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My Dear Parents: an Englishman’s letters home from the American Civil War choose

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[UK] Burns American War in Works (1835) 268/2: Cornwallis fought as long’s he dought, / An’ did the buckskins claw, man.
at buckskin (n.) under buck, n.1
[UK] J. Horrocks letter in My Dear Parents 28 Oct. 41: Never mind, it won’t break my heart. No fear.
at no fear!, excl.
[UK] J. Horrocks letter in My Dear Parents 16 Sept. 29: A great many of them sell whiskey of their own make which has got the name of ‘Jersey Lightning’.
at Jersey lightning (n.) under Jersey, adj.
[UK] J. Horrocks letter in My Dear Parents 5 Nov. 44: Of course you will show me the ropes, won’t you sargeant.
at show (someone) the ropes (v.) under show, v.
[UK] J. Horrocks letter in My Dear Parents 21 May 82: An Irishman who was standing near said, ‘If I was one of the men carrying him I would dump him,’ meaning jolt him.
at dump, v.
[UK] J. Horrocks letter in My Dear Parents 29 May 84: The mud-crushers (or infantry) must be quite envious to see [...] me and other mounted gentlemen gallop past.
at gravel-crusher (n.) under gravel, n.
[UK] J. Horrocks letter in My Dear Parents 21 May 82: An Irishman who was standing near said, ‘If I was one of the men carrying him I would dump him,’ meaning jolt him.
at jolt, v.
[UK] J. Horrocks letter in My Dear Parents 17 Sept. 97: As for filling Coal pits in Wigan, that’s a job for leatherheads.
at leatherhead, n.
[UK] J. Horrocks letter in My Dear Parents 23 Aug. 152: Captain Brooks [...] says that if the world was a bull this would be the ‘ass hole.’.
at asshole, n.
[UK] J. Horrocks letter 22 June in My Dear Parents 141: I was seaman enough to know that the vessel would soon strike and therefore held on to the lower rigging, like grim death to a dead nigger.
at like death to a... under death, n.
[UK] J. Horrocks letter in My Dear Parents 31 July 147: He is a mean skunk. ‘Let him rip.’.
at let her rip!, excl.2
[UK] J. Horrocks letter in My Dear Parents 19 Aug. 149: major p.: Mr Ross, I have a favor to ask you. ross: Spit it out, Major.
at spit it out! (excl.) under spit, v.
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