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[US] Potter Jrnl (Coudersport, PA) 11 June 1/2: I’ll bet my boots against a jack-knife the morning express is off.
at bet one’s boots (v.) under bet, v.
[US] Potter Jrnl (Coudersport, PA) 25 Oct. 1/4: [set in London] Oh dash it [...] I shouldn’t care a rap about the things, only [...] the governor would cut up so deuced rough.
at cut up rough, v.
[US] Potter Jrnl (Coudersport, PA) 25 Oct. 1/4: [set in London] Let’s hear the damage, and I’ll stump up.
at damage, n.
[US] Potter Jrnl (Coudersport, PA) 25 Oct. 1/4: [set in London] What a couple of muffs we are! Why don’t you turf the thing?
at muff, n.2
[US] Potter Jrnl (Coudersport, PA) 25 Oct. 1/4: [set in London] Oh dash it [...] I shouldn’t care a rap about the things, only [...] the Governo’d cut up so deuced rough.
at not care a rap (for) (v.) under rap, n.2
[US] Potter Jrnl (Coudersport, PA) 25 Oct. 1/4: [set in London] Let’s hear the damage, and I’ll stump up.
at stump up (v.) under stump, v.3
[US] Potter Jrnl (Coudersport, PA) 25 Oct. 1/4: [set in London] What a couple of muffs we are! Why don’t you turf the thing?
at turf out (v.) under turf, v.
[US] Potter Jrnl (Coudersport, PA) 25 Jan. 1/4: He would have considerded it a disgrace to have been a blunderhead at anything.
at blunderhead, n.
[US] Potter Jrnl (Coudersport, PA) 25 Jan. 1/4: On a starvation salary the temptation to crib from the change drawer is often too strong.
at crib, v.1
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