1846 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.
1846 J.H. Ingraham Pierce Fenning 62: A country-loper I’ve bought apples off.at country johnny (n.) under country, adj.
1846 J.H. Ingraham Pierce Fenning 78: Dods! cousin Pierce, what a race you had with them press-boats!at dod, n.1
1846 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.