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[US] Adair Co. News (Columbia, KY) 24 Oct. 5/5: Columbia has less [...] brick-pressers and chair warmers than any other small town in the state.
at brick-presser (n.) under brick, n.
[US] Adair Co. News (Columbia, KY) 9 Feb. 2/5: When it’s a negro [...] the law operates. When it’s a bottle of booze, it doesn’t. You ‘sagaciate’ do you not?
at sagaciate, v.
[US] Adair Co. News (Columbia, KY) 3 Jan. 7/5: I found a mighty sober-faced old Daddy putting breakfast on the table [...] ‘Well, Daddy’ said I [...] ‘where does this leave me?’.
at daddy, n.
[US] Adair Co. News (Columbia, KY) 3 Jan. 7/2: Is that so? — or is it only another one o’ his frilly lies?
at frilly, adj.
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