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Cheyenne Transporter choose

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[US] Cheyenne Transporter (Darlington, Indian terr.) 26 Dec. 9/3: A nigger-shooter, which is a rubber catapult for propelling pebbles.
at nigger shooter (n.) under nigger, n.1
[US] Cheyenne Transporter (Darlington, Indian Territory) 13 Oct. 8/1: Italian immigrants are flocking to San Francisco. It may not be a great while ere the sand-lot slogan will be [...] ‘The Dagoes must go’.
at dago, n.
[US] Cheyenne Transporter (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 10 Feb. 7/3: R.M. Allen [...] left a ‘cast iron dollar’ for a year’s subscription.
at iron dollar (n.) under iron, n.
[US] Cheyenne Transporter 15 Apr. 3/2: The young man had to hit the grit lively.
at hit the grit (v.) under grit, n.2
[US] Cheyenne Transporter (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 12 Aug. 3/2: Blame me if them ain’t the darnedest beans I ever seen!
at darnedest (adj.) under darned, adj.
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