1884 G.W. Bagby Old Virginia Gentleman (1910) 93: The ‘bustid’ condition of the bridge has made church-going by the Jackson’s mill route impossible.at busted, adj.1
1884 G.W. Bagby Old Virginia Gentleman (1910) 80: Every time a train passes [...] and, if the speed is at all rapid, Uncle Jim seldom fails to exclaim, ‘I George! she’s a goin’ uv it’.at I, prep.
1884 G.W. Bagby Old Virginia Gentleman (1910) 137: What the deuce did I care abourt learning how to ‘hold my piece,’ to ‘load in nine times,’ and all that?at piece, n.
1884 G.W. Bagby Old Virginia Gentleman (1910) 138: What he knew about the government he had learned from stump speakers.at stump-knocker (n.) under stump, n.
1884 G.W. Bagby Old Virginia Gentleman (1910) 18: A little ‘teenchy’ bit of a shoe it was, too.at teensie-weensie, adj.
1884 G.W. Bagby Old Virginia Gentleman (1910) 69: ‘Unc’ Jim’ – as he is generally called, for short.at unc, n.