1827 J.F. Cooper Prairie 45: The half-and-halfs that one meets in these distant districts are altogether more barbarous than the real savage.at half-and-half, n.
1827 J.F. Cooper Prairie 93: That prevented me from putting the matter, at once, to yonder red-devil, and making it a real knock-down and drag-out! at knock-down (and) drag-out, n.
1827 J.F. Cooper Prairie i 285: The well-known initials that have since gained for the government of the U.S. the good-humoured and quaint appellation of Uncle Sam.at Uncle Sam, n.1