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[US] A.A. Hayes New Colorado 70: If I had to live here, I’d just bottle up and die!
at bottle up, v.
[US] A.A. Hayes New Colorado 149: Twenty-five seedy, second-class ruffians, who proposed to travel, as they say in the West, ‘with their hats chalked,’ or free.
at chalk one’s hat (v.) under chalk, v.1
[US] A.A. Hayes New Colorado 155: I’ll let the daylight through ye if ye don’t sit down — quick!
at let the daylight into/through (v.) under daylight, n.1
[US] A.A. Hayes New Colorado 67: If you sigh for the flesh-pots of Delmonico, you ought to have stayed in New York.
at fleshpot (n.) under flesh, n.
[US] A.A. Hayes New Colorado 118: Why that’s my preacher. I hang my hat on him every time.
at hang one’s hat (v.) under hang, v.2
[US] A.A. Hayes New Colorado 121: ‘Stranger, do you fumigate?’ ‘If you mean smoke, sir, I do not.’ [HDAS].
at fumigate (one’s brains), v.
[US] A.A. Hayes New Colorado 158: We saw [...] a sign, in which the name which I have never encountered elsewhere was given to stimulating beverages. This sign was ‘Nosepaint and Lunch’ .
at nose paint (n.) under nose, n.
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