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Atlanta Constitution 29 Mar. 1/3: To combine Shakespeare and slang – ‘Use lenity, sweet chuck.’.at chuck, n.1
Atlanta Constitution 29 Mar. 1/3: To combine Shakespeare and slang – ‘Use lenity, sweet chuck.’. Atlanta Constitution 12 Mar. 1/3: ‘I bet’ or ‘you bet’ is bad enough amongst men who are trading horses or land.at I’ll bet under bet, v.
Atlanta Constitution 12 Mar. 1/3: ‘I bet’ or ‘you bet’ is bad enough amongst men who are trading horses or land.at you bet! (excl.) under bet, v.
Atlanta Constitution 12 Mar. 1/3: When her sister asked her assistance at some work, she answered, ‘not for Joe’.at not for Joe under joe, n.1
Atlanta Constitution 12 Mar. 1/3: When she is asked if she will go with you to some place, [she replies] ‘not much’.at not much, phr.
Atlanta Constitution 15 Feb. 5/3: As the slang phrase of the present day goes, he didn’t impeach worth a cent.at worth a cent under worth a..., phr.
Atlanta Constitution 16 Jan. 2/6: ‘Why, these things are sparks’ — the slang for diamonds.at spark, n.1
Atlanta Constitution 19 Nov. 2: The new slang term from the South, ‘bull-dozing,’ which means intimidation, is having tough luck in the newspapers, the proof-readers and type-settters not having mastered it yet.at tough luck (n.) under tough, adj.
Atlanta Constitution 16 Nov. 2/6: ‘The dollar of our daddyites’ and the ‘rag baby,’ as they are pleased to designate silver coin and greenbacks.at rag baby (n.) under rag, n.1
Atlanta Constitution 9 Mar. 1/2: Atlanta is rather heavy on slang.at heavy, adj.
Atlanta Constitution 18 Mar. 2/5: The latest slang phrase is: ‘Oh, you’re too new; the dust sticks to you.’.at new, adj.
Atlanta Constitution 1 Apr. 2/3: The Hon. Secor Robertson, late the able nincompoop of the navy.at nincompoop, n.
Atlanta Constitution 22 Mar. 2/3: If his pa had married Mrs Oliver, Don Cameron would have been King of the South.at pa, n.1
Atlanta Constitution 25 Aug. 4/5: She was ‘not a bit mashed on laces, but dreadfully gone on fans.’.at gone on (adj.) under gone, adj.1
Atlanta Constitution 31 Aug. 2/2: Our state is in great trouble and commotion, and he is the ‘granny’ to restore peace and harmony.at granny, n.3
Atlanta Constitution 20 Apr. 4/4: Chaucer may be quoted in support of the slang phrase ‘let it slide.’.at let it slide (v.) under slide, v.
Atlanta Constitution 25 Apr. 4/4: We notice that John Sherman & Co. have opened a real estate office in Washington. Believing in his heart of hearts that he owns this country, we wil[l] be greatly surprised if Mr. Sherman does not attempt to sell out the whole ball of wax under the hammer.at the whole ball of wax (n.) under wax, n.2
Atlanta Constitution 6 Jan. 2/3: A young gentleman was overheard to say to a young lady who had gotten on his right side, ‘Git over next my gizzard’.at gizzard, n.
Atlanta Constitution Sept. n.p.: Her lunk-headed admirer has to turn squarely around, blocking up the side-walk [DA].at lunkheaded, adj.
Atlanta Constitution 10 Aug. 8/4: The Champions were given the razzle dazzle by the Nashville team yesterday and dropped down five points in the race for the pennant.at razzle-dazzle, n.
Atlanta Constitution 15 Mar. 3/6: During this raid Coulter walked into a small eating saloon, frquented by railway men, as a young consumptive was eating a ‘graveyard stew,’ as milk toast is called in that section.at graveyard stew (n.) under graveyard, n.
Atlanta Constitution 4 May n.p.: The Japanese say: ‘A man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, and next the drink takes the man.’ Evidently the ‘Japanese have been there.’ [F&H].at been there, phr.
Atlanta Constitution 18 Oct. 1/3: Their bite is as bad as a blue gum nigger.at blue gum(med), adj.
Atlanta Constitution 21 Dec. 9/1: There has been some [illegible] shipments of ‘green goods’ from Chicago and other cities [...] and there is an overproduction of the queer stuff and a consequent drag on the market.at green goods, n.
Atlanta Constitution 21 Dec. 9/1: There has been some [illegible] shipments of ‘green goods’ from Chicago and other cities [...] and there is an overproduction of the queer stuff and a consequent drag on the market.at queer, n.
Atlanta Constitution 28 July 23(?)/ 3: Finally Cherokee said: ‘I ain’t aimin’ to invest Wolfville in no superstitious fears, but I jest chronicles as a current event how I was settin’ into a little porker [sic] last night an’ three times straight I picks up “the hand the dead man held” -- jacks up on eights, an’ it win every time.’.at dead man’s hand (n.) under dead man, n.
Atlanta Constitution 3 Oct. 7/6 : The average fakir is selling all sorts of invaluable goods [...] ‘Now say,’ said one when notified that he must get a license by morning or stop business, ‘yer ain’t t’rowin’ de merry giggle at us, is yer? Now, on de level, I ain’t got no rubber in me neck; don’t try yer guys on me; try me nex’ door neighbor and yer gets a dead proper take-out ef yer runs him out er de biz.’.at guy, n.1
Atlanta Constitution 3 Oct. 7/6 : The average fakir is selling all sorts of invaluable goods [...] ‘Now say,’ said one when notified that he must get a license by morning or stop business, ‘yer ain’t t’rowin’ de merry giggle at us, is yer? Now, on de level, I ain’t got no rubber in me neck; don’t try yer guys on me; try me nex’ door neighbor and yer gets a dead proper take-out ef yer runs him out er de biz.’.at rubberneck, n.
Atlanta Constitution 17 July 5/4: For mince pie with sugar sprinkled on the top, the order was, ‘Dyspepsia in a snowstorm.’.at dyspepsia in a snow storm, n.
Atlanta Constitution 17 July 5/4: An order for eggs on toast went to the kitchen as, ‘Adam and Eve on a raft.’.at Adam and Eve, n.1
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