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[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 24 Nov. 6/3: ’To crittercize no man has a right.’ Tis treason, sure ez beans is beans.
at sure as hogs are made of bacon under sure as..., phr.
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] If the ‘gee’ springs a fat roll, tip the ollie a finif to vamp until the blow off.
at blow off, n.2
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] Hunch him [i.e. the loser] over to the juice joint and throw the bull con, but lead him off the lot before he gets hep and makes a roar for his wad, or starts a clemm.
at clem, n.
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] If the spieler should happen to fumble the pill while the dough is up, it is best to cop and blow at once.
at cop and blow (v.) under cop, v.
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] If the ‘gee’ springs a fat roll, tip the ollie a finif to vamp until the blow off.
at finnif, n.
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] If the ‘gee’ springs a fat roll, tip the ollie a finif to vamp until the blow off.
at gee, n.2
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] When the steerer gets the geezer in the push, let the boosters stall until the main plugger cops.
at geezer, n.1
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] When the steerer gets the geezer in the push, let the boosters stall until the main plugger cops; then, if the gilly digs in his keyser [sic] or goes south for soft, give him a flash of the little dinkie doodle ball.
at gilly, n.
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] When [the victim] is up against it good and cops the wrong nut, have the staller readyto split him from any hobnails that come up to knock.
at hobnail, n.
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] Hunch him [i.e. the loser] over to the juice joint and throw the bull con, but lead him off the lot before he gets hep and makes a roar for his wad, or starts a clemm.
at juice joint (n.) under juice, n.1
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] When the steerer gets the geezer in the push, let the boosters stall until the main plugger cops; then, if the gilly digs in his keyser [sic] or goes south for soft, give him a flash of the little dinkie doodle ball.
at keister, n.
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] Make a hot lamas before the rube gets the green in his mit, and do a ringer before making another pitch.
at do a lam (v.) under lam, n.1
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] When the steerer gets the geezer in the push, let the boosters stall until the main plugger cops; then, if the gilly digs in his keyser [sic] or goes south for soft, give him a flash of the little dinkie doodle ball.
at soft money, n.
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] The boosters must tip the nut spieler if any ollies are piping.
at ollie, n.
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] If the spieler should happen to fumble the pill while the dough is up, it is best to cop and blow at once.
at pill, n.
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] The boosters must tip the nut spieler if any ollies are piping.
at pipe, v.3
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] Make a hot lamas before the rube gets the green in his mit, and do a ringer before making another pitch.
at pitch, n.1
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] When the steerer gets the geezer in the push, let the boosters stall until the main plugger cops.
at plugger, n.3
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] When the steerer gets the geezer in the push, let the boosters stall until the main plugger cops.
at push, n.
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] Make a hot lamas before the rube gets the green in his mit, and do a ringer before making another pitch.
at do a ringer (v.) under ringer, n.
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] If the ‘gee’ springs a fat roll, tip the ollie a finif to vamp until the blow off.
at fat roll (n.) under roll, n.
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] Make a hot lamas before the rube gets the green in his mit, and do a ringer before making another pitch.
at rube, n.1
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] When the steerer gets the geezer in the push, let the boosters stall until the main plugger cops; then, if the gilly digs in his keyser [sic] or goes south for soft, give him a flash of the little dinkie doodle ball.
at dip south (v.) under south, adv.
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: [of the operator of a shell game under shell n.] How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] If the spieler should happen to fumble the pill while the dough is up, it is best to cop and blow at once.
at spieler, n.
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] When [the victim] is up against it good and cops the wrong nut, have the staller readyto split him from any hobnails that come up to knock.
at staller, n.
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] When the steerer gets the geezer in the push, let the boosters stall until the main plugger cops.
at steerer, n.
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 31 Mar. 3/3: How to Operate the Shell Game with Profit [...] If the ‘gee’ springs a fat roll, tip the ollie a finif to vamp until the blow off.
at vamp, v.2
[US] Little Falls Herald (MN) 14 Feb. 5/4: There were a number of American Bolshevik sympathizers there. We referred to them as ‘mushheaded’.
at mush-headed (adj.) under mush-head, n.
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