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[US] Laurens Advertiser 7 Oct. 2/2: Dog my hide ef she wan a blowin’ like a deer.
at dog my cat(s)/doggone/hide/melts! (excl.) under dog, v.2
[US] Laurens Advertiser (SC) 17 Apr. 2/1: The rascals were trying the same game on Tar Heelers in North Carolina.
at tarheel, n.
[US] Laurens Advertiser (SC) 15 Jan. 4/2: Biff! sizz! the ball went out of the parson’s right hand like a rifle shot.
at biff!, excl.
[US] Laurens Advertiser (SC) 15 Jan. 4/1: Brother Harwood [...] lemme beg your pardon the durnedest worst way. I had no idee —.
at darnedest (adj.) under darned, adj.
[US] Laurens Advertiser (SC) 15 Jan. 4/4: I’m going to knock the dashed thing flat.
at dashed, adj.
[US] Laurens Advertiser (SC) 15 Jan. 4/1: They ain’t man, woman ner child — doggone it, even er ornerey yaller purp ner scasely er flea on that pup.
at doggone, v.
[US] Laurens Advertiser (SC) 15 Jan. 4/4: You help us everlastingly lick them [...] and you can say [etc.].
at everlastingly, adv.
[US] Laurens Advertiser (SC) 15 Jan. 4/3: A man same as we are, only a dashed sight — excuse my French, parson [etc.].
at excuse my French under French, n.
[US] Laurens Advertiser (SC) 15 Jan. 4/1: If you will, by grab, you can lick me if I don’t come to church.
at by grab! (excl.) under grab, n.2
[US] Laurens Advertiser (SC) 15 Jan. 4/1: They ain’t man, woman ner child — doggone it, even er ornerey yaller purp ner scasely er flea on that pup.
at ornery, adj.
[US] Laurens Advertiser (SC) 15 Jan. 4/1: Either this ‘phenom’ is young, or it was picked mighty green.
at phenom, n.
[US] Laurens Advertiser (SC) 15 Jan. 4/3: If you’ll do it, every Man Jack o’ us’ll stick to you like a lean tick to a hog.
at stick to, v.
[US] Laurens Advertiser (SC) 15 Jan. 4/2: Sufferin’ Jimmy! what was that?
at suffering —!, excl.
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