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[US] Mexico Missouri Message (Audrain Co., MO) 2 Oct. 1/2: The hoodlum wagon [...] with a couple of big policemen.
at hoodlum wagon, n.
[US] Mexico Missouri Message (MO) 2 Feb.) 1/3: [of a mule] The prices are given for the better class of mule colts [...] and it is fair to suppose that [...] the ‘little cottonhead’ was a drag on the market.
at cottonhead, n.
[US] Mexico Missouri Message (MO) 18 Jan. 3/1: Didn’t Mister Rogers go to Europe to let his coppers cool off. Didin’t Rockyfeller’s kid go acrost too .
at cool one’s coppers (v.) under cool, v.2
[US] Mexico Missouri Message (MO) 18 Jan. 3/1: His Face Music was as rough house as a police captain talking fireworks to his men .
at face music (n.) under face, n.
[US] Mexico Missouri Message (MO) 18 Jan. 3/1: You’re the real Boston Bunker-hill Cream Puff. You’re making them Highbinders look like an Uncle Sam toy terrier with a Philippine tin can tied to his tail.
at highbinder, n.
[US] Mexico Missouri Message (MO) 18 Jan. 3/1: Haven’t they hired a Talk-tosser witha Shamrock name to throw Word Bombs at you?
at talk-tosser (n.) under talk, n.
[US] Mexico Missouri Message (MO) 9 Aug. 1/2: The weather was hot [...] but it did not hinder the old ‘Vets’ from gathering and having a good time.
at vet, n.1
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