1885 Dly Teleg. (Monroe, LA) 30 Dec. 4/2: Blue Monday. It used to be a custom in many countries for the journeyman and laborer to consider every Monday a day set apart for idleness.at blue Monday, n.
1886 Dly Teleg. (Monroe, LA) 16 Mar. 1: One of them struck Stanton on the temple with a pair of brass knucks.at knuck, n.
1886 Dly Teleg. (Monroe, LA) 5 Mar. 2/1: Hugh J. Campbell [...] is one of the high monkey-monks, if not head Devil, himself.at monkey-monk, n.
1886 Dly Teleg. (Monroe, LA) 23 Apr. n.p.: The opposition [...] object to the ascription of such a motive, and are putting ‘a rod in pickle’ for the Missourian.at rod in piss (n.) under rod, n.