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[US] River Press (Fort Benton, MT) 7 Dec. 7/2: That’s the checker — I have the honour to introduce [etc.].
at checker, the, n.
[US] River Press (Fort Benton, MT) 23 Feb. 5/2: Nick-names of the States [...] Colorado, Rovers.
at Rover, n.
[US] River Press (Fort Benton, MT) 3 May 7/1: A rugged looking capitalist from the wild canyons of the Rocky Mountains.
at rugged, adj.
[US] River Press (Fort Benton, MT) 28 Nov. 1/1: The durned thing wasn’t ripe. / For it doubles me up like a sinner, / With a dod-busted sociable gripe.
at dod-busted (adj.) under dod, n.1
[US] River Press (Fort Benton, MT) 3 Oct. 2/2: [headline] A Duel with Revolvers Between a ‘Texas Rawhide’ and a Montana Cowboy.
at rawhide, n.
[US] River Press (Fort Benton, MT) 20 Aug. 5/1: A person to reach his home in safety must take the Irishman’s sidewalk, getting on and off some of the plank walks being attended with some danger.
at Irishman’s sidewalk (n.) under Irishman’s, adj.
[US] River Press (Fort Benton, MT) 30 Apr. 7/3: X says there are too many ‘shave-tails’ coming into helena [...] When asked what he meant by ‘shave-tail,’ he said ‘those d — d tenderfeet that eat pie with a fork’.
at shavetail, n.
[US] River Press (Fort Benton, MT) 12 Dec. 4/1: The Butte Miner is vigorously fighting the ‘sure thing’ games and the ‘sure thing’ men who are running them.
at sure-thing, adj.
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