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Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 5 Sept. 11/6: Going to slide into a boiled shirt, grease my boots, and light out for Washington.at boiled shirt (n.) under boiled, adj.
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 5 Sept. 11/6: Going to slide into a boiled shirt, grease my boots, and light out for Washington. Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 5 Sept. 11/5: I coaxed Phil out into the bushes and boned him for a game, two-bit ante.at bone, v.1
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 5 Sept. 11/5: Holy smoke, you ought to see me down Phil Sheridan on ‘draw’ [...] he can’t play draw a little bit.at down, v.3
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 5 Sept. 11/6: Mike Sheridan’s my dude, and I’ll back him [...] for every nickel I’ve got.at dude, n.1
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, N.D.) 5 Sept. 11/5: Game? You never glued your head lamps to the like since Adam was a sore toed kid.at headlamps (n.) under head, n.
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 5 Sept. 11/5: He chipped in two dollars [...] and I hit her the same size and raised him five.at hit, v.
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 5 Sept. 11/5: Holy smoke, you ought to see me down Phil Sheridan on ‘draw’.at holy smoke!, excl.
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, N.D.) 5 Sept. 11/5: ‘When I’d got him interested in the game, I put up a job on him. ’Twas my deal and I monkeyed with the cards.’.at put up a job (on) (v.) under job, n.2
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 5 Sept. 11/5: ‘How have you enjoyed your trip?’ asked the Tribune reporter of the president [...] ‘Way up! Never tackled a racket in my life that seemed to cotton up the square thing so much as this little off-hand jamboree. Oh! she’s been a daisy; I tell you.’.at racket, n.1
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 5 Sept. 11/5: He’s an officer, you know, but he don’t seem to catch on, don’t seem to have no savey.at savvy, n.
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 5 Sept. 11/6: Sling it at ’em just as you’ve got it and I won’t kick.at sling, v.
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 5 Sept. 11/5: ‘How have you enjoyed your trip?’ asked the tribune reporter of the president [...] ‘Way up! Never tackled a racket in my life that seemed to cotton up the square thing so much as this little off-hand jamboree. Oh! she’s been a daisy; I tell you.’.at way up!, excl.
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 23 Oct. 4/1: Any kind of a deed is an ‘act,’ whether connected with the stage or not. [...] ‘Cleveland’s sprung the veto act on them again;’ ‘Langtry’s been doing the citizenship act.’.at act, n.
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 23 Oct. 4/1: Small companies in the back country districts are ‘fly by nights,’ ‘water tank shows,’ ‘Jim Crows,’ ‘crossroad concerns’ or ‘barn stormers.’.at barnstormer, n.
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 23 Oct. 4/1: A coat is a ‘topper;’ an overcoat is a ‘ben.’.at ben, n.4
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 23 Oct. 4/1: An actor’s character is his part [...] a small one with good opportunities is a ‘bit.’.at bit, n.1
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, N.D.) 23 Oct. 4/1: When trying to get trusted for a drink a man is ‘bracing the bar,’ ‘singing a song,’ ‘stifling his jag’ or ‘sparring.’.at brace, v.
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, N.D.) 23 Oct. 4/1: Money is ‘glue,’ ‘sugar,’ ‘rocks,’ [illegible], ‘brads’ and ‘wherewith.’.at brad, n.1
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 23 Oct. 4/1: A long [theatrical] part is a ‘soaker’ [...] a poor one is ‘bum.’.at bum, adj.
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 23 Oct. 4/1: A trunk is a ‘bumper’.at bumper, n.3
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 23 Oct. 4/1: Silver dollars are [...] buzzards.at buzzard, n.
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 23 Oct. 4/1: Small companies in the back country districts are ‘fly by nights,’ ‘water tank shows,’ ‘Jim Crows,’ ‘crossroad concerns’ or ‘barn stormers.’.at fly-by-night, n.
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 23 Oct. 4/1: A hat is a ‘dicer’ or cady.at cady, n.
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 23 Oct. 4/1: A hotel is a ‘chuck mill’ or ‘hashery’; a small room is a ‘can.’.at can, n.1
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 23 Oct. 4/1: To die is to [...] ‘cash in.’.at cash in, v.
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, N.D.) 23 Oct. 4/1: A hotel is a ‘chuck mill’ or ‘hashery.’.at chuck mill (n.) under chuck, n.3
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 23 Oct. 4/1: Beer is ‘conversation water.’.at conversation water (n.) under conversation, n.
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 23 Oct. 4/1: Small companies in the back country districts are ‘fly by nights,’ ‘water tank shows,’ ‘Jim Crows,’ ‘crossroad concerns’ or ‘barn stormers.’.at Jim Crow, n.
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 23 Oct. 4/1: Liquor is ‘dynamite,’ ‘lush’ [or] ‘bug juice.’.at dynamite, n.2
Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 23 Oct. 4/1: The actor seldom refers to himself as such; he is a ‘professional’ or a ‘fakir.’.at fakir, n.
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