1883 J.A. Mitchell Life n.p.: The president is the country’s fall guy. He cannot call his soul his own. He has to swallow his personal views and remember he is a party man.at fall guy, n.
1883 J.A. Mitchell Life 21: Let us have peace from this swank and this toffishness / Social and business and arty stand-offishness.at toffishness (n.) under toff, n.
1899 J.A. Mitchell Life 491: Some rhymed with ‘ham’ / And ‘Sam’ and ‘flam,’ / And some with ‘revel,’ too; / And some with ‘well’ / And ‘William Tell,’ / That made the air turn blue.at make the air blue (v.) under blue, adj.3