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Brownsville Daily Herald (TX) 28 May n.p.: he was struck squarely on the head by an electric bolt. It stripped the hair from one side of his brainpan.at brainpan (n.) under brain, n.1
Brownsville Daily Herald (TX) 28 May n.p.: he was struck squarely on the head by an electric bolt. It stripped the hair from one side of his brainpan. Brownsville Dly Herald (TX) 25 Jan. 4/1: That ‘cotton-headed’ Southern warhorse and hero [...] Gen. Joe Wheeler.at cottontop, n.2
Brownsville Dly Herald (TX) 13 Feb. 2/4: I’m not like Ancient Pistol, this time ‘I must even grin and eat my leek’ — gayly.at eat the leek (v.) under eat, v.
Brownsville Dly Herald (TX) 27 Apr. 3/2: The poor fellow is evidently non compos.at non compos, adj.
Brownsville Dly Herald 23 Apr. 2/1: Now he is suing for damages, with a fat chance of getting them.at fat chance, n.
Brownsville Dly Herald 25 Aug. n.p.: Secretaries hitchcock and Wilson are the chums of the cabinet [...] it is regarded as quite natural that they should become intimate to chumminess.at chumminess (n.) under chummy, adj.
Brownsville Dly Herald (TX) 30 Nov. 1/3: On telling Mrs John Jacob Astor that she ‘looked punky with a white rose’, and recommending a red one, he was made her private secretary.at punky, adj.
Brownsville Dly Herald (TX) 19 Nov. 2/2: One of the men rolled a leaf of tobacco in his hand and wrapped it with another leaf. That was the first stogy.at stogie, n.
Brownsville Dly Herald (TX) 24 Nov. 2/2: ‘Betcha it’s a boy or girl — hey?’ ‘Betcha tain’t’.at betcha!, excl.
Brownsville Dly Herald 22 Nov. 1/4: A section of a red ball freight got to the top of Glorietta Pass.at redball (n.) under red, adj.
Brownsville Daily Herald (TX) 6 Feb. 1/5: By jiminy crickets, I’m doggoned glad to see you’.at jiminy cricket!, excl.
Brownsville Daily Herald (TX) 7 Apr. 3/2: Time spent on fashion fits you only for giddy, hollowheaded company.at hollowheaded (adj.) under hollowhead, n.
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