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[US] American (Century) n.p.: A man’s identification with the movement was taken as proof that he was viewy and unfit for leadership [F&H].
at viewy, adj.
[US] American 2 Mar. 2/3: [Two prizefighters] never got further ahead in our society than occasionally to stand bottle holders at a ‘crack’ fight.
at bottle-holder (n.) under bottle, n.1
[US] American 2 Mar. 2/3: Sir — At an accidental meeting of some of the ‘fancy’ last evening, an article was read from your paper, which, as far as we could understand its foreign lingo, was a ‘flash’ petition to the legislature.
at flash, adj.
[US] American (N.Y.) 2 Mar. 2/3: [signatures to a letter purportedly written by two boxers] ONE TWO and FLOORER.
at one-two, n.
[US] American 2 Mar. 2/3: A spruce young pink of a lawyer [...] stepped in among us, and read it off as ‘glib’ as if he had written it himself.
at pink, n.
[US] American 2 Mar. 2/3: [Two unskillful prizefighters are allowed] now and then to take ‘a turn up’ after a fair with the ‘fresh ones’ of the country.
at turn-up, n.
[US] American (Century) vi 383: Any average Eton boy could give points to his Holiness in the matter of Latin verses [F&H].
at give points (v.) under point, n.
[US] American XIV 334: Another ‘gouge’ was to charge the women a nominally cost price per spool for the thread furnished them [DA].
at gouge, n.
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