the morning about half-past three / They were all lit up like a Christmas tree.
at lit up like a Christmas tree (adj.) under lit (up), adj.
[US] C. Sandburg ‘Animal Fair’ in Amer. Songbag 349: The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees / And what became of the monk, the monk?
at monk, n.
[US] C. Sandburg ‘Alice B.’ in Amer. Songbag 29: One night I went out, got filled with nigger gin.
at nigger gin (n.) under nigger, n.1
[US] C. Sandburg Amer. Songbag 33: The Ould Sod.
at Old Sod, n.
[US] C. Sandburg ‘Cocaine Lil’ in Amer. Songbag 206: She wore a snowbird hat and sleigh-riding clothes.
at sleighride, v.
[US] C. Sandburg ‘Alice B.’ Amer. Songbag 29: You may go out some night, get filled with squirrel rum.
at squirrel, n.
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