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Boston Globe (MA) 17 Apr. 13/2: ‘I am a bally ass — really’.at bally, adj.
Boston Globe (MA) 17 Apr. 13/2: ‘I am a bally ass — really’. Boston Globe 30 Aug. n.p.: A ‘rounder’ from Baltimore, who claimed to have ‘influence’ with the Maryland delegation, was paid five thousand dollars.at rounder, n.
Boston Globe Oct. n.p.: His unkempt hair, gawky appearance, and homespun suit [...] all bespoke the citizen from wayback [DA].at wayback, n.
Boston Globe 17 July 5: Several years ago, says the ChicagoTribune, Joe Quest, now of the Athletics, gave the name of ‘Charlie horse’ to a peculiar contraction and hardening of the muscles and tendons of the thigh, to which base ball players are especially liable from the sudden starting and stopping in chasing balls, as well as the frequent slides in base running.at charley horse, n.
Boston Globe 4 Mar. n.p.: My fader’s de best doctor in Boston, an’ [...] keeps de medicine to stave off de jams already mixed [DA].at jams, n.
Boston Globe 4 Mar. n.p.: Ain’t his jiglets pretty near ready to see de rat, Jummy [F&H].at jiglets, n.
Boston Globe (MA) 11 Aug. 2/3: The boys from near and far’ll / All drink stone blind.at stone, adv.
Boston Globe 24 Feb. 18: Potatoes had as many names as a Spanish princess or a bank cashier in Canada. Here are a few of them: Spuds, Murphies, T.D.’s, ancient orders or A.O.H.’s and St. Clairs.at a.o.h., n.
Boston Globe 24 Feb. 18: Five and one and a black-and-tan [...] A plate of doughnuts and a cup of coffee.at black-and-tan, n.
Boston Globe 24 Feb. 18: Pair er cuff buttons and a querrium (aquarium) [...] A couple of fish balls and a glass of water.at cuff buttons, n.
Boston Globe 24 Feb. 18: The next order was for raw on the side, coffee in the dark and plenty of pogie. In response to this came rare roast beef, black coffee and a double allowance of bread.at in the dark (adj.) under dark, n.
Boston Globe (MA) 7 May 2/2: ‘One of ’em is awful polite, sir [...] The other is stiff as a ramrod, sir, and don’t waste no words’.at stiff as a ramrod (adj.) under stiff, adj.
Boston Globe 24 Feb. 18: Gimme a two-eyed beefsteak [...] A plate of boiled salt codfish.at two-eyed steak (n.) under two, adj.
Boston Globe 11 Jan. 10/2: A ‘rube’ is a brief term for a country theatre-goer for whom the ‘show is too rich for his blood,’ or too good in other words.at rube, n.1
‘Sl. of the Circus Man’ in Boston Daily Globe 17 Dec. 35: The man with the persuasive voice who seeks to entice people into the ‘kid show’ is known as a ‘barker.’.at barker, n.1
‘Sl. of the Circus Man’ in Boston Daily Globe 17 Dec. 35: The men who sell peanuts, red lemonade, palm leaf fans, animal and song books and concert tickets are known under the general term of ‘butchers.’.at butcher, n.2
‘Sl. of the Circus Man’ in Boston Daily Globe 17 Dec. 35: That class of circus followers whose methods are outside the pale of the law, such as pickpockets, gamblers and short-change men, are either ‘crooks’ or ‘grafters.’.at grafter, n.1
‘Sl. of the Circus Man’ in Boston Daily Globe 17 Dec. 35: A countryman is either a ‘Rube’ (Reuben) or a ‘Jasper.’.at jasper, n.
‘Sl. of the Circus Man’ in Boston Daily Globe 17 Dec. 35: The distance from one town to another is always known as a ‘jump,’ and traveling is ‘jumping.’.at jump, n.
‘Sl. of the Circus Man’ in Boston Daily Globe 17 Dec. 35: The musicians with a circus are known as ‘wind-jammers,’ the canvasmen and other laborers are ‘razorbacks.’.at razorback, n.
‘Sl. of the Circus Man’ in Boston Daily Globe 17 Dec. 35: If a countryman went into a side show and was robbed of $10 there, a circus man would say: ‘The Rube went against the grafter in the kid top and got turned for 10 cases.’.at turn, v.1
Boston Globe (MA) 6 July 6/6: A tarpaulin muster was made and enough coin raised.at tarpaulin muster (n.) under tarpaulin, adj.
Boston Globe (MA) 10 June 7/5: A man born in Yankeedom is the greatest fighter in the world.at -dom, sfx
Boston Globe (MA) 23 Apr. 19/8: [advert] It’s a lead pipe that you’ll pull the wrapper off your roll of frogskins and leave it at the box office.at frogskin, n.1
Boston Globe Sun. Mag. 21 Dec. 7–8: The ‘sad bird’ or the ‘sad weed,’ the man who is not popular.at sad apple (n.) under apple, n.1
Boston Globe Sun. Mag. 21 Dec. 7–8: If a student has ‘hit the benzine can’ too hard on the night before he is apt to be anxious to get ‘on to the water wagon’.at benzine, n.
Boston Globe Sun. Mag. 21 Dec. 7–8: There are [...] the ‘booze-clerks,’ who pass around the ‘suds’ at the ‘boozarium,’ where intoxicating drinks are sold.at boozarium, n.
Boston Globe Sun. Mag. 21 Dec. 7–8: There are [...] the ‘gapers’ or the ’booze-fighters’.at booze-fighter, n.
Boston Globe Sun. Mag. 21 Dec. 7–8: There are [...] the ‘booze-clerks,’ who pass around the ‘suds’ at the ‘boozarium,’ where intoxicating drinks are sold.at booze clerk (n.) under booze, n.
Boston Globe Sun. Mag. 21 Dec. 7–8: To ‘bang the box’ means to play the piano.at box, n.1
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