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[US] Times Recorder (Zanesville, OH) 15 June 7/7: He up and done all the work hisself, brought thet woman’s baby safely into th’ world, and with his owns hands, by dads!
at dad, n.1
[US] Times Recorder (Zanesville, OH) 13 Dec. 7/7: ‘Gadzooks, I need a drink’.
at gadzooks! (excl.) under gad, n.1
[US] Times Recorder (Zanesville, OH) 14 Nov. 6-B/3: How much Pure will this goat hold? [...] He don’t like goats and Mayflowers.
at goat, n.1
[US] Times Recorder (Zanesville, OH) 13 Mar. 10/5: This honker looks real sanitary. I’ll bet she’ll hum.
at honker, n.2
[US] Times Recorder (Zanesville, OH) 13 Mar. 10/5: Numbah Ten [...] once meant the worst. No more. The real worst is now Numbah One Thou and will stand until somebody finally coins Numbah One Mil.
at number one thousand (adj.) under number, n.
[US] Times Recorder (Zanesville, OH) 13 Mar. 10/5: Short-timer denotes an individual whose tour of duty is growing short.
at short-timer, n.
[US] Times Recorder (Zanesville, OH) 13 Mar. 10/5: Waxed means to get killed.
at wax, v.2
[US] Times Recorder (Zanesville, OH) 24 Aug. 4/4: Could one say this is spreading it on a bit thick?
at spread it thick (v.) under spread, v.
[US] Times Recorder (Zanesville, OH) 11 Jan. 1/1: [headline] Sixth-grader wins district-wide spelling bee with ‘slantindicular’.
at slantindicular, adj.
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