1863 ‘Edmund Kirke’ Life in Dixie’s Land 59: No, sar! No darkies eats with us. Hope you don’t reckon yerself no better than a good-for-nothin’, no-account nigger!at no-account nigger (n.) under no-account, adj.
1863 ‘Edmund Kirke’ Life in Dixie’s Land 169: He’s a North Carolina corn-cracker one of the ugliest specimens of humanity extant. They’re as thick as fleas in this part of the state.at corncracker (n.) under corn, n.1
1863 ‘Edmund Kirke’ Life in Dixie’s Land 191: However they have their uses; they make excellent bacon, and are ‘death on snakes’.at death on, adj.
1863 ‘Edmund Kirke’ Life in Dixie’s Land 190: The dirt-eater did as he was bidden.at dirt-eater (n.) under dirt, n.
1863 ‘Edmund Kirke’ Life in Dixie’s Land 58: The stores disclosed boiled chicken [...] corn-bread, buttered waffles, and ‘common doin’s’. [Ibid.] 67: That struck me as ‘rather steep’ for ‘common doin’s;’ particularly as we had furnished the food.at doings, n.1
1863 ‘Edmund Kirke’ Life in Dixie’s Land 67: ‘Haint got nary a flip o’ change,’ she said, as she took it.at flip, n.3
1863 ‘Edmund Kirke’ Life in Dixie’s Land 59: No, sar! No darkies eats with us. Hope you don’t reckon yerself no better than a good-for-nothin’, no-account nigger!at no sir!, excl.
1863 ‘Edmund Kirke’ Life in Dixie’s Land 62: ‘Rail-splitter!’ Then he’s a nigger, shore.at railsplitter, n.
1863 ‘Edmund Kirke’ Life in Dixie’s Land 67: That struck me as ‘rather steep’ for ‘common doin’s’; particularly as we had furnished the food.at steep, adj.
1863 ‘Edmund Kirke’ Life in Dixie’s Land 101: He hab swore a blue streak at him, and called him a ---- Ab’lishener, jess ’cause Massa K--- wudn’t get mad and sass him back.at blue streak (n.) under streak, n.