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[US] Corpus Christi Caller (TX) 3 Oct. 6/3: Chicken-Lifters [...] Last night the thief or thieves carried off the quartette of hens.
at chicken-lifter (n.) under chicken, n.
[US] Corpus Christi Caller (TX) 10 July 3/5: [advt for Columbia Records] That ‘Jazz Baby’ Just Has to Have Jazz.
at jazz baby (n.) under jazz, n.
[US] Corpus Christi Caller (TX) 2 Nov. n.p.: [cartoon caption] I will not be beaten by that prune!
at prune, n.
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