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‘A Provincial Dict. For The Conveniance Of Emigrants’ Mississippi Intelligencer 1 May in DN IV:i 47: clever, a. Goodnatured, silly, inoffensive.at clever, adj.
‘A Provincial Dict. For The Conveniance Of Emigrants’ Mississippi Intelligencer 1 May in DN IV:i 47: clever, a. Goodnatured, silly, inoffensive. ‘A Provincial Dictionary For The Conveniance Of Emigrants’ Mississippi Intelligencer 1 May in DN IV:i 47: gob, s. Bulk. A large body.at gob, n.3
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New Monthly Mag. LIII in DN IV:ii 140: A little too bad [...] that you and I should be compelled to ’buss it.at bus, v.1
Oregon Weekly Times in DN IV :ii 133: ‘Do you want any meal, ma’am?’ ‘What do you ask for a bushel?’ ‘Ten cents, ma’am, prime.’ ‘O, I can get it for a fip.’.at fip, n.
‘Cong. Globe’ in DN IV:i 45: [The man] has the reputation of being a most notorious liar, so much so that he went by the name of ‘gassy Brown’.at gassy, adj.1
‘Cong. Globe’ in DN IV:i 45: [Many of the National Banks] keep a little cubby of an office, loan no money, render no facilities, and yet draw interest on their circulation.at cubby, n.
in DN VI (1928) 349: Make [this Indian] your friend, for he is a good one. Do the square thing by him and he is a honey-cooler. Do anything mean to him, and he is a johan, and he will get even .at honey cooler (n.) under honey, n.1
DN I 60: Allerickstix (used in common schools of Cincinnatti): all right. E.g. Qu. ‘How did you get through examination?’ Ans. ‘Allerickstix.’.at allerickstix, adv.
DN I 18: Boogie [...] ball of mucus in the nose.at boogie, n.1
DN I 64: ‘To spin round on one’s ear’ means to get violently angry [DA].at get (up) on one’s ear (v.) under ear, n.1
DN I 61: To fade [...] to bet against the player shooting.at fade, v.1
DN 1.74: Hen-hussy [...] a man who concerns himself overmuch with household matters or housekeeping [DARE].at hen hussy (n.) under hen, n.
DN I 230: jewlarky [...] sweetheart. ‘I’m going to see my jewlarky’ .at jewlarker, n.
DN I 68: Obstroperous [...] for obstreperous.at obstropolous, adj.
DN I 214: [A ball of muscus in the nose is] Called bugger in the South, the u sound like [u].at booger, n.1
DN I 207: Reporters characterize a task in which there is more running than writing by the expressive compound leg-work [DA].at leg work, n.
Winchester Word-Book in DN IV: ii 136: He’s very pi now, he mugs all day.at pi, adj.
DN I 216: [...] In Camden, N.J., the boys ‘bag it.’.at bag it (v.) under bag, v.
DN I 229: Children in quarrellling say, ‘I dare you,’ ‘I double-dare you,’ ‘I black dog dare you,’ ‘I double dog dare you,’ ‘I double black dog dare you’.at double-dog dare (v.) under double, adj.
DN I 230: Kentucky Words [...] to be heeled = to be prepared for an undertaking. (So to be well heeled, Massachusetts.) .at heeled, adj.
DN I 232: He hit him smack dab in the mouth.at smack-dab (adv.) under smack, adv.
DN I 227: The president spoke of south meaning ‘left’ in southpaw, a left-handed base-ball pitcher; south-handed had been mentioned to him by Englishmen .at southpaw, n.
DN I 398: Louse-cage: n. common among school boys for ‘hat’.at louse cage (n.) under louse, n.
DN I 328: Bag o’ guts: a useless individual, a ‘bum [...] also implies a big man with little brains’.at bag of guts (n.) under bag, n.1
DN I 387: Dodunk, n. A stupid, simple person.at dodunk, n.
DN I 331: In Salem, Sussex, and Burlington counties [N.J.], where apple-whiskey is made, it is commonly called ‘jack’ [DA].at jack, n.14
DN I 384: Balm of Gilead: slangy [sic] for money.at balm of Gilead, n.
DN III 325: Balm of Gilead [...] Illicitly distilled whiskey.at balm of Gilead, n.
DN I 384: Bonas [...] in phrase ‘I bonas it’ = ‘I claim it’ or ‘I take possession of it.’.at boners, v.
DN I 382: Bounder: to scrub or wash thoroughly (the person).at bounder, v.
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