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[US] Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ) 7 Sept. 2/3: ‘If my chips ain’t back whar they belong I’s goin’ to kyarve some dark meat!’.
at dark meat, n.
[US] Ariz. Republican (Phoenix, AZ) 1 Sept. 3/1: I wish to say that, by the jumping Jesus, I’ll never vote for Zulick.
at jumping Jesus!, excl.
[US] Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ) 7 Sept. 2/3: The door opened and in entered the finest specimen of a colored dude I ever laid my eyes upon. He was a la la.
at la-la, n.1
[US] Ariz. Repub. (Phoenix, AZ) 7 Jan. 1/2: He did more real good than did many a pulpit-thumper.
at pulpit-banger (n.) under pulpit, n.
[US] Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ) 24 May 2/1: [He] predicts that the Democratic party will be whipped out of its boots in November.
at out of one’s boots (adv.) under boot, n.2
[US] Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ) 29 May 4/3: ‘I can give you the schedule in half a shake of a lamb’s tail’.
at two shakes of a lamb’s tail, phr.
[US] Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ) 28 Aug. 4/3: Bill Doolin is robbing stages [...] getting killed in several paces [...] caprtured here [...] and generally keeping up his record as the ‘baddest’ man in the world.
at bad, adj.
[US] Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ) 9 Jan. 2/2: Barnacles are the cirse of any community.
at barnacle, n.1
[US] Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ) 18 Dec. 4/3: An innocent newspaper chap [...] won the whole boodle.
at whole boodle (n.) under boodle, n.1
[US] Arizona Republican 8 Feb. 5/3: The customer by this time imagined he wanted a milk toast and ordered it. [...] he heard the waiter translate it into a ‘graveyard stew.’.
at graveyard stew (n.) under graveyard, n.
[US] Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ) 12 Nov. 8/1: The board of supervisors is being ‘ribbed up’ in certain quarters to throw out the voice of the second ward.
at rib, v.
[US] Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ) 6 Oct. 8/3: The editor evidently drew the line at the modern ‘scare head’.
at scarehead (n.) under scare, n.
[US] Arizona Republican 10 Nov. 4/5: Everybody and his cousin are finding out that we are the people to trade with.
at everybody and his cousin, n.
[US] Ariz. Republican (Phoenix, AZ) 12 Mar. 5/3: This street is no place for us to fight, but by Judas Priest, Ill meet you tomorrow in the assembly chamber.
at Judas Priest!, excl.
[US] Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ) 26 June 1/6: Pennsey banquetted [...] A dinner was given in honor of the rowing crew of the University ot Pennsylvania.
at Pennsy, n.
[US] Arizona Republican 16 May 6/2: Each got seven days for drunkeness [...] incited thereto by several bottles of dago red.
at dago red (n.) under dago, adj.1
[US] Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ) 11 Nov. 15/3: Miss Elizabeth Kendrick entertained with a cat party in honor of her cousin Miss Walter.
at cat party (n.) under cat, n.1
[US] Arizona Repub. (Phoenix, AZ) 26 July 12/3: The defendant is a rag chewer, a habitual and persistent scold.
at rag chewer, n.
[US] Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ) 16 Feb. 7/1: Greenaway [...] realized that prohibition would mean only a clever system of blind piggery.
at blind piggery (n.) under blind pig, n.
[US] Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ) 31 Jan. 5/2: He [...] had the necessary strip of paper which entitled to him to a ride on the cushions.
at on the cushions under cushion, n.
[US] Arizona Republican (Phoenix) 22 July 7: Toggery’s Shovel ’Em Out Sale [...] Iron Hats sale price $2.10.
at iron hat (n.) under iron, adj.
[US] Ariz. Republican (Phoenix, AZ) 22 May 5/4: Assimilating jag-juice from Alkali Ike’s own private bottle.
at jag, n.1
[US] Arizona Repub. (Phoenix, AZ) 8 Jan. 6/3: The police last night arrested a knight of the road [...] The hobo claimed he had purchased the garment.
at knight of the road, n.
[US] Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ) 16 Mar. n.p.: Your old man’s a mean guy [...] He’s a tailor, and yet, he lets you wear those old, raggedy pants.
at raggedy, adj.
[US] Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ) 29 Aug. 5/4: Majestic Theatre — To-night [...] Joe Egan ‘Broadway Boy. All new songs.
at Broadway Joe (n.) under Broadway, n.
[US] Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ) 10 Oct. 1/3: [pic. caption] Prinking up for an Illustrious Visitor.
at prink, v.
[US] Arizona Repub. (Phoenix, AZ) 11 July 2/2: Mister Tagert’s Tavern [...] got the name of bein’ a Randyvoo for the Single an’ th’ Ungodly.
at randyvoo, n.
[US] Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ) 25 Aug. 12/3: Yes, friends, it is this same Gazette, this brass-faced hypocrite [...] slandering law-abiding and peace-loving communities .
at brass-face (n.) under brass, adj.1
[US] Arizona Republican (Phoeniz, AZ) 21 Sept. 16/2: Miller was loaded to the guards with conversation water.
at conversation water (n.) under conversation, n.
[US] Arizona Republican (Phoeniz, AZ) 21 Sept. 16/2: Miller was loaded to the guards with conversation water.
at loaded to the... (adj.) under loaded, adj.
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