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[US] Indiana (PA) Weekly Messenger 14 Mar. 1/5: The room is always small, with an office at one end where the swindled purchaser pays for what he buys, and so situated as to protect the shillaber in his sham purchase or the victim from the gaze of the crowd, for it is not prudent to have two ‘guys’ at a time at the cashier’s desk.
at shill, n.2
[US] Indiana Messenger 29 Mar. 2/2: Mr. Lewis certainly meant to have his character exclaim that he would tip his hat [...] He should have said, ‘I tip my kelly – or lid – or dip – to him.’.
at dip, n.1
[US] Indiana (PA) Weekly Messenger 10 June 10/1: ‘Wait a minute, Dad,’ I said. ‘I’m no cop. I just wanted to shoot the breeze with you.’.
at shoot the breeze (v.) under breeze, n.1
[US] Indiana (PA) Weekly Messenger 10 June 10/1: ‘Wait a minute, Dad,’ I said. ‘I’m no cop. I just wanted to shoot the breeze with you.’.
at shoot the breeze (v.) under shoot, v.
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