The more questions I answer, the more wonderfully interesting resources I find. I started answering slang questions about decades I remembered--but I don't remember, sadly, say, 1911. For that, there's google. And more.
I'm gonna leave you a link to this resource at the bottom of this post. I found both its material and its organization something close to top drawer. I hope you do come back, read this answer, and find the link. It's good, by the way, for a lot of other decades too. In the interim, here are a few pieces of slang I found thereupon--to whet your appetite for more:
new slang Words 1910s:
the Word jazz
the phrase [as first used] the acid test
the phrase come hell or high water
the phrase a fate worse than death
to see red
to bone up on something
the phrase tall, dark and handsome
grease monkey
aw shucks
don't mind if I do
tennis, anyone?
"your a goon" is a good one to tell to a friend
Some slang from 1910 is rotten, ripping, right ho!
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