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[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 69: Ah’ll break you’ big bammy face wid this bottle ef you fools wimme.
at bama, adj.
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 144: ‘Pudenda!’ he ejaculated [...] ‘Stop your Spanish obscenity, you licentious Panama bed-presser,’ said the minister.
at bed-presser (n.) under bed, n.
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 107: The grog shop filled with deep belly-shaking laughter.
at belly laugh (n.) under belly, n.
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 304: What big-big mens, doctahs an’ lawyahs an’ teachahs an’ preachahs b’en mout’waterin’ fer [...] an’ nebber could a get.
at big man (n.) under big, adj.
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 68: For with all his Panama success, Tack was in peasant parlance, a hurry-come-up.
at hurry-come-up, n.
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 146: Owl man, you come slap into mi yard fer fass wid me? You bettah get outa mi yard befoh ah ferget meself.
at faas, v.
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 263: What right you hab fer interfere heah, you facey fellah?
at facey, adj.
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 271: Ain’t you afraid de lawd Gawd strike you down? Ain’t you ashame’ fer tek’n a taffy goat for Gawd’s angel?
at taffy goat, n.
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 107: The grog shop filled with deep belly-shaking laughter.
at grog shop (n.) under grog, n.1
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 303: It’s [...] bettah than runnin’ from pillar to post like a mawgar dawg.
at mauger, adj.
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 70: Teach him to keep am mongoose mout’ offen folkses bettarn him.
at mongoose, n.
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 262: But fer all you ejication an’ putting on you nuttin’ more’n a nigger gal.
at put on, v.
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 181: Oh mi pickney, mi pickney! What a blow!
at pickney, n.
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 146: He ’fraid a you, you facey dutty nigger? Ah know you when you was de biggest piss-a-bed in Banana Bottom.
at pissabed, n.
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 262: But this is a different black girl, you disgusting polecat.
at polecat, n.
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 170: T’ink I gwinea mek a poppy-show a mese’f a-settin’ up an’ drinkin’ tea wid a backra man.
at poppy-show, n.2
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 217: An you’ll be a cluckin’ pullet yet by de time dat Jubilee cock done finish wid you.
at pullet, n.
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 90: Breddah Halky switched his donkey. ‘Kui, hui, Quashee.’.
at quashie, n.
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 317: Quattie: a penny ha’penny.
at quattie, n.
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 121: I thought I was a no-rep.
at rep, n.
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 317: Saal (in mi sal): having a good time.
at in mi sal under sal, n.2
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 317: Stucky: sweetheart.
at stucky, n.
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 317: Tub [sic]: a penny ha’penny.
at tup, n.2
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 143: Jes’ a twat like any udder in de fox grass wid all har preening and primping an’ fanning har ’long de road like a high lady.
at twat, n.
[US] (con. 1900s) C. McKay Banana Bottom 146: Owl man, you come slap into mi yard fer fass wid me? You bettah get outa mi yard befoh ah ferget meself.
at yard, n.2
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