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Cincinnati Enquirer (OH) 26 Nov. 3/1: Each nag had their favorites, who were willing to wager their ‘bottom dollar,’ using a common phrase, as to the result.at bet one’s bottom dollar (v.) under bet, v.
Cincinnati Enquirer (OH) 26 Nov. 3/1: Each nag had their favorites, who were willing to wager their ‘bottom dollar,’ using a common phrase, as to the result. Cincinnati Enquirer n.p.: Our banks are always willing to offer loans and facilities to speculators and wild-cat business men to operate with [DA].at wildcat, adj.
Cincinnati Enquirer (OH) 3 Apr. 1/4: Some forty [Republicans] were not present at roll call [...] The whole scene was very amusing to the Democrats, who laughed to see their opponents ‘shoot the pit’.at shoot the pit (v.) under shoot, v.
Cincinnati Enquirer (OH) 11 Feb. 8/1: A ‘green cincinnatian’ [...] was induced to go against a brace game of faro by a gentleman with the classic appellation of Jack Sheppard.at brace game, n.
Cincinnati Enquirer 4 July 5/1: ‘Doc’ — which is Chinese for Aaron — Torrence got his baggage all ready and started for California [DA].at doc, n.
Cincinnati Enquirer 21 June 1/4: Our Street Fakirs.* The fakirs here meant are neither Persian dervishes nor Hindoo ascetics. Fakir is the technical term for a street-peddler—the men who, behind their stands at the street-corners, solicit by voice and gesture the patronage of the public. [Note] *Mayhew, the only writer on this subject, uses the term Fakement to designate a statement drawn up for the purposes of deception; hence the word Fake—goods made for the street sale, so the vender is called Fakir.at fakir, n.
Cincinnati Enquirer 4 Oct. n.p.: Three $5 bills of the ‘queer’ were found on their persons [...] On searching a trunk six more of the ‘shyse’ bills were found.at shice, adj.
Cincinnati Enquirer (OH) 2 mar. 4/1: The similarity of names [i.e. of two companies up for investment] led many people to put their money on a dead card.at dead card (n.) under dead, adj.
Cincinnati Enquirer (OH) 24 Apr. 8/2: Devlin and Treacy have appeared at one of the variety theaters [...] but whether as scene-shifter or gin-jerkers is not specified.at gin-jerker (n.) under gin, n.4
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: Back-cap, Blast – Is to speak ill of a person or play, the former being the term most generally used, and we regret to say with much cause, for among no other class of people [i.e. actors] does the tendency to back-cap exist.at backcap, v.
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: The masher can be either male or female, traveling on their beauty, shape or talent, and sometimes on all three. The mash is the party willing to be mashed, and who is generally made to pay for the pleasure of the mash in a good round sum. Mashing is the attempt of both to succeed in their object. The female masher monopolizes the most of the mashes. The process can be witnessed in its most bald-headed form almost any night over the Rhine.at bald-headed, adj.
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: Fired, Banged, Shot Out – When a performer is discharged he is one of the above.at bang, v.1
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: Beat—Is used as both a noun and verb, the former meaning a person who does not pay his just debts, or one who, on account of some former connection with the profession, still clings like a parasite to them, begging and borrowing (and sometimes stealing) all he can from them.at beat, n.3
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: Lush, Budge, Bilge-water, Tamshack, Fire-water, Tangle-foot, Elixir, Dew-bowl, and various other terms denote whisky.at bilgewater, n.
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: Mace, Bilk, Give, Roast, Skin–Are all synonymous to the verb ‘to beat,’ and are terms that have been felt by many hotel-keepers, saloonists, boarding houses, &c., as they are about the only terms they could ever get out of some of the graceless scamps of the profession, who ‘flew’ without liquidating the claims against them.at bilk, v.
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: Back-cap, Blast–Is to speak ill of a person or play, the former being the term most generally used, and we regret to say with much cause, for among no other class of people [i.e. actors] does the tendency to back-cap exist.at blast, v.1
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: Blast–Adverse newspaper criticism, for which they [i.e. actors] threaten to kill the editor.at blast, n.1
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: Bloke – A person not liked by the speaker.at bloke, n.
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: Breast-plate—A tie that serves to cover the breast and hides a dirty shirt.at breast-plate, n.
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: Fake, Filch, Cheese – Are to steal in a small way.at cheese, v.2
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: Kidding, Codding, Guying – Making fun of; telling in all seriousness what is intended for sarcasm; praising when the opposite is meant.at cod, v.
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: Croak also means to speak forebodingly of some coming disastrous event, or the non-success of any thing before it has been tried and found wanted.at croak, v.1
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: Croaked, Handed in His Checks, Gone to That Bourne, Given His Last Show, Skipped the Earth, Flying Above – That one more has gone to his final rest.at croaked, adj.
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: Nibs, Cully, Pard, Rocks, Rocksy – All are endearing or friendly titles, but are mainly used by the circus and variety performers, while shaking hands with or addressing those with whom they are, or wish to be, familiar.at cully, n.1
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: Lush, Budge, Bilge-water, Tamshack, Fire-water, Tangle-foot, Elixir, Dew-bowl, and various other terms denote whisky.at dew, n.
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: Drum – Any other kind of hat [but silk], but generally spoken of ‘A straw drum,’ ‘A stiff drum,’ &c.at drum, n.5
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: Wealth, Ore, [...] Ducats, Nicks, [...] are the synonyms of money.at ducat, n.
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: Fired, Banged, Shot Out—When a performer is discharged he is one of the above.at fire, v.2
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: [heading] How Any One Can Get Up in the Vernacular. And Patter Flash Like a Real Call.at patter (the) flash (v.) under flash, n.1
Cincinnati Enquirer 7 Sept. 10/7: Wealth, Ore, Dust, Rocks, Spondulicks, Shekels, Ducats, Nicks, Flimsies, Filthy Lucre, Trash, Shiners, Shinnies—are the synonyms of money.at flimsy, n.
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