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, [US] Century Dict.
at gyp, v.
[US] Century Dict.
at a.m., n.
[US] Century Dict. I 413/1: Backcap [...] To depreciate or disparage (U.S. slang).
at backcap, v.
[US] Century Dict.
at bluenose, n.1
[US] Century Dict. 73: Come off, to cease (fooling, flattering, chaffing, or humbugging); desist: chiefly in the imperative ... (Recent slang, U.S.).
at come off, v.1
[US] Century Dict.
at dead, v.
[US] Century Dict. 1784/2: Dry [...] a member of the Prohibition party.
at dry, n.1
[US] Century Dict.
at faker, n.
[US] Century Dict. III.
at grind, n.
[US] Century Dict.
at grind, n.
[US] Century Dict.
at gyp, n.1
[US] in Century Dict.
at hook, n.1
[US] Century Dict. 3222/3: jawsmith [...] One who works with his jaw; especially a loud-mouthed demagogue; originally applied to an official ‘orator’ or ‘instructor’ of the Knights of Labor.
at jawsmith (n.) under jaw, n.
[US] Century Dict.
at kibosh, n.
[US] Century Dict. n.p.: Lip ... the power or facility of adjusting one’s lips to the mouthpiece of a metal wind-instrument.[...] the term is used in a general sense to indicate his method and style.
at lip, n.1
[US] Century Dict. 3511: Long-ears... A humorous name for a donkey.
at longears, n.
[US] Century Dict. 3869/3: moss-back [...] 3. In the southern United States, during the civil war, one who hid himself to avoid conscription [Slang].
at moss-back, n.
[US] Century Dict. n.p.: Jigamaree.
at jigamaree, n.
[US] Century Dict.
at pick, n.1
[US] Century Dict.
at pick, n.1
[US] Century Dict. 4593/2: Policy slip [...] the ticket given on a stake of money at a policy-shop.
at policy, n.
[US] Century Dict. 5733/2: snoop. [...] One who snoops, or pries or sneaks about; a snooper.
at snooper, n.
[US] Century Dict.
at belly wash, n.
[US] Century Dict. n.p.: Tippet. St Johnstone’s tippet... said to be named from the wearing of halters about their necks by Protestant insurgents of Perth (formerly also called St. John’s Town, St. Johnston).
at St Johnstone’s tippet, n.
[US] Century Dict. (Supplement).
at badger game (n.) under badger, n.1
[US] Century Dict. (Supplement) 389: Dope [...] intrans.To indulge habitually in the use of opium or other drugs either for pleasurable sensations produced or as anaesthetics.
at dope, v.1
[US] Century Dict. Supplement n.p.: P.R., an abbreviation [...] (b) of Porto Rico.
at P.R., n.
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