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Staffs. Sentinel 24 Mar. 3/6: A well-known fashionable lady resident in New York issued some 500 cards for a calico-dress ball on behalf of the poor.at calico ball (n.) under calico, adj.
Staffs. Sentinel 24 Mar. 3/6: A well-known fashionable lady resident in New York issued some 500 cards for a calico-dress ball on behalf of the poor. Staffs. Sentinel 12 May 3/1: He hops about [...] like a hen on a hot griddle.at like a hen on a hot griddle under hot, adj.
Staffs. Sentinel 13 Mar. 6/2: Nicholson has retired to rest. His brother of the sock and buskin enters the room.at brother (of the) buskin (n.) under brother (of the)..., n.
Staffs. Sentinel 24 Feb. 3/1: Ninety-seven is a good swingeing majority.at swingeing (adj.) under swinge, v.
Staffs. Sentinel 19 Apr. 4/2: The milk brought to your door in the morning [...] will frequently go our [...] what some people call ‘bonny-clapper’.at bonny-clapper, n.
Staffs. Sentinel 23 Nov. 4/2: Jonathan said he’d be gol-darned if he didn’t take ’em.at goldarned, adj.
Staffs. Sentinel 1 Jan. 4/2: The assaults arose out of a pony selling transaction [...] there being some alleged ‘horse doggery’.at doggery, n.2
Staffs. Sentinel 29 June 2/5: A sensation drama was enacted [...] which beats hollow Dion Boucicault and the flying trapeze.at beat all (v.) under beat, v.
Staffs. Sentinel 21 Sept. 3/4: Defendant, who said he liked to go to work sober and not ‘half-slewed,’ promised to do better.at half-slewed, adj.
Staffs. Sentinel 1 Oct. 3/1: [headline] A Vicey-Versey Nursery Rhyme.at vicey-versey, adv.
Staffs. Sentinel 25 May 6/6: The bright young thing murmered ‘Ta muchly’.at ta muchly!, excl.
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