1865 W. Hilleary diary 25 Feb. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 45: He did not obey the insulting command of ‘God damn you blow that light out or I’ll blow you out’.at blow out, v.1
1865 W. Hilleary diary 20 June in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 203: The boat landed but ‘nary’ ‘Blue Johnny’ stepped ashore to receive the kiss of his patient wife or pining sweetheart.at blue johnny (n.) under blue, adj.1
1865 W. Hilleary diary 14 May A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 65: Faithful little book thy pages have been filled by the scattering thoughts of a ‘blue coat’.at bluecoat, n.
1865 W. Hilleary diary 23 Sept. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 115: The boys had a brush with the indians & killed two.at brush, n.2
1865 W. Hilleary diary 18 Apr. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 57: Officers tried to divide the Co. into squads, compelling men to change their ‘Bunkees’ for others.at bunkie, n.
1865 W. Hilleary diary 15 June in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 83: Three men & one Non. Com. are detailed each day to herd the mules.at non-com, n.
1865 W. Hilleary diary 5 June A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 80: Poker playing was all the ‘go’ in camp & almost resulted in a little ‘dirt.’ Two Corp’ls talked very brave.at dirt, n.
1865 W. Hilleary diary 30 Mar. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 52: The pleasant weather makes me feel like moving out of ‘Webfoot.’.at web-foot, n.
1865 W. Hilleary diary 5 June Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 80: Poker playing was all the ‘go’ in camp.at all the go (adj.) under go, n.1
1865 W. Hilleary diary 21 Nov. A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 132: He sold the hay for twenty tons, and on looking at the small heap remarked that: ‘Lots of it he’es blown to hell and gone’.at to hell and gone under hell, n.
1865 W. Hilleary diary 12 Apr. in Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 55: But they pulled up stakes, they did, by Joe.at by Joe! (excl.) under Joe, n.1
1865 W. Hilleary diary 20 Apr. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 44: The officers of Co. B. drill their men in the manual of arms while ours choose rather to ‘let us rip’.at let rip, v.
1865 W. Hilleary diary 28 Jan. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 40: The indians in the ‘lock up’ gave us some amusement.at lockup, n.
1865 W. Hilleary in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 153: The [officers] [...] poured a number of draught [sic] of rotten whiskey down their officious necks.at neck, n.
1865 W. Hilleary diary 23 Sept. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 115: ‘Shorty’ the cook, (Smith 2d).at shorty, n.
1865 diary W. Hilleary in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 19 May 73: A few of us went to town [...] & procured some bread ‘on tick.’.at on tick under tick, n.3
1866 W. Hilleary diary 21 Mar. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 170: Whisky flowed and green backs were ‘strowed.’ A general bender seems to be the order of the day.at bender, n.2
1866 W. Hilleary diary 22 Mar. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 170: The lovers of ‘red eye’ were loth to leave the ‘dead falls’.at dead fall (n.) under dead, adj.
1866 W. Hilleary diary 30 Mar. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 173: There were numerous horns of cattle and their bones lying around thickly which indicated that ‘Lo’ and his family had been.at Lo, n.1
1866 W. Hilleary diary 18 July in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 213: They get some fellows drunk and entice them to the outskirts of the town and then ‘roll him’ for all he has.at roll, v.
1866 W. Hilleary diary 6 Feb. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 156: The Officers have a dance tonight at the Commander’s and the boys contemplate having a ‘shakedown’ over in the row.at shakedown, n.
1866 W. Hilleary diary 11 July A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 211: I rather think that it is a ‘wetting,’ that is the cause of all his troubles. Too much Rum, Whiskey, Brandy &c.at wet, v.