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[US] Bee (Earlington, NY) 12 Sept. 4: ‘Aw, come off. Go take a run [...] Youse gives me a pain’ ‘Come off yourself. See?’.
at come off, v.1
[US] Bee (Earlington, NY) 12 Sept. 4: W’ile I’m gettin’ de jolt you’ll be gettin’ your skypiece busted. See?
at sky-piece (n.) under sky, n.1
[US] Bee (Earlington, NY) 12 Sept. 4: I’ll give you a jolt in the slats. See?
at slat, n.3
[US] Bee (Earlington, KY) 25 Apr. 2/4: Jack [...] leaped upon the bicycle, thinking he would go zizzing down the road.
at zizz, v.
[US] Bee (Earlington, KY) 25 July 4/1: A Rabbi [...] claims the mails can be carried across the Atlantic in two days. This beats the Jews.
at beat the Jews (v.) under beat, v.
[US] Bee (Earlington, KY) 12 Nov. 4/4: ‘I’ve got you gosh-dasted tramps at last,’ said the farmer.
at gosh-dasted (n.) under gosh, n.
[US] Bee (Earlington, KY) 29 Apr. 7/1: The disguised individual can’t see a hole in a ladder.
at disguised, adj.
[US] Bee (Earlington, KY) 7 July 1/6: ‘Dr’ Vannoy and Clarence Hcomeiggins were Johnnie at the rat hole all day.
at johnny-at-the-rat-hole (n.) under johnny, n.1
[US] Bee (Earlington, KY) 12 may 4/2: Any nuthead could do that.
at nuthead (n.) under nut, n.2
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