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Speech in Mississippi 70: All-overs, a term employed by all classes to mean a feeling of extreme annoyance or vexation; as, ‘That man is so trifling it gives me the all-overs to look at him’ [OED].at all-overs, n.
Speech in Mississippi 70: All-overs, a term employed by all classes to mean a feeling of extreme annoyance or vexation; as, ‘That man is so trifling it gives me the all-overs to look at him’ [OED]. Speech in Mississippi n.p.: Brief [...] used by negros to mean nice, elegant. I once heard a negro tell a young man who had dressed up to go to see his sweet-heart: ‘Boss, you sho looks brief.’ [DARE].at brief, adj.
Speech in Mississippi 24: Consarned [...] This is a favorite expletive among the lower classes of whites. They say: ‘I’ll be consarned if it ain’t so.’.at consarn, v.
Speech in Mississippi 27: Dropped his bait-can [...] A negro expression meaning made a mistake.at drop one’s bait-can (v.) under drop, v.1
Speech in Mississippi 32: Get up and dust [...] An expression, used mainly by negroes, meaning to leave in a great hurry, to go away swiftly. This expression occurs also in Kentucky and Tennessee.at get up and dust (v.) under dust, v.2
Speech in Mississippi n.p.: Lebenty-lebem [...] Negro pronunciation for eleventy-eleven, an expression for an indefinitely great number [DARE].at eleventy-eleven, n.
Speech in Mississippi 30: Flugins [...] ‘It is as cold as flugins.’.at flugens, n.
Speech in Mississippi 43: Lickskillet [...] Used by illiterate whites to mean a contemptible or detestable person [DARE].at lickskillet, n.
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