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[US] J. Peterkin Roll, Jordan, Roll 197: On fourth Sundays her fine clothes and big-doings walk made her look like some stranger-woman from town.
at big doing, adj.
[US] J. Peterkin Roll, Jordan, Roll 125: The train arrives and halts long enough for those aboard the Jim Crow car to lean out of windows and exchange boisterous greetings.
at Jim Crow, adj.
[US] J. Peterkin Roll, Jordan, Roll 105: Jesus! Harry! I wouldn a think you’d a do me so.
at do, v.1
[US] J. Peterkin Roll, Jordan, Roll 176: The youngsters [...] are undisturbed by such warnings as ‘I’ll skin you alive,’ ‘I’ll wear you to a frazzle’.
at wear to a frazzle (v.) under frazzle, n.
[US] J. Peterkin Roll, Jordan, Roll 171: Now he is old and poor, with no decent liquor to drink, and only one ‘scold gully’ woman too old and too fat to work.
at gully, n.1
[US] J. Peterkin Roll, Jordan, Roll 159: She was a black, knotty-headed little thing, ’bout six year old.
at knot-headed, adj.
[US] J. Peterkin Roll, Jordan, Roll 83: ‘Meeting’ always ends in a ‘shout,’ which may last until daybreak if the spirit comes and ‘bears down heavy’.
at shout, n.
[US] J. Peterkin Roll, Jordan, Roll 105: Harry is a deceitful sweet-mouth man.
at sweetmouth, n.
[US] J. Peterkin Roll, Jordan, Roll 103: But Harry, e too sweet-mouth! [...] Harry talk so promisin.
at sweetmouth, adj.
[US] J. Peterkin Roll, Jordan, Roll 104: Den Harry gone an frown up e face an talk vex.
at vex, adv.
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