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letter q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 43: They were as happy as clams in high water.at ...a clam under happy as..., adj.
letter q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 43: They were as happy as clams in high water. letter q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 275: The Erie Regiment is one grand fizzle out.at fizzle (out), v.
q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 199: You ain’t worth a pinch of shit.at not worth a shit, phr.
q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 201: I thought I would give them a dram. You may shove it up...at shove it up your arse!, excl.
letter q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 36: Frank since I seen you last I hav [sic] seen the elephant.at see the elephant (v.) under elephant, n.
letter q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 78: [The regiment] was scattered from Hell to Breakfast.at from hell to breakfast under hell, n.
letter q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 96: The man licks the nigers and nigers the jassacks, and in that way drive business.at jassack, n.
q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 199: You kiss my arse, you God damned louse.at louse, n.
q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 199: You God-damned low-lived son of a bitch.at lowlife, adj.
letter q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 110: The niggers down here are not worth 3 cents [...] I had to tell the youngest monkley (about 6 years old) to keep the flies off the table.at monkey, n.
letter q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 61: Our reg [...] look moor like a reg of secesh than northern troops .at secesh, n.
letter q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 213: If it were not for the difference in rank I would [...] knock shit out of you.at shit, the, phr.
q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 199: You God-damned low-lived son of a bitch, you shit-house adjutant.at shithouse, adj.
cite in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 187: Another Yank reported that he was ‘Hunkey Dora’.at hunky-dory, adj.
letter q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 295: When I went in [the Army] I go the whole hog and never take hold of the plow and look back.at go the whole hog (v.) under whole hog, n.
letter q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 258: In the evening Horizonal Refreshments or in Plainer words Riding a Dutch gal.at horizontal refreshment (n.) under horizontal, adj.
letter quoted in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 187: The folks [in N. Alabama] is poorer than skim piss.at poorer than skim piss (adj.) under poor, adj.
letter quoted in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 139: Have a slight attack of Helena Quickastep [...] I have been taking quinine, pain-killer, and whiskey.at quick step (n.) under quick, adj.
letter q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 258: In the evening Horizonal Refreshments or in Plainer words Riding a Dutch gal.at ride, v.
letter q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 171: To tell the plain truth we are between a sh-t and a sweat out here.at between a shit and a sweat under shit, n.
letter q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 291: Strapped for money, got the blues like an old maid.at strapped (for cash), adj.
letter q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 259: We cannot get any thing here but f—king and that is plenty.at fucking, n.
letter q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 111: He can’t open his head because if he does, or insults a niger back, touches or strikes him [etc.].at open one’s head (v.) under head, n.
letter q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 170: [of baseball] We get lamed badly.at lam, v.1
letter q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 333: He eats like sixty and does not have courage to stir to exercise it off.at like sixty, adv.
letter q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 258: I have jus returned from Baltimore where I have been on a short spree [...] it is a sporting place and fast women are all the go.at sporting, adj.
letter q. in Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) 259: There are so many hore houses in town which must have a Sentinel at each door for to keep them Straight.at straight, adj.1
(con. 1861-5) Life of Billy Yank 59: Rough black shoes, known in soldier parlance as gunboats.at gunboat, n.1
(con. 1861-5) Life of Billy Yank 187: ‘Here’s your mule’ which was a nonsensical term used in much the same manner as soldiers of a later generation used the phrase ‘Kilroy was here’.at here’s your mule under mule, n.
(con. 1861-5) Life of Billy Yank 261: The nymphs du pave were the more objectionable because of being the scum of the Northern underworld.at nymph of the pavé, n.
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