Hopkinsville Kentuckian (KY) 6 July 4/6: ‘How do you suppose a man can holler that way who spends most of his time [...] paitning his tonsils with iodine?’ [...] ‘I think, Jones,’ said his honor with a cyncial smile, ’ you apply an entirely different fluid [...] The witnesses say you were drunk’.at paint one’s tonsils (v.) under paint, v.