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Following The Drum 162: The postmaster [... ] the only man in the settlement who owned a Bible, in consequence of which he had acquired the familiar cognomen of ‘Bible-back,’ a name that he stoutly resented!at bibleback, n.
Following The Drum 162: The postmaster [... ] the only man in the settlement who owned a Bible, in consequence of which he had acquired the familiar cognomen of ‘Bible-back,’ a name that he stoutly resented! Following The Drum 218: I rewarded [his affection for the dog] by giving him Jack for his ‘bunkie’!at bunkie, n.
Following The Drum 33: Constantly were his pugnacious tendencies exhibited in [...] ‘little heat ups’ or ‘knock downs’.at knock-down, n.
Following The Drum 172: General Harney [...] hearing rumors of numerous filibuster and Indian troubles, had come down [...] to administer ‘jesse’ generally to all delinquents.at give someone jesse (v.) under jesse, n.
Following The Drum 158: Very little conversation took place between them, and that little in a language called ‘Mex,’ a kind of Spanish patois differing widely from pure Castilian.at Mex, n.
Following The Drum 162: He had a brother in Northern Texas who had ‘got religion’ and ‘done well,’ and he thought ‘some’ of ‘getting it’ himself!at some, adv.
Following The Drum 223: ‘Swearing like a trooper’ is a very graphic expression.at like a trooper (adv.) under trooper, n.1
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