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The History of Rome Hanks and Kindred Matters choose

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[US] J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 20: Alma was beer and bleeding skittles to this.
at all beer and skittles, phr.
[US] 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
[US] 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.
[US] (ref. to Civil War) J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 42: We’ll show the fourflushin’ bluebellied sonsuhbitches.
at blue-bellied, adj.
[US] 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.
[US] (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.
[US] J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 47: Jazz or French, baby?
at French, n.
[US] J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 63: Lookee here, where’s Harry Mullin?
at lookee here!, excl.
[US] 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
[US] J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 39: The political brigadiers — most of them jackleg lawyers from the West.
at jackleg, adj.
[US] J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 176: Are you a Klucker, Mr. Ocamb?
at klucker, n.
[US] J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 20: It smelt warm and pissy in that timber.
at pissy, adj.1
[US] (ref. to Civil War) J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 41: He thought you were a Secesh.
at secesh, n.
[US] J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 41: I bet he shit his britches.
at shit (in) one’s pants (v.) under shit, v.
[US] (ref. to Civil War) J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 74: The great Washington society photographer, the Lincoln-snapper.
at snapper, n.5
[US] (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.
[US] 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.
[US] J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 293: I must have picked up this old toadsticker.
at toad-sticker (n.) under toad, n.
[US] J.S. Pennell Hist. of Rome Hanks 157: I’m perfectly wild about lousy movies.
at wild, adj.
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