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Electrical Experimenter choose

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[US] Electrical Experimenter Jan. 472/2: ‘Ugh! An inventor, eh?’ ‘Nix! He’s not an inventor himself, but he antes-up for ’em’.
at ante (up), v.
[US] Electrical Experimenter Aug. 248/3: It was easy enough to follow the suspect [...] as he strode along. Breaker and shadow, at a distance of fifty feet apart, walked for five blocks and then the man turned quickly to the right and ran down a pair of steps.
at breaker, n.1
[US] Electrical Experimenter July 181/3: Suffering cats!! My shoes became full of carpet tacks and I leapt so high that me head nearly hit the ceiling.
at suffering —!, excl.
[US] Electrical Experimenter June 151/3: Why not find out if Johnson has been indulging promiscuously in the gentle sport of bouncing intoxicated gentry.
at bounce, v.1
[US] Electrical Experimenter June 151/3: He told me that he was certain that Coates shot at him. We threw out a drag and landed Coates within an hour.
at drag, n.5
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