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[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 36: The editor of the Eagle was well aware, that after this outbreak he must ‘break for tall timber’.
at take to the tall timber(s) (v.) under tall timber, n.
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 111: ‘What, Missus dar, too!’ shouted the nigger [...] and off the cussed blueskin started fur the house.
at blueskin, n.
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 37: He lit upon the upper town and its member ‘like a thousand of brick!’.
at like a ton of brick(s) (adv.) under brick, n.
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 17: To sum it up, it is a little of government—a great deal of ‘bunkum’, sprinkled with a high seasoning of political juggling.
at bunkum, n.
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 63: I heerd Tom Jones swar he’d ‘chaw me up, ef an inch big of me was found in them diggins in the mornin’.
at chaw, v.
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 163: Tom had ‘come it’ over him for so many odd dinners, without a shadow of prospect for pay.
at come it over (v.) under come it, v.1
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 105: About evenin’ I got my small dug-out, and [...] jest paddled over the drink.
at drink, n.1
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 31: Throw yourself wide on the literary fixins and poetry, for the galls.
at fixings, n.1
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 106: Thur never was a grittyer crowd congregated before on that stream.
at gritty, adj.1
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 73: It’s my opinion, these squirtish kind a fellars ain’t perticuler hard-baked.
at hard-baked (adj.) under hard, adj.
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 33: Well, hoss, you’ve slashed the hide off ’er that feller, touched his raw, and rumpled his feathers — that’s the way to give him jessy.
at give someone jesse (v.) under jesse, n.
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 106: He was puttin’ in the biggest kind a licks in the way of courtin’.
at lick, n.2
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 116: Away they started, ‘lickety-click,’ and arrived at the winning-post within touching distance of each other.
at lickety-split, adv.
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 59: The afarr raised jessy in Nettle Bottom, and Old Tom Jones’ yell [...] gives my meat a slight sprinklin’ of ager whenever I think on it.
at meat, n.
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 152: Captain and all hands are a set of cowardly pukes!
at puke, n.1
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 166: Tom had no pocketfull of rocks.
at rocks, n.
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 73: He set his brain to work conning a most powerful speech, one that would knock the sand from under Hoss.
at sand, n.1
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 31: Thar is a fellar of the inimy who’s dead bitter agin us and our town, so you must gin him scissors!
at give someone scissors (v.) under scissors, n.
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 109: I’m cussed if I hadn’t to turn round, too, and scratch for the snag agin!
at scratch, v.
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 106: The gals among ’em warn’t any on your pigeon creaturs, that a fellow dassent tech for fear of spilin’ ’em, but raal scroungers—any of ’em over fourteen could lick a bar, easy.
at scrouger, n.1
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 73: It’s my opinion that these slicked up squirtish kind a fellars ain’t particular hard baked.
at squirtish (adj.) under squirt, n.
[US] J.S. Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 142: Tom squared himself for a yarn, wet his lips with a little corn juice, took a small strip of Missouri weed, and let out .
at yarn, n.
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