1869 Bolivar Bulletin (Bolivar, TN) 16 Jan. 2/2: We should say you did, or else be forced to put you down as a selfish brother of the quill.at brother of the quill (n.) under brother (of the)..., n.
1870 Bolivar Bull. (TN) 26 Feb. 3/1: An ounce of prevention is worth dead oodles of cure.at dead oodles (n.) under dead, adj.
1870 Bolivar Bull. (TN) 26 Feb. 3/1: Why don’t our country cousins [...] fetech in butter, eggs [...] Ye local would like some cow and hen fruit.at hen fruit (n.) under hen, n.
1871 Bolivar Bull. (TN) 15 Apr. 1/3: The Slang of Our Day [...] When financial troubles come nigh you, they say, ‘Oh, he’s flat on his back’.at on one’s back (adj.) under back, n.1
1871 Bolivar Bull. (TN) 15 Apr. 1/3: The Slang of Our Day [...] They substitute beating for cheating.at beat, v.
1871 Bolivar Bull. (TN) 15 Apr. 1/3: The Slang of Our Day [...] They tell you ‘that game is quite played, say, walk, you dirty big loafer.’ Or ‘a head on you’ is sure to be made.at dirty, adv.
1871 Bolivar Bull. (TN) 15 Apr. 1/3: The Slang of Our Day [...] Instead of saying ‘to the the devil,’ they tell you to ‘walk off on your ear’.at on one’s ear under ear, n.1
1871 Bolivar Bull. (TN) 15 Apr. 1/3: The Slang of Our Day [...] Fusil oil is now named for whisky.at fusil oil, n.
1871 Bolivar Bull. (TN) 15 Apr. 1/3: The Slang of Our Day [...] There are ‘that’s what’s the matter with Hannah’.at Hannah, n.
1871 Bolivar Bull. (TN) 15 Apr. 1/4: You two kin take your revolvers an’ go to tother end of the room an’ pop away.at pop, v.1
1871 Bolivar Bulletin (TN) 4 Mar. 3/2: Of course old ‘pot-gut’ is ‘trooly loil’.at pot-gut (n.) under pot, n.1
1877 Bolivar Bulletin (Hardeman Co., TN) 12 Apr. 3/1: I wanted to ask you not to drink that red stuff, for it will kill you just as it killed my father.at red stuff (n.) under red, adj.
1878 Bolivar Bulletin (TN) 19 Dec. 2/3: A benchlegged fice [...] rigning tinware of many patterns with his tail.at bench-legged (adj.) under bench, n.
1878 Bolivar Bulletin (Hardeman Co., TN) 28 Nov. 2/1: Gold for the bondholder and the depreciated buzzard silver dollar for the masses.at buzzard, n.