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[US] Sacramento Dly Record (CA) 24 Dec. 1/1: Pass the coffin varnish this way, Lieutenant.
at coffin varnish (n.) under coffin, n.1
[US] Sacramento Dly Record (CA) 24 Dec. 1/1: ‘Pass the coffin varnish this way, Lieutenant.’ [...] ‘Coffin vanrish indade. I’d have you understand...’ ‘Oh, shut up that fly-trap’.
at flytrap (n.) under fly, n.3
[US] Sacramento Dly Record (CA) 29 Dec. 3/4: ‘The Cowboy Preacher’ dropped into that town [...] heavily laden with the genuine razzle-dazzle bug juice. He is reported to have ‘snakes in his boots.
at razzle-dazzle bug juice (n.) under razzle-dazzle, adj.
[US] Sacramento Dly Record (CA) 29 Dec. 3/4: ‘The Cowboy Preacher’ dropped into that town [...] heavily laden with the genuine razzle-dazzle bug juice. He is reported to have ‘snakes in his boots.
at have snakes in one’s boots (v.) under snakes, n.
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