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[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 20 Jan. 8/4: The impositions to which visitors from the country are subjected from the class known as bunco men.
at bunco man (n.) under bunco, n.
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘Bellows,’ lungs.
at bellows, n.
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘Bellowser,’ a blow on the ‘mark,’ which is [...] the soft spot well below the breast bone.
at bellowser, n.
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘Blinker,’ a blackened eye.
at blinker, n.
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘Brain canister’, ‘lob,’ ‘nob,’ ‘lolly,’ the head.
at brain-canister (n.) under brain, n.1
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘buff,’ the bare skin.
at buff, n.1
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘cant,’ a blow.
at cant, n.2
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘castor,’ a hat or cap (before entering the ring the fighter tosses in his cap, this is called ‘shying the castor’).
at castor, n.
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘chancery,’ to get and hold an opponent’s head under the arm.
at in chancery under chancery, n.
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘claret jug,’ ‘conk,’ ‘nozzle,’ ‘snorer,’ ‘proboscis,’ the nose.
at claret-jug (n.) under claret, n.
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘claret jug,’ ‘conk,’ ‘nozzle,’ ‘snorer,’ ‘proboscis,’ the nose.
at conk, n.1
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘cork,’ to give a bloody nose.
at cork, v.1
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘fibbing,’ striking blows in quick succession at close quarters.
at fibbing, n.
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘goggles,’ ‘ogles,’ ‘peepers,’ ‘squinters,’ the eyes.
at goggles, n.
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘kisser,’ ‘grubber,’ ‘trap,’ ‘whistler,’ ‘ivory-box,’ the mouth.
at grubber, n.2
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘kisser,’ ‘grubber,’ ‘trap,’ ‘whistler,’ ‘ivory-box,’ the mouth.
at ivory-box (n.) under ivory, n.
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘kisser,’ ‘grubber,’ ‘trap,’ ‘whistler,’ ‘ivory-box,’ the mouth.
at kisser, n.
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘Brain canister’, ‘lob,’ ‘nob,’ ‘lolly,’ the head.
at lob, n.1
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘Brain canister’, ‘lob,’ ‘nob,’ ‘lolly,’ the head.
at lolly, n.1
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘Brain canister’, ‘lob,’ ‘nob,’ ‘lolly,’ the head.
at nob, n.1
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘goggles,’ ‘ogles,’ ‘peepers,’ ‘squinters,’ the eyes.
at ogle, n.
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘goggles,’ ‘ogles,’ ‘peepers,’ ‘squinters,’ the eyes.
at peeper, n.
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘portmanteau,’ the chest.
at portmanteau, n.
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] Reporters [...] who understood the unaccustomed spectacle so little that they wrote of ‘smellers’ as ‘awful blows’ and ‘rib-roasters’ as ‘tremedous thwacks’.
at rib roaster, n.
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] Reporters [...] who understood the unaccustomed spectacle so little that they wrote of ‘smellers’ as ‘awful blows’.
at smeller, n.
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘claret jug,’ ‘conk,’ ‘nozzle,’ ‘snorer,’ ‘proboscis,’ the nose.
at snorer, n.1
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘goggles,’ ‘ogles,’ ‘peepers,’ ‘squinters,’ the eyes.
at squinter, n.
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘kisser,’ ‘grubber,’ ‘trap,’ ‘whistler,’ ‘ivory-box,’ the mouth.
at trap, n.1
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 July 3/6: Prize Ring Slang [...] ‘kisser,’ ‘grubber,’ ‘trap,’ ‘whistler,’ ‘ivory-box,’ the mouth.
at whistler, n.2
[US] Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) 9 Feb. 4/2: The Mayor is himself too much of an expert in hitting straight from the shoulder, in a metaphorical sense .
at straight from the shoulder, adv.
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