1944 J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 20: Alma was beer and bleeding skittles to this.at all beer and skittles, phr.
1944 J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 20: It smelt warm and pissy in that timber [...] it might have been a backhouse in Ioway.at backhouse (n.) under back, adj.2
1944 J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 50: It was a long time before I could bring myself to make the double-backed beast with an Olive street whore.at make the beast with two backs (v.) under beast, n.
1944 (ref. to Civil War) J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 42: We’ll show the fourflushin’ bluebellied sonsuhbitches.at blue-bellied, adj.
1944 J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 20: You sound purty funny without them ca’tridge biters, [...] They was reg’lar hoss teeth.at biters, n.
1944 (ref. to Civil War) J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 180: The bluebelly’s legs drew up a little [...] Lacey was taking off the Yankee’s shoes.at bluebelly, n.
1944 J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 43: Nah! Nah! Honeybum, Crime said — Oh, f— you, the drummer said.at honey bum (n.) under honey, n.1
1944 J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 39: The political brigadiers — most of them jackleg lawyers from the West.at jackleg, adj.
1944 (ref. to Civil War) J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 41: He thought you were a Secesh.at secesh, n.
1944 J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 41: I bet he shit his britches.at shit (in) one’s pants (v.) under shit, v.
1944 (ref. to Civil War) J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 74: The great Washington society photographer, the Lincoln-snapper.at snapper, n.5
1944 (ref. to Civil War) J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 181: Jud pulled his musket up and aimed it pint [sic] blank at Lacey’s belly. Lacey, he said, you git away from him or I’ll spill your guts.at spill someone’s guts (v.) under spill, v.
1944 J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 4: They had finished fighting and marching and starving and shaking and squittering and had gone home. [Ibid.] 40: They would wake each other to sit side by side on a double-barrelled latrine box. [...] They sat squittering in the moonlight.at squitters, the, n.
1944 J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 293: I must have picked up this old toadsticker.at toad-sticker (n.) under toad, n.