1894 Advocate (Topeka, KS) 5 Sept. 12/3: Lotteries, jonts and gambling houses, bawdy houses and boodling were first born [...] in the state of Kansas.at boodle, v.1
1894 Advocate (Topeka, KS) 28 Mar. 3/2: He laughed as does the policeman who has ‘got the deadwood’ on some poor wretch.at have the deadwood on (v.) under deadwood, n.
1894 Advocate (Topeka, KS) 21 Feb. 2/3: I’ll be blamed if I can believe town people are that way everywheres.at everywheres, n.
1895 Advocate (Topeka, KS) 2 Jan. 3/1: ‘Humph, ’ she snarled, ‘be you back?’ And then the conventional saw of the bad penny tangled itself hopelessly [...] and she lapsed into the usual [...] imbecility.at bad penny (n.) under bad, adj.
1895 Advocate (Topeka, KS) 7 Aug. 8/1: John Waller has a reputation in Kansas of a shystering politician and an all-round deadbeat.at deadbeat, n.
1895 Advocate (Topeka, KS) 7 Aug. 8/1: John Waller has a reputation in Kansas of a shystering politician and an all-round deadbeat.at shystering, adj.
1896 Advocate (Topeka, KS) 30 Dec. 15/1: Ye jest ought to see how chirked up the jedge is!at chirk (up), v.