peachalorum
n.— «In comes a regular honeycooler. Say, de minute I git my lamps on her I knows it was all over wid Ag an’ all de rest of my daisies. She was one, two, t’ree. De rest of ‘em was also rans. “Sally,” laughs de old daisy to de peachalorum, “will you loan me a quarter?”» —“Confessions of the Reformed Messenger Boy: A Reform that Failed” Chicago Daily Tribune June 18, 1901. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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