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Maumee City Express choose

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[US] Maumee City Exp. (OH) 23 Mar. 2/2: Oh, isn’t it a pity such a pretty lad as you should be sent to a calaboose.
at calaboose, n.
[US] Maumee City Exp. (OH)1/5: ‘Just like him. I knew him by that,’ cries a knowing coon.
at coon, n.
[US] Maumee City Exp. (OH) 23 Mar. 2/2: A few neigborly ‘how d’ye do’s’ seem to have soused you clear to the gills in hot water.
at hot water, n.
[US] Maumee City Exp. (OH) 12 Jan. 1/4: She keeps a roaring and a snoring [...] and a flooring you; unless you mind your P’s and Q’s and stand as fast as screws, And as straight as a dog’s hind leg.
at straight as a dog’s hind leg (adj.) under straight, adj.1
[US] Maumee City Exp. (OH) 28 Mar. 1/5: The youthful Queen and her consort are in a fair way to have their meal out of the very chicken fixings of human existence.
at chicken fixings (n.) under chicken, n.
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