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[US] Sweet & Knox Sketches from ‘Texas Siftings’ 105: His is half alligator, half human.
at half-alligator, adj.
[US] Sweet & Knox Sketches from ‘Texas Siftings’ 170: He had a seductive way of drawing his 18-inch Arkansas tooth-pick, and examining it critically with a sinister smile, while humbly requesting the temporary loan of five dollars.
at Arkansas toothpick (n.) under Arkansas, adj.
[US] Sweet & Knox Sketches from ‘Texas Siftings’ 41: Cash down, quick, or I’ll bounce you off at the next station we come to .
at cash, v.1
[US] Sweet & Knox Sketches from ‘Texas Siftings’ 212: She extracted a twenty dollar bill, and remarked : ‘I reckon I’ve got the dead wood on that new bonnet I’ve been sufferin’ for.’.
at have the deadwood on (v.) under deadwood, n.
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