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Kalida Venture choose

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[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 4 Apr. 1/1: [He] would cut such a dash, and make such a flaming appearance as to steal the heart of every girl.
at flaming, adj.1
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 4 Apr. 1/1: His Lordship sprang over the walls in a jiffy.
at jiffy, n.
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] a passenger in the Cape Ann stage.
at passenger on the Cape Ann stage, to be a, v.
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] all sail set.
at all sails set, adj.
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] bamboozled.
at bamboozled (adj.) under bamboozle, v.
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] battered.
at battered, adj.
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] blue-eyed.
at blue-eyed, adj.1
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] breezy.
at breezy, adj.1
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] stewed.
at bruised, adj.
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] half-cocked.
at half-cocked, adj.
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] comfortable.
at comfortable, adj.
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] crank.
at crank, adj.1
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] faint.
at faint, adj.
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] fogmatic.
at fogmatic, adj.
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] hawkeyed.
at hawkeyed, adj.
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] jug-steemed [sic].
at jug-steamed under jug, n.1
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] tangle-legged.
at tangle-legged (adj.) under tangle-leg, n.
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] on the lee lurch.
at on the lee lurch (adj.) under lurch, n.
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] smoky.
at smoky, adj.3
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] snubbed.
at snubbed, adj.
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] stewed.
at stewed, adj.1
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] stripped.
at stripped, adj.
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] well under way.
at well under way, adj.
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] weak-jointed.
at weak-jointed (adj.) under weak, adj.
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] whipped.
at whipped, adj.
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 22 Oct. 1/4: Then, as people saw that the mare was taking her jumps easily [...] one might hear such exclamations as [...] ‘Begor, Little Ginger will have the day!’.
at begorra!, excl.
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 22 Oct. 1/3: He asked him ina whisper, ‘Can you ride?’ ‘Can a duck swim?’ returned the fellow with a knowing wink.
at can a duck swim? under duck, n.1
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 22 Oct. 1/3: You shall never take your grip off me, you omadawan!
at omadhaun, n.
[US] Kalida Venture (OH) 4 Aug. 1/2: If the Emperor does not speedily abdicate, he may unexpectedly find himself in Charon’s ferry-boat [...] in company with the devil.
at go across the river (v.) under river, n.
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