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in N.Y. Clipper 24 Dec. 1853 2/3: [He] sported a green throttle-squeeze with yellow spots .at squeeze, n.1
in N.Y. Clipper 24 Dec. 1853 2/3: [He] sported a green throttle-squeeze with yellow spots . N.Y. Clipper 2 July n.p.: Jones received the lion’s share of punishment, the cork being again drawn [from] his snout.at draw a cork, v.1
N.Y. Clipper 3 Dec. 3/3: To pay a dollar to listen to something you do not understand, is rather ‘piling on the agony’ .at put on an/the agony (v.) under agony, n.
N.Y. Clipper 22 Oct. 3/6: We wouldn’t mind backing Lucy [Stone] for a fair up and down fight.at up-and-down, adj.
N.Y. Clipper 4 June 3/1: As things had gone so far, there was no ‘back out’ in either one, so the fight commenced.at back out (n.) under back, v.2
N.Y. Clipper 9 July 2/6: [S]lam, bang, the gunners would let go into the body of water throwing it in all directions.at slam-bang, adv.
N.Y. Clipper 30 July 3/2: Who's the next to feed the press.
Hurry up—no time to lose—a good puff
for a free blow.at blow-out, n.1
N.Y. Clipper 9 July 6/4: On the right hand will be observed a fire-cracker, surrounded by three chickens of the blue hen, who are vainly endeavoring to set it off.at blue hen’s chicken, n.
N.Y. Clipper 17 Dec. 3/3: [T]hey i/eoome a ‘little boozy,’ not drunk, mind you, because gentlemen who drink wine only get ‘slightly inebriated’.at boozy, adj.
N.Y. Clipper 3 Sept. 1/5: Twentieth. Game versus bottom.—Cribb full of heroism, and Gregson no ways destitute of valour.at bottom, n.1
N.Y. Clipper n.p.: Jones succeeded in getting home on the left side of Ned’s knowledgo box .at knowledge box, n.
N.Y. Clipper 23 July 2/4: ‘The “boxers” of the Bowery and the National have a semi-sensual look; the “ladies” are either ignorant servant girls, or those who live by selling their desires’.at boxer, n.1
N.Y. Clipper 24 Sept. 4/4: She has beaten the crack vessels of their club, even the ‘bully sloop’ the Una.at bully, adj.1
N.Y. Clipper n.p.: Burgundy once more flowed .at Burgundy, n.
N.Y. Clipper 25 June 1/5: Those who bet so largely on the Highland Maid are loud in their denunciations of the manner in which their favorite was ‘chiselled’ out of the purse.at chisel, v.
N.Y. Clipper 9 July 1/6: Brown let go both hands [...] drawing a profuse supply of the cochineal dye.at cochineal, n.
N.Y. Clipper 23 July 2/4: At the opera, the aristocracy, codfish and all other kinds [etc] .at codfish, n.
N.Y. Clipper 2 July 1/3: The Jersey men [...] although they were boiling over with confidence in their favorite, would not ‘come out’ much on her.at come out on (v.) under come out, v.
N.Y. Clipper 4 June 3/1: Jack sent in his one on English’s conk.at conk, n.1
N.Y. Clipper 6 Aug. 1/7: Mac just reached his man’s dial with the left.at dial, n.
N.Y. Clipper n.p.: They [...] hit away ding dong .at ding-dong, adv.1
N.Y. Clipper 31 Dec. 3/4: But if you must take Tom and his comrades with you [...] tell them not to use in speaking to the ladies, such expressions as ‘oh, dry up and bust,’ or ‘ you’d better believe it hon,’ or ‘I hear enough, old gal’ &c .at dry up, v.
N.Y. Clipper 30 July 2/4: Sour Krout.—Talk as we may abou the Dutch, they are the most persevering people among us.at Dutch, n.1
N.Y. Clipper 27 Aug. 2/4: He tore his musn’t-mention-’ems.at mustn’t-mention-’ems, n.
N.Y. Clipper 31 Dec. 3/4: This is piling it on rather extensive, but New Year’s Day comes but once a year.at extensive, adv.
N.Y. Clipper 9 July 1/6: George [...] was fibbed heavily.at fib, v.
N.Y. Clipper 28 May 1/3: ‘Down with your dust, I say. [The bettor hesitates.] Do you flunk out, then?’ ‘Yes, I flummux this time...’.at flummox, v.
N.Y. Clipper 28 May 1/3: ‘Down with your dust, I say. [The bettor hesitates.] Do you flunk out, then?’ ‘Yes, I flummux this time...’.at flunk, v.
N.Y. Clipper 14 May 2/4: Them’s my sentiments on this here foo-foo concern.at foo-foo, adj.
N.Y. Clipper 18 June 2/2: The latest Gag. Of all the humbugs imputed to Barnum, he was never guilty of so transparent a piece of gaggery as [the following].at gag, n.
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