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Columbia Democrat choose

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[US] Columbia Democrat (Bloomsburg, PA) 18 Nov. 4/3: Belay your jawing tackle, you Jarman [i.e German] lubber.
at jawing-tackle, n.
[US] Columbia Democrat (Bloomsburg, PA) 13 Jan. 4/4: Oh ho! you have come, Old Beeswax, have you?
at beeswax, n.1
[US] Columbia Democrat (Bloomsburg, PA) 31 Mar. 4/2: Dogtowen has suffered a complete downfall [...] The Dogtowners are poor enough at present.
at dogtown, n.1
[US] Columbia Democrat (Bloomsburg, PA) 24 Oct. 3/2: We see the federal papers fiving this name to their party — Democratic Whigs! — Possum up a gum tree.
at possum, n.
[US] Columbia Democrat (Bloomsburg, PA) 14 May 1/5: Consarn me, if I know what the old man is going at; we’ve done all human nature can do.
at consarn, v.
[US] Columbia Democrat (Bloomsburg, PA) 23 July 2/3: The holy Joe fears the consequences of my disclosures.
at holy Joe, n.
[US] Columbia Democrat (Bloomsburg, PA) 6 Sept. 1/5: ‘I only took nine swallers of whiskey , and [...] I’m a gone chicken!’.
at gone chicken (n.) under chicken, n.
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