1851 M. Reid Scalp-Hunters I 283: ‘Thar’s one kind o’ shootin’, said he, ‘that’s jest as easy as fallin’ off a log.’.at easy as falling off a log, adj.
1851 M. Reid Scalp-Hunters II 277: ‘Wagh! what cares he for us, now that he has got what he wanted?’ ‘Not a niggur’s d--n.’.at not give a damn, v.
1851 M. Reid Scalp-Hunters III 189: Them Navaghs is mighty cute, and not easily bamfoozled.at bamfoozle, v.
1851 M. Reid Scalp-Hunters III 32: We kin go yonder, and fight them till they’ve had a bellyful.at bellyful (n.) under belly, n.
1851 M. Reid Scalp-Hunters II 5: He had been a soldier in a frontier post – one of uncle Sam’s ‘Sky-blues’.at sky blue, n.
1851 M. Reid Scalp-Hunters III 178: It was no longer a question of speed [...] Did my horse possess the ‘bottom’?at bottom, n.1
1851 M. Reid Scalp-Hunters I 279: Whether we fired symultainyously, or extraneously, or cattawampously ain’t the flappin o’ a beaver’s tail to me.at catawampusly, adv.
1851 M. Reid Scalp-Hunters II 164: He lay, back uppermost. He was naked to the breech-clout.at clout, n.1
1851 M. Reid Scalp-Hunters II 190: In trath, Misther Gowdey; an’ it’s meself ’ud go far this blissed night for a dhrap o’ the crayter.at drop of the creature (n.) under creature, the, n.
1851 M. Reid The Scalp-Hunters III 98: I am ’ithout eyther beast or weepun. D--t--n!at damnation!, excl.
1851 M. Reid Scalp-Hunters I 89: I’m dog-gone, Jim, if I don’t feel queery about hyar.at I’ll be doggoned! (excl.) under doggone, v.
1851 M. Reid Scalp-Hunters II 137: I would think less o’ these other dummies not seein’ at a glimp how we kin do it.at dummy, n.1
1851 M. Reid Scalp-Hunters II 65: Great Gollys! we will be froze in half the time. [Ibid.] 121: Gollies! was it winter?at golly!, excl.
1851 M. Reid Scalp-Hunters I 305: Hang it, man! let’s see the shot.at hang it (all)! (excl.) under hang, v.1
1851 M. Reid Scalp-Hunters II 6: Shet up yur heads, an’ wait, will ye?at shut one’s head (v.) under head, n.
1851 M. Reid Scalp-Hunters III 181: Geehosaphat! hyers a feller ridin’ ’ithout eyther saddle or bridle!at jehoshaphat!, excl.
1851 M. Reid Scalp-Hunters II 126: I tuk a wheen o’ stones [...] an’ killed the hul kit on’ em.at whole kit, n.
1851 M. Reid Scalp-Hunters II 10: ‘Shet up yur meat-traps,’ answered he.at meat trap (n.) under meat, n.
1851 M. Reid Scalp-Hunters II 124: ‘No-o,’ slowly drawled Rube, apparently ‘miffed’ at being thus interrupted.at miffed, adj.