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[US] Lincoln Co. Leader (NM) 16 June 3/3: Then this bummer still beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, / By the quaint and swell gravity of the physiog he wore.
at phiz, n.1
[US] Lincoln Co. Leader (NM) 16 June 3/3: Then this bummer still beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, / By the quaint and swell gravity of the physiog he wore.
at swellish (adj.) under swell, n.1
[US] Lincoln Co. Leader (NM) 24 July 1/4: We have the Salvation Army with its ‘come-to-Jesus-Jane’ [...] and ‘Devil-Driver Sal’.
at come-to-Jesus, adj.
[US] Lincoln Co. Leader (NM) 7 Apr. 1/2: The in-going commander [...] would be the hardest man in the Territory to ‘snatch bald-headed’.
at snatch bald-headed (v.) under bald-headed, adv.
[US] Lincoln County Leader 17 May 7/4: Don’t be a clam, my son, but if an old friend [...] asks for the loan of $5 until Saturday, just close your shell for repairs.
at close your shell! (excl.) under close, v.
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