1870 R.W. Emerson Society and Solitude 219: The black-coats are good company only for black-coats.at black coat (n.) under black, adj.
1870 R.W. Emerson Society and Solitude 190: Intellect is a fire; rash and pitiless it melts this wonderful bone-house which is called man.at bone-house (n.) under bone, n.1
1870 R.W. Emerson Society and Solitude 219: I knew a scholar [...] who said that he liked, in a bar-room, to tell a few coon stories.at coon, adj.