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[US] Grange Advance (Red Wing, MN) 20 May 8/3: We are apprehensive if the Pioneer is not carefully handled it will go over bodsy and breeches to Donnelly.
at body and breeches (adv.) under body, n.
[US] Grange Advance (Red Wing, MN) 3 June 7/3: Then the legislature will commence to pow-wow, and it will pow-wow and pow-wow.
at pow-wow, v.
[US] Grange Advance (Red Wing, MN) 8 Sept. 1/5: A sort of clod-hopping farmer, with as little special fuitness for [...] the responsible duties of the auditor’s office, as an ape would have for the duties of a priest.
at clodhopping, adj.
[US] Grange Advance (Red Wing, MN) 9 Feb. 5/1: if a grange should fizzle out, what can a member do if he wishes to keep with the order?
at fizzle (out), v.
[US] Grange Advance (Red Wing, MN) 19 Apr. 2/2: [of horses] Then the General put in the big licks and gave it to the Judge.
at go in/on big licks (v.) under big licks, n.
[US] Grange Advance (Red Wing, MN) 4 Apr. 7/4: I was taking a stroll in that part of town Mrs Partington called the ‘Rhubarbs’.
at rhubarbs, the, n.2
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