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North Platte Semi-weekly Tribune choose

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[US] N. Platte Semi-wkly Trib. (NE) 14 May 3/3: ‘Albany beef,’ meaning sturgeon.
at Albany beef, n.
[US] N. Platte Semi-wkly Trib. (NE) 14 May 3/3: ‘Digby chickens,’ ‘Glasgow magistrates,’ ‘Gourock hams,’ ‘Dunbar wethers,’ ‘Norfolk capons’ all meaning red herrings.
at Yarmouth capon, n.
[US] N. Platte Semi-wkly Trib. (NE) 14 May 3/3: ‘Digby chickens,’ ‘Glasgow magistrates,’ ‘Gourock hams,’ ‘Dunbar wethers,’ ‘Norfolk capons’ all meaning red herrings.
at Digby chicken, n.
[US] N. Platte Semi-wkly Trib. (NE) 14 May 3/3: ‘Field Lane ducks,’ meaning boiled sheepshead and onions.
at Field Lane duck, n.
[US] N. Platte Semi-wkly Trib. (NE) 14 May 3/3: ‘Digby chickens,’ ‘Glasgow magistrates,’ ‘Gourock hams,’ ‘Dunbar wethers,’ ‘Norfolk capons’ all meaning red herrings.
at Dunbar wether, n.
[US] N. Platte Semi-wkly Trib. (NE) 14 May 3/3: An ‘Essex lion’ [is] a a calf.
at Essex lion (n.) under Essex, adj.
[US] N. Platte Semi-wkly Trib. (NE) 14 May 3/3: An ‘Essex stile’ is a ditch.
at Essex stile (n.) under Essex, adj.
[US] N. Platte Semi-wkly Trib. (NE) 14 May 3/3: ‘Digby chickens,’ ‘Glasgow magistrates,’ ‘Gourock hams,’ ‘Dunbar wethers,’ ‘Norfolk capons’ all meaning red herrings.
at Glasgow magistrate (n.) under Glasgow, adj.
[US] N. Platte Semi-wkly Trib. (NE) 14 May 3/3: ‘Digby chickens,’ ‘Glasgow magistrates,’ ‘Gourock hams,’ ‘Dunbar wethers,’ ‘Norfolk capons’ all meaning red herrings.
at Gourock ham, n.
[US] N. Platte Semi-wkly Trib. (NE) 14 May 3/3: ‘Irish apricots’ [...] meaning potatoes.
at Irish apricot (n.) under Irish, adj.
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