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[US] R. Wilder You All Spoken Here 72: As high as a cat’s back: ’Way up.
at higher than a cat’s back, adj.
[US] R. Wilder You All Spoken Here 98: Come-by-chance child: Illegitimate; woods colt; bush colt; catch colt; old field colt; outsider; volunteer; yard child; bantlin’.
at bantling, n.
[US] R. Wilder Jr You All Spoken Here xiii: They make the national tongue as homogenized and bland as blue john and grits.
at blue john (n.) under blue, adj.1
[US] R. Wilder You All Spoken Here 98: Come-by-chance child: Illegitimate; woods colt; bush colt; catch colt; old field colt; outsider; volunteer; yard child; bantlin’.
at catch-colt (n.) under catch, v.1
[US] R. Wilder You All Spoken Here 98: Come-by-chance child: Illegitimate; woods colt; bush colt; catch colt; old field colt; outsider; volunteer; yard child; bantlin’.
at chance child, n.
[US] R. Wilder You All Spoken Here 98: Come-by-chance child: Illegitimate; woods colt; bush colt; catch colt; old field colt; outsider; volunteer; yard child; bantlin’.
at woods colt, n.
[US] R. Wilder You All Spoken Here 98: They planted corn-a-fore the fence was built: They had a baby in progress before they married. . . They ate supper before they said grace.
at eat supper before you say grace (v.) under eat, v.
[US] R. Wilder You All Spoken Here 83: Georgia ice cream: Grits.
at Georgia ice-cream (n.) under Georgia, adj.
[US] R. Wilder Jr You All Spoken Here 179: An unidentified parson in a combination grocery and groggery in Louisiana.
at groggery, n.
[US] R. Wilder You All Spoken Here 72: All over hell and half of Georgia: A considerable area, especially if you’re a-lookin’ for somebody.
at hell and half of Georgia under hell, n.
[US] R. Wilder You All Spoken Here 165: High as a Georgia pine: Intoxicated.
at high as a Georgia pine (adj.) under high, adj.1
[US] R. Wilder You All Spoken Here 171: Hincty, hinchy: Sporty patrons of sporting houses—white, overbearing, pompous, some wearing pearl-buttoned spats with revolvers to match.
at hincty, n.
[US] R. Wilder You All Spoken Here 170: Never turned a tap; never hit a lick: Never lifted a finger.
at hit a lick (at a snake) (v.) under lick, n.2
[US] R. Wilder You All Spoken Here 22: Let the milk down: Tell it all; don’t hold back; wring it out.
at let the milk down (v.) under milk, n.
[US] R. Wilder You All Spoken Here 68: Haul buggy, light out for, cut out for: Leave hurriedly; be like Moody’s goose.
at haul buggy (v.) under haul, v.
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