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The Prairie choose

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[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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
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