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Nick of the Woods choose

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[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods II i: Your blooded brown mare has absquatulated – stolen by that etarnal roaring Ralph Stackpole.
at absquatulate, v.
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods II i: I’ll send a ball through your skull that shall let out your crazy brains!
at ball, n.1
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods I ii: Here comes the strange lady: now do behave yourselves. Ain’t she a beauty?
at beauty, n.1
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods III i: Here you tarnal, temporal, long-legged, tater-headed, pumpkin-eating red niggers! you coon whelps!
at coon, adj.
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods III i: For cuss me, I’ve stole hosses in it!
at cuss, v.
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods II iii: I’m the man to die dog for them that pats me.
at die dog (or shite the licence) (v.) under die, v.
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods I ii: Attendance, should I need any, would be such as might ill befit your frame.
at frame, n.2
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods III i: Here you tarnal, temporal, long-legged, tater-headed, pumpkin-eating red niggers! you coon whelps!
at potato-headed (adj.) under potato-head, n.
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods III ii: By hell, to be thus braved by a puny girl!
at hell!, excl.
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods II i: Tell me whar the Injuns are concealed, or I’ll have your cowardly hide flogged off of you!
at hide, n.
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods I iii: But you’re right, by hokey!
at by hokey! (excl.) under hokey, n.1
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods II i: Call out Ikey Jones the fifer.
at ikey, n.
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods I i: As proper a fellow as ever you saw. Killed two Injuns once, single-handed.
at Injun, n.
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods II i: I told him Judge Lynch was out, and the boys will take care I was not found lying.
at Judge Lynch, n.
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods I iii: Tarnal death to the crittur; I’m the man to make him knock under!
at knock under, v.
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods I ii: col. b.: Why Nick. Nick of the Woods! roland: And who is Nick of the Woods? col. b.: There, captain, you’re too hard for me [...] there’s many think he’s the devil.
at Nick, n.
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods III i: Here you tarnal, temporal, long-legged, tater-headed, pumpkin-eating red niggers! you coon whelps!
at red nigger (n.) under nigger, n.1
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods II i: Come, miss; I’m proper glad you’re left behind.
at proper, adv.
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods I i: As proper a fellow as ever you saw.
at proper, adj.
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods II i: Stolen by that etarnal roaring Ralph Stackpole.
at roaring, adj.
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods II i: He’s a screamer among the Injuns.
at screamer, n.
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods III i: Ain’t I just slicked myself out of the paws of five mortal aborigines?
at slick, v.
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods I iii: Who’s for a fight? [...] Ain’t I the old snag to shake off a saddle – can go down the Old Salt on my back and swim up the Ohio! Hurrah for a fight!
at snag, n.3
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods I iii: Well, captain, I suppose you and your friends will not object to a little snoozing after your tramp.
at snooze, v.
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods II i: Now, boys, if you’re all ready, let’s tote off at once.
at tote, v.1
[US] L.H. Medina Nick of the Woods I ii: Captain, we must keep our eye-winkers gaping, or some of your colts will be missing before sunrise.
at winkers, n.
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