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[US] Columbian (N.Y.) 4 Aug. 3/3: When Lazarus talks of an editor being a ‘little faulty in his upper works,’ we presume he alludes to the editor who, a few years ago, in this city, advertised that he would pay for communications.
at upper storey (n.) under upper, adj.
[US] Columbian (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 2 Oct. n.p.: Our thanks are due [...] for a copy of the Holy Bible, Webster’s Dictionary, and a map of the territory of Oregon. They will all be faithfully preserved and frequently referred to — and ‘bet your life’ on that.
at bet one’s (sweet) life (v.) under bet, v.
[US] Columbian (Bloomsburg, PA) 28 May 3/1: Standing on the hill [...] and casting one’s optics carelessly over Bloomsburg, it is [...] ‘a forest of green’.
at cast an optic (v.) under optic, n.
[US] Columbian (Bloomsburg, PA) 2 Feb. 1/8: He’s going to blow the old thing out and bust her up, let her rip.
at let her rip!, excl.2
[US] Columbian (Bloomsburg, PA) 5 Mar. 1/7: As for the dramatic talent in Jap-land, it is probably greater than we suppose.
at Japland (n.) under Jap, n.
[US] Columbian (Bloomsburg, PA) 16 Dec. 5/1: A contenmporar is grieved to learn that his brother of the quill has a wife with one eye.
at brother of the quill (n.) under brother (of the)..., n.
[US] Columbian (Bloomsbury, PA) 25 Aug. 4/5: A man whose every look proclaimed him a chronic croaker.
at croaker, n.1
[US] Columbian (Bloomsbury, PA) 25 Aug. 4/5: The dod-blamed banks ’s bustin’ up ’n linin’ their pockets with the pore man’s money.
at dod-blamed (adj.) under dod, n.1
[US] Columbian (Bloomsbury, PA) 25 Aug. 4/5: I heerd that the banks wuz all goin’ to bust up higher’n a kite.
at high as a kite (adj.) under high, adj.1
[US] Columbian (Bloomsburg, PA) 2 Dec. 5/2: There isn’t going to be a war, in spite of the blatting of some jingo sheets.
at blat, v.
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