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[US] New Bloomfield PA Times (PA) 5 June 1/4: ‘Hanged if I won’t have to charge you extra,’ growled the clerk.
at I’ll be hanged! (excl.) under hang, v.1
[US] New Bloomfield Times (PA) 10 Apr. 8/1: A window in the rear of Charles Brook’s residence [...] was jimmied open, and one of the burglars [...] proceeded up stairs.
at jimmy, v.1
[US] New Bloomfield Times (PA) 10 June 5/2: Boodle and Counterfeiters. [He] left information [...] that a dealer in counterfeit money [...] had made him an offer of $100 in bogus money for $35.
at boodle, n.1
[US] New Bloomfield Times (PA) 23 Sept. 8/2: The rowdy [...] may still cut up some shines.
at cut (up) a shine (v.) under cut up, v.1
[US] New Bloomfield Times (PA) 29 June 8/1: Of ‘Albany beef,’ strugeon, you can get enough for twelve and a half cents to feed a family.
at Albany beef, n.
[US] New Bloomfield Times (PA) 23 Nov. 1/3: I’m sorry you’ve allowed anybody, much less a lime--juicer, to make you back down.
at lime-juicer, n.
[US] New Bloomfield Times (PA) 21 Sept. 1/5: This stunned the bear, and enabled the vaqueros to tickle his ribs with a pocket knife until he died.
at tickle someone’s ribs (v.) under rib, n.1
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