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High life in N.Y. 57/1: [...] sez she, as spiteful as a meat-axe jest ground.at meat axe, n.
High life in N.Y. 57/1: [...] sez she, as spiteful as a meat-axe jest ground. High Life in N.Y. II 120/1: A yaller nigger stood inside a eyeing me from top tu toe.at yellow nigger (n.) under yellow, adj.
High Life in N.Y. I 168: There is a terrible all-overish sort of a feeling in a young feller when he’s been cruising among the gals all day, and comes hum and cuddles up in bed.at all-overish, adj.2
High Life in N.Y. II 118: A kind of frosty looking old maid, as impudent as git out.at all get out, phr.
High Life in N.Y. I 200: Cousin Beebe come into the room in my old blue coat and pepper and salts.at pepper and salt, n.1
High Life in N.Y. I 259: Miss Josephine Burgess that was, sot on a stool, looking as mad as a march hare.at ...a (March) hare under mad as..., adj.
High Life in N.Y. I 167: Some of ’em were purty well over the bay.at over the bay (adj.) under bay, n.
High Life in N.Y. I 174: Think, sez I, wal, if this don’t beat all natur.at beat all (v.) under beat, v.
High Life in N.Y. II 48: I had to bite off short, for a chap come aboard the sloop with Captin Doolittle.at bite (it) off (v.) under bite, v.
High Life in N.Y. I 172: Would you think it right if a feller was tu come out like all blazes agin one of your letters in the Express, if he hadn’t read ’em?at like (the) blazes (adv.) under blazes, n.
High Life in N.Y. I 250: The ’pothecary raly felt as if he should bust, and he gin her a purty decent blowing up.at blowing-up, n.1
High Life in N.Y. I 196: I bundled up old blue, and the pepper and salt trousers.at long-tail blue, n.
High Life in N.Y. 68: I didn’t exactly like the feel of it, but ‘Who cares’, sez I to myself.at who cares?
High Life in N.Y. II 202: I tell you what, it was the clear chalk, the ginuine thing.at chalk, the, n.
High Life in N.Y. (1854) 55: He begun to show his chalkies jest as he did afore.at chalkies, n.
High Life in N.Y. II 108: I thought [...] to give ’em a short specimen of Weathersfield chin music.at chin music, n.
High Life in N.Y. I 176: The places were chuck full of allfired harnsome gals and spruce looking fellers, that [...] talked and laughed as chipper as could be.at chipper, adj.
High Life in N.Y. II 113: I’ve got something there that’ll make your nose tingle, and chirk you right up.at chirk (up), v.
High Life in N.Y. I 196: I [...] pulled foot for Cousin Beebe’s as chirk as a grass-hopper.at chirk, adj.
High Life in N.Y. I 145: Nibbling away at the end of a dough-nut [...] he seemed mortal loth to choke off.at choke off, v.
High Life in N.Y. I 19: Cousin John looked at her so eternal cross that she was glad to choke in.at choke, v.
High Life in N.Y. II 208: I was a darned old chucklehead to stump you to strike me.at chucklehead, n.
High Life in N.Y. I 36: The chunked feller, with his hat knocked into the middle of next week.at chunked (adj.) under chunk, n.1
High Life in N.Y. I 223: ‘Gaully!’ sez I, ‘but you’re clear grit – smart as a steel-trap, aint you?’.at clear grit (n.) under clear, adj.2
High Life in N.Y. I 215: If any on ’em see anything that don’t come right up to the chalk [...] they may be sartin it ain’t mine.at come up to (the chalk) (v.) under come up, v.1
High Life in N.Y. II 190: He and I had a purty considerable confab.at confab, n.
High Life in N.Y. I 165: Jase trod on my toe with his consarned hard boot. [Ibid.] 178: She was a slick leetle critter, with the consarnedest soft eyes.at consarned, adv.
High Life in N.Y. II 6: There is no cheating that old coot.at old coot (n.) under coot, n.1
High Life in N.Y. II 197: I jest bent over a trifle, and grinned jest enough to show my corn-grinders.at corn-grinders (n.) under corn, n.1
High Life in N.Y. I 47: The old woman began to brag about Samuel, for she’s felt mighty crank about him ever since he had that great dinner give to him.at crank, adj.2
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