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[US] Durham Dly Globe (NC) 27 Aug. 1/2: We’ve got the resources, any God’s quantity of them.
at any God’s quantity, n.
[US] Durham Dly Globe (Durham, NC) 12 Mar. 2/3: At about this point [...] the restraints of politeness are altogether dispensed with, and clapperclawing and hair-pulling follow.
at clapperclaw, v.
[US] Durham Daily Globe (NC) 16 July 2/2: All come up to the rack and drop your money in the box.
at come up to the rack (or jump the fence) (v.) under come up, v.1
[US] Durham Dly Globe (NC) 2 Aug. 2/3: He is not doing his sworn duty when he allows Black to be bellyaching around as a total wreck and pays him to bellyache.
at bellyache, v.
[US] Durham Dly Globe (NC) 19 Jan. 2/2: He is permitted to scribble upon the pages of the weekly afterclap of a former defunt daily newspaper.
at after-clap, n.
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