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Among the Sourdoughs choose

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[US] S.J. Simonsen Among the Sourdoughs 11: It was getting pretty tough for us boomers.
at boomer, n.2
[US] S.J. Simonsen Among the Sourdoughs 62: Great preparations were made [...] to make some show of ‘dog’.
at dog, n.2
[US] S.J. Simonsen Among the Sourdoughs 85: Swarger would bring eye-openers and get everybody on their feet.
at eye-opener, n.1
[US] S.J. Simonsen Among the Sourdoughs 13: They had a number of expressions [...] ‘mush’ take a walk.
at mush, v.1
[US] S.J. Simonsen Among the Sourdoughs 13: The Sourdoughs referred to the States as the outside.
at outside, n.
[US] S.J. Simonsen Among the Sourdoughs 24: You can never tell what these rum-hounds will do.
at rum hound (n.) under rum, n.2
[US] S.J. Simonsen Among the Sourdoughs 21: He never got seasick, especially if he had a little ‘snake medicine’ around to set his stomach tight.
at snake poison (n.) under snake, n.1
[US] S.J. Simonsen Among the Sourdoughs 10: Something about his demeanor indicated that he was not a sourdough.
at sour dough (n.) under sour, adj.
[US] S.J. Simonsen Among the Sourdoughs 89: They would never sit around the near-beet joints talking ‘whiskey talk.’.
at talk, n.
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