1902 Bismarck Dly Trib. (ND) 22 Feb. 15/3: he had three cows and a team of old crowbait horses.at crow-bait, n.
1903 Bismarck Dly Trib. (ND) 1 Sept. 3/2: It is said five different holdups have occurred which would seem to be an incentive to laborers to buy a ticket and ride on the cushions instead of in empty box cars and wherever they can stow themselves away on freight trains.at on the cushions under cushion, n.
1910 Bismarck Dly Trib. (ND) 15 June 5/5: Friends of the woman endeavoured to have her released from the stout house.at stout house, n.
1911 Bismarck Dly Trib. (ND) 27 Jan. 5/6: The bill even demand that the members of the railroad commission [...] will have to dig up the cash if they wish to ‘ride the cushions’.at ride the cushions (v.) under ride, v.