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[US] Brownsville Herald (TX) 15 Feb. 4/1: Miss irwin attended the calico hop.
at calico ball (n.) under calico, adj.
[US] Brownsville Herald (TX) 31 Aug. 9/8: Waters’ language [...] proved that he must have been a cowboy or must have played around with the cow-prodders.
at cow-prodder (n.) under cow, n.1
[US] Brownsville Herald (TX) 7 Dec. 4/6: [Walter] Winchell Fomests Hate and War [...] He is a stink bomb. He is a two-legged skunk.
at stink bomb (n.) under stink, n.
[US] Brownsville Herald (TX) 3 June 10/3: McLarnin [...] was a terrific puncher, game as a pebble, could take it or dish it out equally well.
at game as a pebble (adj.) under pebble, n.
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