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[US] J.F. Cooper ‘The Spy’ in Novel Newspaper (1842) I 154/2: I’m sure a Guinea nagur loves heat, as much as a souldier loves his drop.
at guinea bird, n.2
[US] J.F. Cooper ‘The Spy’ Novel Newspaper (1845) I 116/1: How’s this? a blue coat among those scarlet gentry.
at bluecoat, n.
[US] J.F. Cooper ‘The Spy’ in Novel Newspaper (1842) I 155/1: Replenishing the mug with a large addition of the article known to the soldiery by the name of ‘choke dog,’ she held it towards the pedler.
at choke-dog (n.) under choke, v.
[US] J.F. Cooper ‘The Spy’ Novel Newspaper (1845) I 176/1: ‘Golly!’ said Caesar, with a chuckle.
at golly!, excl.
[US] J.F. Cooper ‘The Spy’ Novel Newspaper (1842) I 154/2: ‘Sure a nagur has as much sowl as white,’ said Betty.
at nagah, n.
[US] J.F. Cooper ‘The Spy’ in Novel Newspaper (1845) I 99/2: The poor opinion of the Skinners [...] whose sole occupation appears to have been relieving their fellow citizens from any excess of temporal prosperity they might be thought to enjoy, under the pretence of patriotism.
at skinner, n.1
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