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Elder Conklin and Other Stories (1895) 73: I’m all broke up.at broke up, adj.
Elder Conklin and Other Stories (1895) 73: I’m all broke up. Elder Conklin and Other Stories (1895) 3: I guess I’ll have to go and fix up.at fit up, v.1
‘The Sheriff and His Partner’ Elder Conklin & Other Stories (1895) 98: ‘Hell!’ There was savage rage and menace in the exclamation.at hell!, excl.
Elder Conklin and Other Stories (1895) 4: ‘What does “giving the mitten” mean?’ he questioned [...] ‘Why, jest the plainest kind of refusal, I guess.’.at give someone the mitten (v.) under mitten, n.
Elder Conklin and Other Stories (1895) 20: There must be a pile of good in anyone you like, Loo.at pile, n.1
‘A Modern Idyll’ in Elder Conklin & Other Stories (1895) 115: ‘You don’t tell!’ she exclaimed.at you don’t say under say, v.
‘The Best Man in Garotte’ Elder Conklin & Other Stories (1895) 164: I ain’t goin’ to take a hand in no sich derned game.at darned, adj.
‘Eatin’ Crow’ Elder Conklin & Other Stories (1895) 156: I just ate crow right along for months.at eat boiled crow (v.) under eat, v.
‘The Best Man in Garotte’ in Elder Conklin & Other Stories (1895) 163: Jedge, we’re sorry you’ve been jumped, here in Garotte.at jump, v.
‘The Best Man in Garotte’ Elder Conklin & Other Stories (1895) 162: The judge came in with a smile on his round face and shot off a merry remark. But the quip didn’t take.at shoot off, v.
‘Eatin’ Crow’ in Elder Conklin & Other Stories (1895) 133: Maybe you don’t sabe.at savvy, v.
‘Eatin’ Crow’ in Elder Conklin and Other Stories (1895) 154: Samson wouldn’t have a show with a man quick on the draw who meant bizness.at show, n.
‘The Best Man in Garotte’ in Elder Conklin & Other Stories (1895) 166: He [...] slowly drew the revolver from under the cloak. His hesitation was too much for the crowd. ‘Throw it through him, Jedge! Now’s your chance. Wade in, Jedge!’.at throw, v.
‘Gulmore, the Boss’ in Elder Conklin & Other Stories (1895) 173: He talked for an hour about [...] patriotism, and when he had warm’d ’em up he went bald-headed for me.at bald-headed, adv.
‘Gulmore, the Boss’ in Elder Conklin & Other Stories (1895) 241: It isn’t that the big potatoes want pertic’lar to come to the top, it is that the little potatoes are determined to get to the bottom.at big potato, n.1
‘Gulmore, the Boss’ Elder Conklin & Other Stories (1895) 206: He must win and win ‘big’.at big, adv.
‘Gulmore, the Boss’ in Elder Conklin & Other Stories (1895) 213: You’re in politics for somethin’. What is it? If you’re goin’ to buck agen me, you might as well draw out.at buck, v.2
‘Gulmore, the Boss’ Elder Conklin & Other Stories (1895) 221: Are the bhoys to have nuthin’ for their throuble?at b’hoy, n.
‘Gulmore, the Boss’ Elder Conklin & Other Stories (1895) 174: There’s quite a number of Mugwumps, an’ if the Professor goes about workin’ them all up – what with the flannel-mouths and the rest – it might be a close finish.at flannel mouth, n.
‘Gulmore, the Boss’ in Elder Conklin & Other Stories (1895) 173: ’Tain’t the first time Hutchin’s has run for mayor [...] and come out at the little end of the horn.at little end of the horn (n.) under little, adj.
‘Gulmore, the Boss’ in Elder Conklin & Other Stories (1895) 174: The building of the branch line South has brought a lot of Irish here – they’re all Democrats – and there’s quite a number of Mugwumps.at mugwump, n.
‘Gulmore, the Boss’ in Elder Conklin & Other Stories (1895) 239: Ida here always thought a pile of your knowledge an’ teachin’.at pile, n.1
‘Gulmore, the Boss’ in Elder Conklin & Other Stories (1895) 173: What he said was popcorn; but it took with the Mugwumps.at popcorn, adj.
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