1881 River Press (Fort Benton, MT) 7 Dec. 7/2: That’s the checker — I have the honour to introduce [etc.].at checker, the, n.
1881 River Press (Fort Benton, MT) 23 Feb. 5/2: Nick-names of the States [...] Colorado, Rovers.at Rover, n.
1882 River Press (Fort Benton, MT) 3 May 7/1: A rugged looking capitalist from the wild canyons of the Rocky Mountains.at rugged, adj.
1883 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
1883 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.
1884 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.
1884 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.
1888 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.