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in Life on the Mississippi (1914) 462: [as spelt] Now I didn’t fear no one giving me a back cap (exposing his past life) & running me off the job.at backcap, n.
in Life on the Mississippi (1914) 462: [as spelt] Now I didn’t fear no one giving me a back cap (exposing his past life) & running me off the job. in Life on the Mississippi (1914) 459: [as spelt] ‘i hadn’t got cheak enough to stand that sort of talk, so i left her in a hurry.’.at cheek, n.2
letter in Life on the Mississippi (1996) 511: [as spelt] You told me if i would shake the cross (quit stealing) & live on the square for 3 months, it would be the best job i ever done.at shake the cross (v.) under cross, n.1
in Life on the Mississippi (1914) 460: [as spelt] ‘i felt pretty rough & was thinking i would have to go on the dipe (picking pockets) again.at on the dip under dip, n.1
in Life on the Mississippi (1914) 459: [as spelt] ‘i hadn’t no more than got it off when i wished i hadn’t done it.’.at get off, v.1
in Life on the Mississippi (1914) 459: [as spelt] ‘i guess you thought i did not cair for what you said, & at the first go off I didn’t.’.at go-off, n.
in Life on the Mississippi (1914) 459: [as spelt] ‘i saw the leather was a grip’ (easy to get).at grip, n.
Life on the Mississippi (1914) 459: [as spelt] ‘When we got to Chicago on the cars from there to here, I pulled off an old woman’s leather’ (robbed her of her pocketbook).at leather, n.
in Life on the Mississippi (1914) 460: [as spelt] ‘The afternoon of the 3rd day I spent my last 10 cts for moons’ (large, round sea-biscuit).at moon, n.
in Life on the Mississippi (1914) 459: [as spelt] ‘she tumbled (discovered) her leather was off’ (gone).at off, adv.3
in Life on the Mississippi (1914) 459: ‘When we got to Chicago on the cars from there to here, I pulled off an old woman’s leather’ (robbed her of her pocketbook).at pull off (v.) under pull, v.
in Life on the Mississippi (1914) 459: [as spelt] I felt pretty rough & was thinking I would have to go on the dipe (Picking Pockets) again.at rough, adj.
in Life on the Mississippi (1914) 459: [as written] You told me if i would shake the cross (Quit Stealing) & live on the square for months, it would be the best job i ever done.at on the square under square, adj.
in Life on the Mississippi (1914) 461: Lord give a poor fellow a chance to square it for 3 months for Christ’s sake, amen.at square it (v.) under square, v.
in Life on the Mississippi (1914) 459: [as spelt] i noed you was a man who had don big work with good men & want no sucker.at sucker, n.1
in Life on the Mississippi (1914) 462: [as spelt] ‘next morning I done it again & got me some new togs (clothes).’.at togs, n.
Life on the Mississippi (1914) 393: It’s [...] human nature in grief. It don’t reason, you see. Time being, it don’t care a dam.at not give a damn, v.
Life on the Mississippi (1914) 511: The captains were very independent and airy – pretty ‘biggity,’ as Uncle Remus would say.at airy, adj.1
Life on the Mississippi (1914) 511: The captains were very independent and airy – pretty ‘biggity,’ as Uncle Remus would say.at biggity, adj.
Life on the Mississippi (1914) 70: We went booming along.at boom, v.
Life on the Mississippi (1914) 497: You’ll be in plenty time, boss.at boss, n.2
Life on the Mississippi (1914) 25: Whoo-oop! I’m the old original iron-jawed, brass-mounted, copper-bellied corpse-maker from the wilds of Arkansaw!at brass-mounted (adj.) under brass, adj.1
Life on the Mississippi (1914) 364: We can sell it so dirt-cheap that the whole country has got to take it.at cheap as dirt (adj.) under cheap, adj.
Life on the Mississippi (1914) 63: I did not chirp. I only waited to see.at chirp, v.
Life on the Mississippi (1914) 268: The safe way [...] is to copper the operation, and at the same time buy enough property in Vicksburg to square you up in case they win.at copper, v.1
Life on the Mississippi (1914) 24: When he was going to start on the next verse one of them said it was the tune the old cow died on; and another one said, ‘Oh, give us a rest.’.at tune the old cow died of, n.
Life on the Mississippi (1914) 366: Cracked on such a rattling impost that cotton-seed olive-oil couldn’t stand the raise.at crack, v.3
Life on the Mississippi (1914) 188: Derned likely story!at darned, adv.
Life on the Mississippi (1914) 186: Well, I’ll be dod-derned!at dod, n.1
Life on the Mississippi (1914) 307: You are being dogged; within five days both of you will be assassinated.at dog, v.1
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