1883 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.
1883 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
1883 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
1883 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
1883 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.
1883 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.
1883 Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 5 Sept. 11/5: Holy smoke, you ought to see me down Phil Sheridan on ‘draw’.at holy smoke!, excl.
1883 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
1883 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
1883 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.
1883 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.
1883 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.
1887 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.
1887 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.
1887 Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 23 Oct. 4/1: A coat is a ‘topper;’ an overcoat is a ‘ben.’.at ben, n.4
1887 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
1887 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.
1887 Daily Trib. (Bismarck, N.D.) 23 Oct. 4/1: Money is ‘glue,’ ‘sugar,’ ‘rocks,’ [illegible], ‘brads’ and ‘wherewith.’.at brad, n.1
1887 Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 23 Oct. 4/1: A long [theatrical] part is a ‘soaker’ [...] a poor one is ‘bum.’.at bum, adj.
1887 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.
1887 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
1887 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
1887 Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 23 Oct. 4/1: Beer is ‘conversation water.’.at conversation water (n.) under conversation, n.
1887 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.
1887 Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 23 Oct. 4/1: Liquor is ‘dynamite,’ ‘lush’ [or] ‘bug juice.’.at dynamite, n.2
1887 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.