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[US] Herald & News (Newberry, SC) 22 Mar. 6/1: All the women of Washington are on the anxious bench to learn whether or no they will be invited.
at on the anxious bench (adj.) under bench, n.
[US] Herald & News (Newberry, SC) 1 Aug. 7/1: Now Becky Ann, don’t stretch yore blanket too fur, or yew mite tare a hole in it.
at stretch a/the blanket (v.) under blanket, n.
[US] Herald & News (Newberry, SC) 2 Apr. 3/1: John and Henry are always genial and know how to entertain an old country cracker.
at country cracker (n.) under country, adj.
[US] Herald & News (Newberry, SC) 28 Mar. 5/1: A tall Down-Easter [...] asked, ‘Can you tell me, Sir, what state we are in?’.
at Down-easter, n.
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