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[WI] W.G. Ogilvie Cactus Village 33: You can start to get you’ two old crow-baits them ready.
at crow-bait, n.
[WI] W.G. Ogilvie Cactus Village 27: I is not goin’ to allow any forrad hurry-come-up something like you to take any pass with me.
at hurry-come-up, n.
[WI] W.G. Ogilvie Cactus Village 33: You grudge me the one goat that I have, you wo’thless low-minded cruff!
at cruff, n.
[WI] W.G. Ogilvie Cactus Village 42: Every day you is gettin’ more facey. [...] I is askin you to please oblige me by not comin’ back to me with no more of you’ dyam faceyness.
at facey, adj.
[WI] W.G. Ogilvie Cactus Village 47: I put out starch water to settle, the fool-fool goat drink it.
at foo-foo, adj.
[WI] W.G. Ogilvie Cactus Village 25: It is not good for her to hackle up herself with field work.
at hackle up, v.
[WI] W.G. Ogilvie Cactus Village 46: You cursed knotty-head beast, why make you poison me goat?
at knot-headed, adj.
[WI] W.G. Ogilvie Cactus Village 24: Kiah is pettin’ that mawgah gyal too much.
at mauger, adj.
[WI] W.G. Ogilvie Cactus Village 61: ‘Oh, now you is talkin’!’ someone said.
at now you’re talking under talk, v.
[WI] W.G. Ogilvie Cactus Village 27: We has to work hard and we is not able to do nothin’ else but sit down at we yard all day long.
at yard, n.2
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