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[US] Wkly Standard (Raleigh, NC) 12 Feb. 2: [T]he past profligate expenditures of the State and its present stiver-cramped condition.
at stiver-cramped (adj.) under stiver, n.
[US] Wkly Standard (Raleigh, NC) 23 Nov. n.p.: An old Indian, named Sure Shot.
at sure-shot (adj.) under sure, adj.
[US] Wkly Standard (Raleigh, NC) 1 Aug. 2/2: A lazy, lolling, tallow-faced, cotton-headed, lack-lustre-eyed boy [...] the personification of stupidity itself.
at cotton-headed, adj.
[US] Wkly Standard (Raleigh, NC) 14 Nov. 4/2: The owner of a Jamaican property was always lying on a sofa, drinking sangaree, and swearing at Sambo, a fine Mulatto youth.
at sambo, n.1
[US] Wkly Standard (Raleigh, NC) 20 Oct. 2/1: We suppose row-de-dow means to kick up a prosperous old muss.
at row-de-dow, n.
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