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[US] (con. WWI) A.B. Facey Fortunate Life 277: Most of us were cot-cases and were in beds that were bolted to the deck of the ship.
at cot-case, n.
[US] (con. 1900s) A.B. Facey Fortunate Life 43: He noticed my bag boots and asked me why I was wearing moccasins [...] he told me that ‘moccasins’ was the name of the type of boots.
at moccasins, n.
[US] (con. 1900s) A.B. Facey Fortunate Life 80: Charlie was so pleased with the work that we had done, he would skite about it to the neighbours.
at skite, v.1
[US] (con. 1900s) A.B. Facey Fortunate Life 70: He had picked up a stick about four feet long and one and a half inches thick, and intended to wooden me out.
at wooden (out) (v.) under wooden, adj.
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