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Behind the Bars choose

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[US] S.W. Payne Behind the Bars 160: Dirthy thrick that, I say, an’ dirthy it was in me to give the dirthy dog who sint me here me vote for the promise of three dollars which I never got.
at dirty dog (n.) under dirty, adj.
[US] S.W. Payne Behind the Bars 163: Only thra months more, be gorry.
at by gorry! (excl.) under gorry!, excl.
[US] S.W. Payne Behind the Bars 145: If their liquor don’t set just right, then they sock it to us freed niggers till we can’t stand.
at sock it to, v.
[US] Seth W. Payne Behind the Bars 161: The childers hollered murther and set up a big howl.
at holler (bloody) murder (v.) under murder, n.
[US] S.W. Payne Behind the Bars 157: He has become so rounded out with mush, I don’t believe the openings between the bars would let him out [...] He is the only satisfied prisoner I have found.
at mush, n.1
[US] S.W. Payne Behind the Bars 145: ‘But say, George, wouldn’t you rather be a slave than to be free?’ ‘Now see heah, you white nigger, I spects you tryin’ ter stuff dis darkey.’.
at white nigger, n.
[US] S.W. Payne Behind the Bars 145: ‘But say, George, wouldn’t you rather be a slave than to be free?’ ‘Now see heah, you white nigger, I spects you tryin’ ter stuff dis darkey.’.
at stuff, v.1
[US] S.W. Payne Behind the Bars 145: I t’ink you’s one dem Yank’ fellers.
at Yank, adj.
[US] J. Leibart Behind Bars 59: In the free world we have two classes— the square shooter and the angle shooter. In prison [...] we have only one class, the angle shooter.
at angle-shooter (n.) under angle, n.
[US] ‘Jonathan Slick’ Behind Bars [album credits] ‘A Love That’s True (Part 1)’ reconstructs his classic ‘Hey Young World’ into an up-tempo story of no-good females, while on ‘A Love That’s True (Part 2),’ he goes off on the same themes but on a ragamuffin tip.
at ragamuffin tip (n.) under ragamuffin, n.
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