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[US] Arizona Citizen (Tucson, AZ) 23 Sept. 2/3: He has dished up his feelings with such an array of horrible adjectives.
at dish (out), v.
[US] Arizona Citizen 30 Dec. n.p.: The way i make the feathers fly would discount the devil beating tan-bark!
at hell beating tanbark under hell, n.
[US] Ariz. Citizen (Tucson, AZ) 28 Oct. 2/1: The embraces of Agent Piper with Cochise seems to have [...] so disgusted his braves that they preferred war to such ‘lallygagging’.
at lallygag, v.
[US] Arizona Citizen (Tuscan, AZ) 22 June 1/5: The swarm of flunkies, Cheap John clothiers, etc., shut the shop door.
at cheap-john, adj.
[US] Ariz. Citizen (Tucson, AZ) 13 May 1/2: Not braver he that leaps the wall / [...] / Than I, who stepped before them all / Who longed to see me get the mitten. / But no, she blushed and took my arm!
at get the mitten (v.) under mitten, n.
[US] Ariz. Citizen (Tucson, AZ) 9 Aug. 2/1: He’ll not permit much ‘lally-gagging’ around his quarters.
at lallygag, v.
[US] Arizona Citizen (Tucson, AZ) 24 Mar. 3/2: Belly-wash and chewing gum [...] and a host of good things.
at belly wash, n.
[US] Wkly Arizona Citizen (Tucson, AZ) 27 Nov. 2/6: Hence the phrase: ‘Go off and bag your head’.
at bag your head! (excl.) under bag, v.
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