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Chicago Times 27 Jan. 2/2: When it [currency issued by certain banks] was offered at the very bank that had loaned it, [...] the sucker offering it was compelled to stand a shave of from ten to twenty per cent [DA].at shave, n.
Chicago Times 27 Jan. 2/2: When it [currency issued by certain banks] was offered at the very bank that had loaned it, [...] the sucker offering it was compelled to stand a shave of from ten to twenty per cent [DA]. Chicago Times 10 Sept. [headlines] shut off his wind A Satisfactory Job for Jack Ketch at Last.at Jack Ketch, n.
Chicago Times in Gangs of Chicago (1940) 91: Nearly a hundred murders since 1865 and not a single neck stretched!at stretch someone’s neck (v.) under stretch, v.
Chicago Times 1 Jan. 5/5: George Jones jayhawked a turkey from a stall on South Clark Street on [sic] yesterday [DA].at jayhawk, v.
Chicago Times 27 Nov. [headline] jerked to jesus Four Senegambian Butchers Were Wafted to Heaven on Yesterday from Scaffolds.at Senegambian, n.
Chicago Times 5 Aug. n.p.: And right among these [houses], as snug as a bug in a rug, Our Carter has allowed a number of gay damsels to nestle down.at gay, adj.
Chicago Times 11 June 2/2: Three hundred saloon-keepers of New York have joined hands with the striking brewers by refusing to purchase scab beer [DA].at scab, adj.
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