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Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 211: Uncle Josh was as mad as a hornit, and come monstrous nigh givin Pete a lickin.at ...a hornet under mad as..., adj.
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 211: Uncle Josh was as mad as a hornit, and come monstrous nigh givin Pete a lickin. Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 83: Well, I glory in her spunk, but it’s monstrous expensive to go things on the big figer that she’s on now.at big figure (n.) under big, adj.
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 72: If they’s so monstrous well off, and sich big things whar they come from, what’s the reason they don’t stay thar.at big thing, n.
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 65: He’s got more brass in his face than ther is in mother’s preservin kittle, and more gab than Mr. Mountgomery and our preacher together.at brass, n.1
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 167: Every body tuck Chrismus, specially the niggers, and sich carryins-on — sich dancin and singin, and shootin poppers and sky-rackets, you never did see.at carrying-on, n.
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 129: Mary soon got over her skare, but the way she’s mad at cousin Pete won’t wear off in a coon’s age.at coon’s age (n.) under coon, n.
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 22: I crawfished out of that place monstrous quick, you may depend.at crawfish, v.
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 40: The outlandish cuss rode off without sayin a word.at cuss, n.1
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 100: I don’t blieve you have ever hearn of jest sich a dingd fool trick as they played on me.at dinged, adj.
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 189: April Fool, dingnation!at dingnation!, excl.
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 48: My nose wasn’t quite well whar I blazed it on that dratted grape-vine.at dratted, adj.
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 43: They all had ther Sunday fixins on and was fraid to go into the brush much.at fixings, n.1
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 76: I tell you what, the highfliers that’s been tryin to be aristockrasy fokes has hawled in their horns considerable.at high-flyer, n.
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 58: King Rum [...] that very tyrant that’s got you by the guzzle now.at guzzle, n.
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 89: ‘Highty-tighty!’ ses the old lady – ‘what monstrous ’finement to be shore!’.at highty-tighty!, excl.
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 53: Wolf would gether holt of him like he was gwine to [...] mash him all into a cocked hat.at knock into a cocked hat (v.) under knock into, v.
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 105: The fust thing he knowed, kerslosh he went, rite into a big tub mor’n half full of cold water.at kerslosh! (excl.) under ker-, pfx
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 46: Before I had time to breathe, kerslash I went, right in the cold water.at kerslash! (excl.) under ker-, pfx
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 140: Do you think [...] he could recognize his countrymen in the starched up, soap-locked, high-heeled, sickly-looking dandys of the present day?at soap-locked, adj.
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 70: If she is big enough fool to be tuck in by sich small taters as he is, I’ll jest drap the whole bisness.at small potatoes, n.
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 122: Ther’s a good many Joneses in Georgia, and I know some myself that ain’t no great scratches.at no great scratch under scratch, n.3
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 26: They was all comin’ to me about it, and cussin and shinin and disputin so I couldn’t hardly hear one from tother.at shine up to (v.) under shine, v.2
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 228: Tom shucked off his coat and jacket and shoes.at shuck down (v.) under shuck, v.
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 49: Tom Stallins had [...] one grate big yaller cur, what wasn’t worth shucks to trail.at shucks, n.
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 124: A little thick-lipped, blinky-eyed, snaggle-toothed, sandy-haired man.at snaggle-tooth, n.
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 93: I like to forgot to tell you about cousin Pete. He got snapt on egnog when he heard of my ingagement.at snapped, adj.2
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 24: Things is in a most bominable snarl down here.at snarl(-up), n.
Major Jones’s Courtship 160: If they won’t keep company with squirts and dandies, who’s going to make a monkey of himself? [note squirt here was changed to fop in 1872 edn].at squirt, n.
Major Jones’s Courtship (1872) 51: It tuck a feller mighty wide between the eyes to tackle that tree, for it was a whopper.at tackle, v.
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