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[US] Eve. Missourian (Columbia, MO) 29 Nov. 4/5: [advert] Treatless Days. Bring that gal to Ellix’s and make her go Dutch.
at go Dutch (v.) under Dutch, adj.1
[US] Eve. Missourian (Columbia, MO) 29 Nov. 2/1: All is yours but a Jayhawn victory - on such generosities we draw the line.
at jayhawk, n.
[US] Eve. Missourian (Columbia, MO) 14 Sept. 2/2: It would improve the health [...] and make a persson feel like a million dollars.
at feel like a million dollars (v.) under million, n.
[US] Eve. Missourian (Columbia, MO) 19 Sept. 4/1: University Folk knoiw Old Frisco Brakeman as ‘Mr Bumsky’.
at bumsky (adj.) under bum, adj.
[US] Eve. Missourian (Columbia, MO) 28 June 3/1: The crew, unable to turn around in their tiny cockpits, grotesquely silhouetted in their monkey suits against the storm-swept sea.
at monkey suit, n.
[US] Columbia Eve. Missourian (MO) 13 Sept. 3/2: I’ll wire and offer it [...] before you hit the the deck.
at hit the deck (v.) under deck, n.1
[US] Columbia Eve. Missourian (MO) 10 Dec. 7/1: On Fitzmorris’ first day as chief, he ‘scooped’ the whole police department by [...] arresting a bandit who had robbed a bank.
at scoop, v.
[US] Columbia Eve. Missourian (MO) 2 Dec. 1/1: Hundreds of jazzhounds, heedless of the heat, shook a swealtering shimmy to the sound of the saxophone sob.
at jazzhound, n.2
[US] Columbia Eve. Missourian (MO) 28 May n.p.: California with all her enchanting scenery cannot overcome the lure of old Mizzoo.
at Mizzoo, n.
[US] Columbia Eve. Missourian (MO) 22 July 4/2: [headline] Pork Barrel Lid Tightened.
at pork barrel (n.) under pork, n.
[US] Columbia Eve. Missourian (MO) 29 June 6/2: Jelly beans do not buy their own drinks [...] the average jelly bean either sneaks in by himelf, or waits until a friend comes along.
at jelly bean, n.
[US] Columbia Eve. Missourian (MO) 2 Nov. 7/4: The Tigers fight hard not only on Saturdays when the ‘lame-brains’ go to see the games, but also every afternoon.
at lamebrain, n.
[US] M. Ferguson ‘Unstoppable Sl.’ in Columbia Missourian 19 Oct. 1A; 8A: bogart – to steal.
at bogart, v.
[US] M. Ferguson ‘Unstoppable Sl.’ in Columbia Missourian 19 Oct. 1A; 8A: bumping – blasting music.
at bumping, n.
[US] M. Ferguson ‘Unstoppable Sl.’ in Columbia Missourian 19 Oct. 1A; 8A: getting your groove on – hitting on the opposite sex.
at get one’s groove on (v.) under groove, n.2
[US] M. Ferguson ‘Unstoppable Sl.’ in Columbia Missourian 19 Oct. 1A; 8A: mobbing – yelling, beating up on someone.
at mob, v.1
[US] M. Ferguson ‘Unstoppable Sl.’ in Columbia Missourian 19 Oct. 1A; 8A: pitching woo – sex.
at pitch (the) woo (v.) under pitch, v.
[US] M. Ferguson ‘Unstoppable Sl.’ in Columbia Missourian 19 Oct. 1A; 8A: posting up – hanging out.
at post up (v.) under post, v.2
[US] M. Ferguson ‘Unstoppable Sl.’ in Columbia Missourian 19 Oct. 1A; 8A: stay up – a parting phrase, ‘See you later!’.
at stay up under stay, v.
[US] M. Ferguson ‘Unstoppable Sl.’ in Columbia Missourian 19 Oct. 1A; 8A: getting your swerve on – drinking.
at get one’s swerve on (v.) under swerve, n.
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