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Down in the Holler 175: A man who is very much inebriated is said to be drunker than a fiddler’s bitch, drunker than a boiled owl.at drunk as a boiled owl, adj.
Down in the Holler 175: A man who is very much inebriated is said to be drunker than a fiddler’s bitch, drunker than a boiled owl. Down in the Holler 178: Loose as a goose refers to diarrhea.at loose as a goose, adj.
Down in the Holler 222: acknowledge the corn: phr. To admit, to confess, to apologize. [Ibid.] 269: own the corn: phr. To admit an error.at acknowledge the corn, v.
Down in the Holler 222: acorn calf: n. A runt, a poor specimen, a weakling. Applied to human beings as well as to cattle.at acorn calf (n.) under acorn, n.2
Down in the Holler 223: It’s a-gittin’ right airish here lately, on these high ridges.at airish, adj.2
Down in the Holler 224: Arkansas toothpick: n. A bowie knife, a large sheath knife.at Arkansas toothpick (n.) under Arkansas, adj.
Down in the Holler 224: arkansaw: v.t. To cheat, to take advantage of.at arkansaw, v.
Down in the Holler 224: When a hunter shoots a quail on the ground, the bird is said to be arkansawed.at arkansaw, v.
Down in the Holler 224: ‘No,’ said he positively, ‘we’ll go arkansaw,’ meaning that each man pays for his own food.at go arkansaw (v.) under arkansaw, v.
Down in the Holler 224: armstrong: n. A crude, primitive tool or implement.at armstrong, adj.
Down in the Holler 254: hopper-tailed: adj. Having broad or prominent buttocks.at hopper-arsed, adj.
Down in the Holler 172: He likes to say that it’s cold as a witch’s tit, or a well digger’s ass, or a banker’s heart.at ...a witch’s tit under cold as..., adj.
Down in the Holler 172: He likes to say that it’s cold as a witch’s tit, or a well digger’s ass, or a banker’s heart.at ...a grave-digger’s arse under cold as..., adj.
Down in the Holler 175: In Washington County, Arkansas, people used to say drunker than Cooter Brown, but nobody seems to know who Cooter Brown was.at drunk as cooter brown, adj.
Down in the Holler 119: Women of the same type see no harm in a public mention of the back-door trots, which means diarrhea.at back-door trot (n.) under back-door, n.
Down in the Holler 225: bald face: n. Raw corn whiskey.at baldface (whisky), n.
Down in the Holler 225: barefoot bread: n. Hard cornbread, made without eggs or shortenings.at barefoot, adj.
Down in the Holler 225: battlin’ stick: n. A club with which pioneer women beat their clothes in washing them, since they had no washboards.at battling-stick, n.
Down in the Holler 97: Bitch is taboo where I come from, too, because bitch means a prostitute.at bitch, n.1
Down in the Holler 227: One of my foul-mouthed visitors was described as ‘the blackguardin’est feller that ever set foot in this town’.at blackguard, n.
Down in the Holler 289: stretch the blanket: phr. To exaggerate, to tell a tall story.at stretch a/the blanket (v.) under blanket, n.
Down in the Holler 109: Carr reports that blister is ‘not uncommon’ in Washington County, Arkansas, as a term for an ‘immoral woman’.at blister, n.1
Down in the Holler 228: bluegum moke: n. A Negro whose gums are bluish rather than red. It is said that the bite of a blue-gum moke means certain death.at blue gum(med), adj.
Down in the Holler 228: blue-john: n. Skim milk.at blue john (n.) under blue, adj.1
Down in the Holler 228: bodacious: adj. Outright, bold, brazen.at bodacious, adj.
Down in the Holler 228: It ain’t such a bodaciously good fence, but it’s a heap better’n no fence at all.at bodaciously, adv.
Down in the Holler 228: Bill set up for a horse-doctor, but he boggled everything, an’ killed more’n he cured.at boggle, v.
Down in the Holler 229: The old fool orter be bored for the simples!at bore for the simples (v.) under bore, v.1
Down in the Holler 229: Tom he was a-pukin’ an’ a-bowellin’ off somethin’ turrible, so finally they sent after Doc Holton.at bowel off (v.) under bowel, n.
Down in the Holler 229: box: n. Coffin.at box, n.1
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