1876 Dallas Dly Herald (TX) 28 June 12/1: He was so drunk that he couldn’t have hit the ground with his hat.at couldn’t hit the ground with his hat under couldn’t..., phr.
1880 Dallas Dly Herald (TX) 17 Sept. 8/3: Young, the ‘main guy’, was captured and lodged in the station house.at main guy (n.) under main, adj.
1881 Dallas Dly Herald (TX) 7 Aug. 5/2: He was put in the calaboose for assaulting a negro woman [...] when the ‘trusty’ took some water to the oriusoners Bell knocked him down and made his escape.at trusty, n.2
1887 Dallas Dly Herald (TX) 28 Nov. 1/4: The antis carried every city precinct [...] and the antis are jubilant. Prohibitionists concede the victory.at anti, n.
1887 Dallas Dly Herald (TX) 9 Feb. 2/1: He will carry New York and be our next president. ‘Rum, Romanism and Rebellion’ cooked his goose before.at cook someone’s goose, v.
1887 Dallas Dly Herald (TX) 28 Jan. 1/2: They wore the garb of a veritable cowboy [...] who might paint the town vermillion hue if they got on a rampage.at paint the town red, v.
1887 Dallas Dly Herald (TX) 28 Nov. 1/4: Atlanta Gone Wet. The antis carried every city precinct [...] and the antis are jubilant. Prohibitionists concede the victory.at wet, adj.1