1940 H.W. Thompson Body, Boots and Britches 498: He’s a backyard relation: (their cat came over into our yard once).at backyard cousin (n.) under backyard, n.
1940 H.W. Thompson Body, Boots & Britches 450: A group from New England who, slightly in the Majority, agreed on a classical name ‘to beat the Dutch’.at beat the Dutch, v.
1940 H.W. Thompson Body, Boots & Britches 491: Sometimes the youngest child is an improvement upon the older ones, in which case we say that ‘the shakings of the bag is the finest meal’.at shake of the bag (n.) under shake, n.1