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[US] Bloomfield Times (PA) 7 June 2/5: ‘Leave off handling your barking iron,’ he said.
at barking iron, n.
[US] Bloomfield Times (PA) 5 Apr. 2/5: Well, you’d soon found [...] out [...] trying to steal any bod’s carpet-bag.
at bod, n.
[US] Bloomfield Times (PA) 24 May 2/5: As he raked in the winnings he would remark that luck was all his way [...] ‘Pure luck,’ said he, ‘bullhead luck, nothin’ else’.
at bullhead luck, n.
[US] Bloomfield Times (PA) 7 June 2/4: He was all stuck around with bowie knives and six shooters, so that eh was a caution to look at.
at caution, n.
[US] Bloomfield Times (PA) 6 Sept. 7/5: A down Easter was interrogated. ‘I want you [...] to give me a straight forward answer to a plain question’.
at Down-easter, n.
[US] Bloomfield Times (PA) 15 Aug. 5/4: From one little piece of land in Spring township, called the ‘devil’s half-acre’, Mr David Fry raised [...] 15 bushels of oats.
at devil’s half-acre (n.) under devil, n.
[US] Bloomfield Times (PA) 9 Jan. 2/4: Driver, ruslte these folksaround — [...] take them everywheres.
at everywheres, n.
[US] Bloomfield Times (PA) 22 Oct. 3/2: I’ve got tarnation toothache [...] the tarnal thing’s been aching for nigh four weeks.
at tarnation, adj.
[US] Bloomfield Times (PA) 18 Mar. 2/3: It’s a lie as sure as shootin’.
at sure as shooting under sure as..., phr.
[US] Bloomfield Times (PA) 18 Mar. 2/3: Father, this beats all creation.
at beat (someone) out of (v.) under beat, v.
[US] Bloomfield Times (PA) 18 Mar. 2/4: He had [...] a high bee-gum hat.
at bee-gum (hat), n.
[US] Bloomfield Times (PA) 18 Mar. 2/4: As soon as she entered the door, he broke. The dogs all went after him.
at break, v.2
[US] Bloomfield Times (PA) 18 Mar. 2/3: You can’t come that game over us, old hoss-fly.
at horse-fly (n.) under horse, n.
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