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[US] G.H. Bean Yankee Auctioneer 26: On one occasion the stunt was double-barreled.
at double-barrelled, adj.
[US] G.H. Bean Yankee Auctioneer 36: Now those who wanted furniture were at bat.
at at bat (adj.) under bat, n.2
[US] G.H. Bean Yankee Auctioneer 37: Most likely it is used at clam bakes or for holding home brew.
at clambake, n.
[US] G.H. Bean Yankee Auctioneer 92: She had been the owner of several thousand dollars in cold cash.
at cold, adj.
[US] G.H. Bean Yankee Auctioneer 122: The man handling the dice [...] must have had a lot of experience throwing the cubes.
at cube, n.1
[US] G.H. Bean Yankee Auctioneer 19: She had watched a terribly draggy sale.
at draggy, adj.2
[US] G.H. Bean Yankee Auctioneer 185: With that I moved over in front of the troublemakers and laid them out in lavender. The staid old hall where I was holding this sale never before heard the English language reeled off in the style I rendered right then.
at lay out in lavender (v.) under lay out, v.
[US] G.H. Bean Yankee Auctioneer 41: He sits and sews and pegs away.
at peg away (v.) under peg, v.2
[US] G.H. Bean Yankee Auctioneer 192: Many times I have lowered furniture from upper floors by a trick I learned when acting as a ‘sidewalk superintendent’.
at sidewalk superintendent (n.) under sidewalk, n.
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