1881 County Paper (Oregon, MO) 9 Sept. n.p.: Whenever this editor’s brain-pan is about exhausted he uses ‘Mud Cat‘ as a recuperative. He says it has wonderful brain-restoring properties.at brainpan (n.) under brain, n.1
1881 County Paper (Oregon, MO) 25 Mar. 3/2: An editor was told that his last article was as clear as mud.at clear as mud (adj.) under clear, adj.1
1881 County Paper (Oregon, MO) 25 Mar. 3/1: ‘Where did it happen?’ ‘Out doors, dod gast it!’.at dodgast...! (excl.) under dod, n.1
1882 County Paper (Oregon, MO) 10 Mar. 8/4: The chair explained that ‘ll Hunk’ was the Latin for all right.at all hunk, adj.
1882 County Paper (Oregon, MO) 15 Sept. 2/6: Exclamations as by gum [...] lack-a-daisy. Such words as obstropolous for obstreperous.at by gum! (excl.) under gum, n.2
1882 County Paper (Oregon, MO) 15 Sept. 2/6: Such phrases as [...] trim one’s jacket [...] in a horn [...] that’s a whopper.at in a horn under horn, n.2
1882 County Paper (Oregon, MO) 15 Sept. 2/6: Exclamations as by gum [...] lack-a-daisy. Such words as obstropolous for obstreperous. Such terms of abuse as dunderhead and ninnyhammer.at obstropolous, adj.
1882 County Paper (Oregon, MO) 15 Sept. 2/6: Such words as [...] sappy for silly, scaly for shabby.at sappy, adj.
1882 County Paper (Oregon, MO) 15 Sept. 2/6: Such words as [...] sappy for silly, scaly for shabby.at scaly, adj.
1882 County Paper (Oregon, MO) 15 Sept. 2/6: Such phrases as [...] trim one’s jacket [...] in a horn [...] that’s a whopper.at trim someone’s jacket (v.) under trim, v.
1882 County Paper (Oregon, MO) 15 Sept. 2/6: Such phrases as [...] trim one’s jacket [...] in a horn [...] that’s a whopper.at whopper, n.