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[US] A. Herndon Let Me Live 249: There’s a chain gang down in Georgia / That will soon be missing me, / For by my soul A ‘bush parole’ / Will pardon me.
at bush parole (n.) under bush, n.1
[US] A. Herndon Let Me Live 184: If you don’t let him out of the coop by six o’clock this evening, I am coming down to the police station and give you wise guys all the hell you want.
at coop, n.1
[US] A. Herndon Let Me Live 211: The men who ‘kept’ them bought them girls’ clothing and forced them to wear it at every opportunity. ‘Gal-boy’ parties were frequently given.
at gal-boy (n.) under gal, n.
[US] A. Herndon Let Me Live 54: When a truck driven by some Negroes came by, we begged for a hitch.
at hitch, n.2
[US] A. Herndon Let Me Live 210: The principal victims of these sexual orgies were [...] boys who had been convicted of petty thievery. The prisoners had a curious name for them. They called them ‘Old Ladies’.
at old lady, n.
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