1949 R. Service ‘Montreal Maree’ in Songs of a Sun Lover (1955) 73: Fortified with barbwire hooch.at barbed wire, n.1
1949 R. Service ‘Montreal Maree’ in Songs of a Sun Lover (1955) 73: He was batty for that babe.at batty, adj.1
1949 R. Service ‘Yellow’ in Songs of a Sun Lover (1955) 31: I should have bawled the bastard out: / A yellow dog he slew; / But worse, he proved beyond a doubt / That – I was yellow too.at bawl out, v.1
1949 R. Service ‘Montreal Maree’ in Songs of a Sun Lover (1955) 72: A satellite of Soapy Smith, a capper and a shill, / A slimy tribute-taker from the Ladies on the Loose.at capper, n.1
1949 R. Service ‘Montreal Maree’ in Songs of a Sun Lover (1955) 73: Serene and still she spoke to Bill like he was so much dirt.at dirt, n.
1949 R. Service ‘The Parson’s Son’ in Songs of a Sun Lover (1955) 13: A broken wreck with a craze for ‘hooch’, and never a cent to my name.at hooch, n.1
1949 R. Service ‘Montreal Maree’ in Songs of a Sun Lover (1955) 73: Now though I zippered up my mug somehow the story spread / That I was playin’ poker and my banker was Maree.at zip one’s lip, v.
1949 R. Service ‘No Neck-Tie Party’ Songs of a Sun Lover [title].at necktie party (n.) under necktie, n.
1949 R. Service ‘Montreal Maree’ in Songs of a Sun Lover (1955) 73: ‘I’ll plug that piker full of lead,’ exploded Windy Bill.at piker, n.
1949 R. Service ‘The Parson’s Song’ in Songs of a Sun Lover (1955) 13: It put me queer, and for near a year I never drew sober breath, / Till I found myself in the bughouse ward with a claim staked out on death.at queer, adj.
1949 R. Service ‘Montreal Maree’ in Songs of a Sun Lover (1955) 72: But of straight-shootin’ Dawson dames, Maree was rated queen.at straight shooter, n.1
1949 R. Service ‘No Sourdough’ in Songs of a Sun Lover (1955) 66: To be a bony feed Sourdough / You must, by Yukon Law, / Have killed a moose, [...] And bunked up with a squaw.at squaw, n.