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Courier (Lincoln, Neb.) 29 Sept. 13/3: Arthur Dunn stands aces high in popular estimation.at stand ace-high (v.) under ace-high, adj.
Courier (Lincoln, Neb.) 29 Sept. 13/3: Arthur Dunn stands aces high in popular estimation. Courier (Lincoln, NE) 12 May 12/2: It is urged against Jack McColl as a reason why he should not be nominated for governor, that he is an old bach .at bach, n.
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 10 Nov. 12/1: It is said also that there are people [...] who don’t ‘know beans’.at know beans (v.) under beans, n.3
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 20 Oct. 17/2: Demmed if I don’t think that my best girl considers me slow, b’Jove.at best girl (n.) under best, adj.
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 11 Aug. 10/1: We can hear the shrivelling of things [...] as Bloviating Billy fulfills his dread mission and scatters blood red ink.at bloviate, v.
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 17 Nov. 1/2: A vote would bob up for C.O. Whedon every once in a while.at bob up (v.) under bob, v.3
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 15 Sept. 8/1: The Call [...] is the only afternoon newspaper [...] that does not use plates — that is, ready matter shipped in by freight and palmed off as [...] sopecial correspondence.at palm, v.
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 17 Nov. 3/2: I can’t dance for shucks, so I’m of no earthly use at a dance.at shucks, n.
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 10 Aug. 10/1: Easy Street [...] the pride of the boozy old town of Illinois [i.e. Peoria].at boozy, adj.
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 13 July 14/2: They are quiet and gentlemanly, there being none of the wrangling and rag chewing.at chew the rag, v.
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 19 Jan. 4/2: My friends would be greatly surprised if they knew that I had married a dead game sport.at dead game (adj.) under dead, adj.
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 10 Aug. 10/1: Buckerino, whisker-less and rotund, Ebright, king of somewhere].at -erino, sfx
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 10 Aug. 10/1: Kim tried to make a monkey out of Roach but it didn’t work.at make a monkey (out) of (v.) under monkey, n.
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 1 June 3/2: Give me truth and candor [...] in preference to [a] palavering promise that purposes no fulfillment.at palaver, v.
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 23 May 7/2: ‘Sam’l of Posen’ is a penniless Jew boy who arrives in New York and begins to earn his living as a street peddler.at Jew boy, n.
Courier (Lindoln, NE) 17 Oct. 2/4: Consarn it, it’s a useless expenditure of the people’s money.at consarn, v.
Courier (Lincoln, Neb.) 27 June 1/2: Mr Brown rushes to a newspaper office [...] and hitching up his high-water pants, shouts [etc.].at highwater, adj.
Courier (Lincoln NE) 21 Sept. 10/1: The hustler [...] has a proclivity for concocting schemes whereby he will make millions.at hustler, n.
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 22 Feb. 2/1: He should be one of the first citizens of the state, and not a jackleg politician.at jackleg, adj.
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 12 Dec. 10/2: ‘Canary Jim’, the blackest, smallest, toughest of them all, sang [...] ‘It’s haa’d, haa’d; haa’d to be a nigga, nigga — so haa’d’.at nigger, n.1
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 2 Jan. 11/2: ‘No, by gummie, not half so purty’.at by gum! (excl.) under gum, n.2
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 7 Aug. 12/4: Her smile was like ka-pen-yen-see, the Black Smoke, which makes one drunk and dream of heaven.at pen yen, n.
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 6 Feb. 1/1: Buying and selling passes and tickets [...] consitutes the vast bulk of the ticket scalper’s business.at scalper (n.) under scalp, v.1
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 6 Feb. 1/1: Buying and selling passes and tickets [...] consitutes the vast bulk of the ticket scalper’s business [...] It is a sneaking trade [...] The seller fears he may be dealing with a ‘spotter’ [...] the buyer is worried throughout his journey by the fear that his scalped ticket may be refused.at scalp, v.1
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 6 Feb. 1/1: Buying and selling passes and tickets [...] consitutes the vast bulk of the ticket scalper’s business [...] It is a sneaking trade [...] The seller fears he may be dealing with a ‘spotter’.at spotter, n.1
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 20 May 6/1: ‘Awfully sad about chappie.’ ‘What?’ ‘He tries to be horsey and is simply asinine’.at chappie, n.
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 2 Sept. 11/2: You are no country jay; you are a New Yorker, and know everything.at country jay (n.) under country, adj.
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 20 May 6/2: Bighead— Dr Briggs cannot swallow th story of Jonah and the whale. Giglamps— Well, there are lots of people that can’t swallow Briggs.at gig-lamps, n.
Courier (Lincoln NE) 4 Aug. 10/4: ‘I hear your husband is going to write a play. Has he made a start on it yet?’ Mrs Bighead— ‘Oh, my, yes. He has prepared a lovely speech to deliver [on] the first the night.at big head, n.1
Courier (Lincoln, NE) 16 Mar. 10/1: The list comprises a couple of clinging coon songs, ‘My Charcoal Charmer’ etc.at charcoal, adj.
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