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Boston Transcript 31 Aug. 2/2: The masons, as the antis say, are clearly unfit for office — the Jacks are just as bad [DA].at anti, n.
Boston Transcript 31 Aug. 2/2: The masons, as the antis say, are clearly unfit for office — the Jacks are just as bad [DA]. Boston Transcript 26 Apr. 2/2: Now he is fairly initiated into the various grades of dissipation, and is looked upon as a ‘Regular Burster’ [DA].at buster, n.2
Boston Transcript 16 Dec. 2/2: Well, said the ‘Cotton man,’ what will you go now? ‘Go,’ said the farmer, [...] ‘I’ll go the whole hog’ [DA].at go, v.
Boston Transcript 12 Dec. 1/1: They tossed on their ‘Sunday-go-to-meetings,’ and crossed into Jersey, the route they intended to take lying through that little but interesting State [DA].at Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes (n.) under Sunday go-to-meeting, adj.
Boston Transcript 4 June 2/2: He ran down the street licketty cut, and is probably at home by this time [DA].at lickety-split, adv.
Boston Transcript 13 Aug. 2/2: I tried a segar; a long eighteen, and puffed myself blind and sick [DA].at long nine (n.) under long, adj.
Boston Transcript 17 Mar. 1/1: ‘They are all pennies,’ says he; ‘nothin but pennies.’ He meant cents, but they call em pennies in New York [DA].at penny, n.
Boston Transcript 1 Apr. 2/1: When a person is guilty of a mean action, or takes much pains to make himself ridiculous, it is often said in relation to the circumstance, ‘small potatoes,—rather small potatoes and few in a hill’ [DA].at small potatoes, n.
Boston Transcript 17 Dec. 2/2: It looks very much like a swindling concern, got up to catch suckers [DA].at sucker, n.1
Boston Transcript 15 Feb. 1/1: Oh, gosh-a-mighty! trike a poor black fellow on de shin! [DA].at gosh-almighty! (excl.) under gosh, n.
Boston Transcript 24 Jan. 2/1: Every thing went on swimmingly, till it occurred to the ‘wire pullers’ to hand round the hat, for the purpose of obtaining the wherewith to defray contingent expenses [DA].at wire-puller, n.1
Boston Transcript 2 Aug. 2/3: Well, Clem, how do you sagatiate dis lubly wedder? [DA].at sagaciate, v.
Boston Transcript 1 June 2/1: A constable was in special attendance, who toted him off to jail [DA].at tote, v.1
Boston Transcript 24 Jan. 2/1: Every thing went on swimmingly, till it occurred to the ‘wire pullers’ to hand round the hat, for the purpose of obtaining the wherewith to defray contingent expenses [DA].at wherewith, n.
Boston Transcript 7 Feb. 2/1: The French-Canadian — or Conuck, as Her Majesty’s provincial subjects of English and American extraction sometimes call him [DA].at Canuck, n.
Boston Transcript 12 Feb. 1/1: If any of you ever come to Saco, I kalkilate you’ll get jesse [DA].at give someone jesse (v.) under jesse, n.
Boston Transcript 30 Oct. n.p.: Bow-Catchers, or KISS-CURLS small curls twisted on the cheeks or temples of young ― and often old ― girls, adhering to the face as if gummed or pasted. Evidently a corruption of BEAU-CATCHERS.at beau-catcher (n.) under beau, n.1
Boston Transcript 7 Jan. 15/7: A Chicago paper speaks of the speechmaking on Andrew Jackson’s day as ‘the Democratic gabfest’.at gabfest (n.) under gab, v.
Boston Transcript 5 Aug. 5/1: There are sundown doctors, sundown lawyers and sundown ministers [DA].at sundown, adj.
Boston Transcript Aug. n.p.: He wanted to be awaked at 11.30 sharp, as he had to make a train.at make, v.
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