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[US] A.J.H. Duganne Camps and Prisons 346: Six officers were in the party, but this number grew to fifteen before the ‘break’ was made.
at break, n.2
[US] A.J.H. Duganne Camps and Prisons 421: ‘Fifteen dollar fur dis yer, an’ ten dollar fur dat dar’ [...] ‘Dry up, old cotton-head!’ ‘Fifteen grannies!’ ‘What’s Confed. money worth?’.
at granny, n.2
[US] A.J.H. Duganne Camps and Prisons 387: The official greybacks then divide, each to a separate detachment.
at grayback, n.
[US] A.J.H. Duganne Camps and Prisons 77: We done heerd one Linkum ossifer readin’ it out.
at ossifer, n.
[US] A.J.H. Duganne Camps and Prisons 385: Yet it is only a ‘nigger’ wench, receiving customary flagellation.
at wench, n.
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