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[US] E.N. Westcott David Harum 195: I seen right off that you was goin’ to fill your collar, fur’s the work was concerned.
at fill one’s collar (v.) under collar, n.
[US] E.N. Westcott David Harum 209: Oh! and to ‘top off’ with, a mince-pie to die for.
at to die (for), phr.
[US] E.N. Westcott David Harum 105: Dave got down on him fer some little thing or other, an’ he’s got his walkin’ papers.
at get down on, v.1
[US] E.N. Westcott David Harum 169: Charley’s a likely ’nough boy some ways, but he hain’t got much ‘git there’ in his make-up.
at get-there, n.
[US] E.N. Westcott David Harum 142: Me an’ him had a little go-round to-day.
at go-round, n.
[US] E.N. Westcott David Harum 226: Till I was consid’able older ’n you be I had to scratch grav’l like all possessed.
at scratch (the) gravel (v.) under gravel, n.
[US] E.N. Westcott David Harum 216: You needn’t make me out more of a gump ’n I was.
at gump, n.1
[US] E.N. Westcott David Harum 336: I putty much made up my mind to try another hitch-up.
at hitch-up, n.
[US] E.N. Westcott David Harum 298: What a nice hitch up they’d make.
at hitch-up, n.
[US] E.N. Westcott David Harum 212: ‘My land!’ cried Mrs. Bixbee with an expression of horror.
at my land! (excl.) under land, n.1
[US] E.N. Westcott David Harum 175: I up an’ put fer the village lickity-cut.
at lickety-split, adv.
[US] E.N. Westcott David Harum 178: ‘Lordy me!’ sighed Mrs. Cullom.
at lordy me!, excl.
[US] E.N. Westcott David Harum 157: You’ve bled her fer shaves to the tune of sixty odd dollars in three years, an’ then got your int’rist in full.
at shave, n.
[US] E.N. Westcott David Harum 212: She took a swallow of the wine.
at swallow, n.
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