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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

by a long shot

like a thousand of brick

not by a jugfull

on a pinch

on the fence

the blues

the clean thing

the cut of his jib

the executive

the go

the go by

the jig is up

the upper ten thousand

to allot upon

to allow

to amalgamate

to americanize

to ape one's betters

to appreciate

to approbate

to argufy

to axe

to back out

to bamboozle

to bark off squirrels

to bark one's shins

to bark up the wrong tree

to be among the missing

to be driving at

to be on one's taps

to bear a hand

to beat

to beat all hollow

to blaze away

to blink

to blow

to blow over

to blow up

to bluff off

to blurt out

to bolt

to boo-hoo

to boose

to boost

to boot

to bouge

to break up land

to bridge

to brisk up

to brush up

to buckle-to

to bundle

to bunt

to calculate

to calk

to cant

to cap

to cap the climax

to capsize

to captivate

to carry a horse to water

to carry on

to cascade

to catch a tartar

to catch a weasel asleep

to cave in

to chalk out

to chaw

to chaw up

to chirk

to chirrup

to chisel

to chock

to choke off

to chomp

to chouse

to chuck

to circulate

to citizenize

to clap

clap down

to clear out

to conduct

to consociate

to convene

to corner

to cotton to

to count

to cow

to crack up

to cradle

to crunch

craunch

to cry

to cuddle

cuddle up

to curry favor

to cut a caper

to cut a dash

to cut a figure