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[US] Appeal Apr. 37: Some time since, two ungodly and thoughtless young men were wasting the hours of the Lord's-day in a walk of pleasure. On their way they passed the house of God [...] ‘What place is this?’ said one. ‘Oh,’ replied his companion with a sneer, ‘that is the gospel shop’.
at gospel mill (n.) under gospel, n.
[US] Appeal (S. Paul, Minn) 19 Sept. 6/6: Petitioner claims that he was not permitted to ride in the first-class coach [...] but was compelled to ride in what is known on the said Georgia railroad as the ‘Jim Crow car’.
at Jim Crow, adj.
[US] Appeal (St Paul, MN) 10 Aug. 3/4: The very Frenchy bonbonnieres made of jewel crystals.
at Frenchie, adj.
[US] Appeal (St Paul, Minn.) 10 Aug. 3/1: What does old Blunderhead do but detail me, as usual [...] It was just like old Jinglebrains.
at blunderhead, n.
[US] Appeal (St Paul, Minn.) 10 Aug. 3/1: What does old Blunderhead do but detail me, as usual [...] It was just like old Jinglebrains.
at jingle-brains, n.
[US] Appeal (St Paul, MN) 16 Sept. 4/5: The gentleman [...] saw those parlor girls [...] in a dive wine room.
at parlor girl (n.) under parlor, n.
[US] Appeal (St Paul, MN) 4 Feb. 3/2: The ‘Jim Crow’ car law [...] the first provision [...] is that the Negro [...] will ride on plush and velvet.
at ride the plush (v.) under ride, v.
[US] Appeal (St Paul, MN) 12 Apr. 1/1: He told a hard luc k story about a sick horse [...] and he wanted to stay a few days until he found out ‘where he was at’.
at where one is at, phr.
[US] Appeal (St Paul, MN) 12 Apr. 1/2: Why, that ‘henskin’ of yourn ain’t fit to ride a mess wagon, let alone a bronk.
at hen skin (n.) under hen, n.
[US] Appeal (St Paul, MN) 12 Apr. 1/1: I’m your huckleberry. When can I begin?
at huckleberry, n.
[US] Appeal (St Paul, MN) 26 Dec. 1/1: His every day dress consisted of the regulation ministerial garb: top hat, frock, or as he termed it ‘Jim Swigger’ coat, black trousers and white choker.
at jimswinger, n.
[US] Appeal (St Paul, MN) 14 Mar. 3/2: Don Francesco [...] has set up a claim of being a natural cousin of king Alfonso of Spain,. and wants a share of the dope accumulated by the old daddy of both of them.
at dope, n.1
[US] Appeal (St Paul, Minn.) 6 Dec. 4/2: The Willing Workers’ Club [...] will host a ‘Kentucky Oyster’ (chitterling) supper.
at Kentucky oysters (n.) under Kentucky, adj.
[US] Appeal (St Paul, Minn.) 3 July 2/1: if a Jim Crow Y.M.C.A. is right, then lynching disenfranchisement, Jim-crow cars and all the abomintions of the South are right.
at Jim Crow, adj.
[US] Appeal (St Paul, Minn) 1 July 2/5: A jim-crow insitution backed and financed by the state, which would tend to open the doors to all the evils which accompany jim-crowism.
at Jim Crow, n.
[US] Appeal (St Paul, MN) 14 Jan. 1/1: The phrase quoted [...] saved the President from [...] fanatical denunciation as a ‘nigger lover’.
at nigger-lover, n.
[US] Appeal (St Paul, MN) 14 Jan. 1/7: The President’s mental barometer is unerring in pussyfooting on the race question.
at pussyfoot, v.
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