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Watauga Democrat choose

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[US] Watauga Democrat (Boone, NC) 27 Oct. 1/6: ‘A “scalawag” is a native born Southern white man who says that a negro is as good as he is’.
at scallywag, n.
[US] Watauga Democrat (Boone, NC) 9 May 4/1: How can a man get Drunk as a fiddler? Drunk as Davy’s sow? Drunk as a lord? Drunk as blazes? Drunks as the Devil?
at drunk as (a)..., adj.
[US] Watauga Democrat (Boone, NC) 9 May 4/1: How can a man get Drunk as a fiddler? Drunk as Davy’s sow? Drunk as a lord? Drunk as blazes? Drunks as the Devil?
at drunk as David’s sow, adj.
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