Jambalay(1858);Poker(1836);Sucker Born(1882);Read All Over(1870);Lalapaloosa

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A few cites from 19th Century American Newspapers, testing for the usual
suspects.
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16 February 1858, Vermont Patriot & State Gazette, pg. 2, col. 8:
ENTREES--...jambalay de poulet;...
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25 March 1884, Milwaukee Sentinel, pg. 7, col. 2:
By this time the beets, turnips, carrots, cabbages, etc., are matured  enough
for the old-fashioned New-England boiled dinner that is so keenly  relished
by a hungry farmer..
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29 January 1836, New-Orleans Commercial Bulletin, pg.?, col. 5:
PLAYING CARDS--Ehrle (?--ed.), Merry Andrew Highlander, Poker and Kupfer
Kaftern cards for sale by
B H SIMMONS & CO., 79 Chartres street
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13 August 1867, Daily Cleveland Herald, pg. 3, col. 1:
A man is all "hunky-doree" as long as he has got a big pocket full of  7-30s,
and he is a poor stick without any.
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16 April 1870, Bangor Daily Whig & Courier, pg. 1, col. 6:
What is that which is black and white and red all over?--A newspaper.
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7 January 1882, The Daily Inter Oceans, pg. 7, col. 3:
It was an expert confidence man who said that "there was a sucker born  every
minute, and some remained suckers all their lives."
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5 May 1858, Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, pg. 2, col. 1:
...1 monkey wrench...
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22 January 1898, Wisconsin State Register, pg. 1, col. 6:
The Lalapaloosa club is no more, but a new one has been organized called  the
Alhambra.

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