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[US] P. Freneau ‘Political Balance’ in Prescott & Sanders Intro. to Amer. Poetry (1932) 79: Why, Jove, you’re a noddy.
at noddy, n.
[US] P. Freneau ‘Political Balance’ in Prescott & Sanders Intro. to Amer. Poetry (1932) 83: Old Vulcan replied ‘Odds splutter a nails!’.
at ods, n.
[US] P. Freneau ‘Political Balance’ in Prescott & Sanders Intro. to Amer. Poetry (1932) 83: Why, these are the Welch, and the country is Wales! [...] When Taffy is vexed, no devil is ruder.
at Taffy, n.
[US] P. Freneau ‘On a Honeybee Drinking from a Glass of Wine etc.’ in Prescott & Sanders Intro. to Amer. Poetry (1932) 97: Go take your seat in Charon’s boat, / We’ll tell the hive, you died afloat.
at afloat, adj.
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