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[US] Chicago Republican 24 July 8/1: [Baseball] players invariably say ‘Shoo-fly’, when they make a miss.
at shoo-fly!, excl.
[US] Chicago Republican 28 July 4/3: The game of Thursday last with the ‘Forest City Club,’ of Rockford, was ‘thrown up’ for the purpose of enabling thieving gamblers to make bets against the ‘Excelsior Club’ of this city [DA].
at throw, v.
[US] ‘Mark Twain’ letter in Chicago Republican 23 Aug. n.p.: You Connecticut son of a thief! You New Hampshire ash-cat! You in-terior son of a skunk!
at ash-cat, n.
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