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Pierce Fenning choose

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[US] J.H. Ingraham Pierce Fenning 36: ‘Pull sharply.’ ‘Aye, Cap’n, we are there between two winks of a mole’s eye.’.
at two shakes of a lamb’s tail, phr.
[US] J.H. Ingraham Pierce Fenning 62: A country-loper I’ve bought apples off.
at country johnny (n.) under country, adj.
[US] J.H. Ingraham Pierce Fenning 78: Dods! cousin Pierce, what a race you had with them press-boats!
at dod, n.1
[US] J.H. Ingraham Pierce Fenning 81: You know I live at the Gov’s! [...] I go in and out just as I choose.
at gov, n.
[US] J.H. Ingraham Pierce Fenning 41: You and the Britisher seem to be pretty thick!
at thick, adj.
[US] J.H. Ingraham Pierce Fenning 61: What a dull widgeon of a wooden head you are.
at widgeon, n.
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