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Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 24 Sept. 2/3: Then he claps his hand on one side of the little feller’s sconce box .at sconce, n.1
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 24 Sept. 2/3: Then he claps his hand on one side of the little feller’s sconce box . Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 25 June 2/4: ‘As sure as Eggs are Eggs’ we have one.at sure as hogs are made of bacon under sure as..., phr.
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 3 June 2/1: The Union, adopting the suggestion of some disappointed and embittered ‘crib-biter’ [...] proposes [etc].at crib-biter, n.
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 26 Nov. 2/3: Having got to the top of the hill, he showed them ‘a clean pair of heels,’ and soon put himself beyond [...] danger.at show (someone) a (clean) pair of heels (v.) under show, v.
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 14 Aug. 3/1: Her face bloated, and eyes rese bling two burnt holes in a blanket, told a tale of riotous living.at eyes like pissholes in the snow (n.) under eye, n.
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 8 June 4/4: The proof [...] was obtained through the agency of ‘spotters’ [...] A ‘spotter’ is a railway detective who travels on the train unknown.at spotter, n.1
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 24 Aug. 12/1: Do not imagine that I am making a false pretence of chumminess with the millionaire.at chumminess (n.) under chummy, adj.
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 25 Jan. 12/3: I dropped the ice, ‘kerflunk,’ right in the lake.at kerflunk! (excl.) under ker-, pfx
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 13 July 3/1: The ‘snap gambler’ [...] opens a handsome suite of rooms ostensibly for poker-playing [...] He caters to none but the young bluds [sic] and business men. A professional gambler would be show the door.at snap gambler (n.) under snap, v.
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 7 Feb. 1/3: The gang have organized a systematic scheme to entrap young women [...] and send them to Hayward, Wis., [...] where they are [...] distributed to the so called parlor houses there.at parlor house (n.) under parlor, n.
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 10 Sept. 1/5: Marshall Matthews cracked him over the head a few times and [...] landed him in Sheriff Sory’s hotel on jail avenue.at sheriff’s hotel (n.) under sheriff, n.
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 12 July 4/8: A negro named ‘Smoke’ [...] was standing on Cedar Street.at smoke, n.
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 29 Jan. 6/4: Day after day Flood went up to the plate and ‘crapped out,’ never a home run coming.at crap out, v.
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 1 Mar. 34/3: [headline] the last go round of the bird season.at be on one’s last go-round (v.) under go-round, n.
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 18 Oct. 44/1: Is the proverb ‘All’s fair i love and war’ top apply to [...] the Matrimonial Stakes?at stakes, n.
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 19 Jan. 6/4: ‘Slick Dick’ Peterson was a reformed pirate.at slick dick (adj.) under slick, adj.
Tennessean 13 Sept. 4/6: Business man’s lunch now consists of food. Can’t get any stagger food. Booze garages are closed.at booze garage (n.) under booze, n.
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 5 Aug. 4/3: If you’re pained by coughs and chills / [...] / Or by the durn confounded bills — Let ’em slide!at let it slide (v.) under slide, v.
Tennessean 13 Sept. 4/6: Business man’s lunch now consists of food. Can’t get any stagger food. Booze garages are closed.at stagger food (n.) under stagger, n.2
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 3 Feb. 7/3: Jake Bird [...] accused ‘hatchet-man’ was convicted today of assaulting Harold Stribling with a handaxe.at hatchet man (n.) under hatchet, n.
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 8 Nov. 4/4: He ‘builds fires’ under sentaors; forces them to the ‘lick log’.at stand (up) to one’s lick-log (salt or no salt) (v.) under stand up, v.
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 13 Sept. 5/7: [advert] Sell Your Hammer and Buy a Horn. Don’t Knock, BOOST for the Tennessee State Fair.at sell your hammer and buy a horn! (excl.) under hammer, n.1
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 29 Sept. 4/6: ‘A million bucks [...] Boy, that sure ain’t tin’.at that ain’t tin under tin, n.
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 11 Sept. 8/4: ‘He’s just bluffing, shooting off at the lip’.at shoot off at the mouth (v.) under shoot off, v.
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 14 July 6/5: Folks, meet tater Head. That’s what all the fellows call him. [...] he doesn’t mind.at potato-head, n.
(con. late 19C) Tennessean (Nashville, TN) Magazine 9 Feb. 13/4: Shanghai Kelley [...] was the originator of the Shanghai Smoke; a cigar soaked in opium.at Shanghai smoke (n.) under shanghai, n.1
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 20 Jan. 14/7: [advert[ Dry Cleaning and Laundry Route Open for Good Driver [...] No Booze-Heads.at booze-head (n.) under booze, n.
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 27 Dec. 2/3: He praises a smart pilot as a ‘Mustard’.at mustard, n.
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 27 Dec. 2/3: Don’t be a square from Delaware!at square, n.
Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 17 May 4/4: [advert] ‘Serenade to a Jitterbug’ [...] by Abbey Brown’s Cool Cats.at cool cat (n.) under cool, adj.
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