can count on no hands v. phr.— «I think 11 is too young to use paint and powder except on houses and in six shooters. This is discouraging for them as the house was just painted and the number of six shooters around the place can be counted on no...
cheddar curtain n. the divisions real and imagined that separate Wisconsin from neighboring states, especially Illinois. Also cheese curtain. Editorial Note: This term is parellel to Orange curtain, cotton curtain, and other, similar terms. (source:...
Charlie Brown tree n.— «Two charming young women bragged to me (within 12 hours and 50 miles of each other) that they each have a “Charlie Brown” tree—small, skinny, needleless, crooked, with only half-a-string of lights and two ornament balls on...
who laid the rail adv. phr.— «They always had a celebration every year when I was a kid. And us kids looked forward to that. For we could shoot fire crackers till who laid the rail.» —in University of Illinois at Springfield Oral History...
who laid the rail adv. phr.— «I am unwrapping those kisses and shoving them in my mouth a “who laid the rail.”» —“Kiss of the Overworked Woman” by Laura McGowan Coffee and a Cubicle (Peoria, Illinois) July 14, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued...
who laid the rail adv. phr.— «Hon. James Watson of Rushville, Ind., talked longer than any one. He praised the Republican party and declared that it was the only progressive party from the time of George Washington until who laid the rail...