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The Rise and Fall of the Mustache choose

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[US] R. Burdette Rise and Fall of the Mustache 108: Run! for the womanly temper is crusty.
at crusty, adj.
[US] R. Burdette Rise and Fall of the Mustache 160: ‘The Same,’ ‘Fast Freight,’ ‘Bran’an War,’ ‘Sherri’neg,’ ‘Sudden Death,’ ‘Crusade Drops,’ [...] and several other spirits.
at sudden death, n.1
[US] R. Burdette Rise and Fall of the Mustache 207: The dog [...] misunderstood the motion and thought his master was going to hit him a diff with that hat.
at diff, n.
[US] R.J. Burdette Rise and Fall of the Mustache 83: It’s no wonder the dog gets lost, when he has so dod binged many names that he don't know himself.
at dod-bimmed (adj.) under dod, n.1
[US] R. Burdette Rise and Fall of the Mustache 298: Billinger says he knew he would get the law on the old gouge if he held on long enough.
at gouger, n.
[US] R. Burdette Rise and Fall of the Mustache 291: This ‘Centennial Cordial and American Indian Aboriginal Invigorator,’ [...] has positively no equal for the cure of [...] rattlesnake bites, jim-jams, katzenjammer, tight boots, bad breath.
at jim-jams, n.
[US] R. Burdette Rise and Fall of the Mustache 291: This ‘Centennial Cordial and American Indian Aboriginal Invigorator,’ [...] has positively no equal for the cure of [...] rattlesnake bites, jim-jams, katzenjammer, tight boots, bad breath.
at katzenjammer, n.
[US] R. Burdette Rise and Fall of the Mustache 19: He has a formula which [...] will cause warts to disappear from the hand, or, to use his own expression, will ‘knock warts.’.
at knock, v.
[US] R. Burdette Rise and Fall of the Mustache 141: That infamous organization of political thieves, knucks, outlaws.
at knuck, n.
[US] R. Burdette Rise and Fall of the Mustache 177: He’s a toney old cyclopedia on the patter, is old Fitchy.
at patter, n.
[US] R. Burdette Rise and Fall of the Mustache 120: ‘Shut her off!’ ejaculated the man.
at shut off! (excl.) under shut, v.
[US] R. Burdette Rise and Fall of the Mustache 107: We don’t believe all Burlington could have pulled us out of that snarl.
at snarl(-up), n.
[US] R. Burdette Rise and Fall of the Mustache 177: He’s a toney old cyclopedia on the patter, is old Fitchy.
at tony, adj.
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