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Fogy Days, and Now choose

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[US] D.U. Sloan Fogy Days, and Now 134: I was going to get even with them before I left, to show them I wasn’t the kind of a bug-eater they took me for.
at bug-eater (n.) under bug, n.4
[US] D.U. Sloan Fogy Days, and Now 126: I pigeon-winged and she wire-toed, [...] I gave a jim crow lick and she kill-trankled.
at Jim Crow, adj.
[US] D.U. Sloan Fogy Days, and Now 136: I was posted and asked the old lady how old she was when she married, and this was the sockdolager.
at posted, adj.1
[US] D.U. Sloan Fogy Days, and Now 136: I was posted and asked the old lady how old she was when she married, and this was the sockdolager.
at sockdolager, n.
[US] D.U. Sloan Fogy Days, and Now 127: We were just getting down properly to our knitting in what is called the cyclone movement, when the music suddenly ceased.
at stick to one’s knitting (v.) under stick to, v.
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