1874 Bozeman Avant Courier (MT) 7 Aug. 2/1: ‘I can always tell water when I see it,’ remarked toddy blossom the other day. ‘It looks so much like gin’.at toddy blossom (n.) under blossom, n.2
1875 Bozeman Avant Courier (MT) 23 Apr. 2/4: A Chicago bunko steerer picked up a rural athlete from Iowa [...] The first place they landed in was a bunko den [...] the bunko artists locked the doors and were going to fleece their man .at bunco artist (n.) under bunco, n.