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[US] B.W. Green Virginia Folk-Speech (1912) n.p.: Arky [...] archaic. ‘Came out of the ark.’ ‘She had on a very arky bonnet.’ [DARE].
at arky, adj.
[US] B.W. Green Virginia Folk-Speech (1912) 71: Buck-load [...] A large drink of liquor .
at buckload (n.) under buck, n.1
[US] B.W. Green Virginia Folk-Speech (1912) 81: Cedar-pencil ... Lead-pencil used for writing.
at cedar (pencil), n.
[US] in B.W. Green Virginia Folk-Speech (1912) 169: Fan [...] To stir about briskly.
at fan, v.2
[US] B.W. Green Virginia Folk-Speech (1912) 23: Fat as a match.
at fat as a match (adj.) under fat, adj.
[US] B.W. Green Virginia Folk-Speech 191: Hooter, n. A dram; a drink; from, tin cup from which the drink was taken [DARE].
at hooter, n.2
[US] B.W. Green Virginia Folk-Speech 196: Ginger-bread negro.
at ginger-cake (n.) under ginger, adj.
[US] B.W. Green Virginia Folk-Speech 210: Gully-washer.. . A heavy rain that washes gullys in the ground.
at gully-washer (n.) under gully, n.2
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