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[US] ‘Tim Finigan’s Wake’ in I. Beadle Comic and Sentimental Song Bk 60: Whack, hurra, blood and ’ounds, ye sowl ye.
at blood and ’ounds!, excl.
[US] ‘Root Hog Or Die’ in I. Beadle Comic and Sentimental Song Bk 50: Chief cook and bottle washer, captain of the waiters.
at chief cook and bottle-washer, n.
[US] ‘Tim Finigan’s Wake’ in I. Beadle Comic and Sentimental Song Bk 61: Bedad! he revives! See how he raises!
at bedad!, excl.
[US] ‘Tim Finigan’s Wake’ in I. Beadle Comic and Sentimental Song Bk 60: But Judy then gave her a belt on the gob.
at belt, n.
[US] ‘Jack Lannigan’s Wake’ in I. Beadle Comic and Sentimental Song Bk 58: Teddy the tiler ’most bursted his biler.
at burst one’s boiler (v.) under boiler, n.1
[US] ‘The County Jail’ in I. Beadle Comic and Sentimental Song Bk 55: We got up next morn at break of day, / And went to hear the parson pray; / Oh! wasn’t he a jolly old coon?
at coon, n.
[US] ‘Tim Finigan’s Wake’ in I. Beadle Comic and Sentimental Song Bk 60: He’d a drop of the creatur’ every morn.
at drop of the creature (n.) under creature, the, n.
[US] ‘The County Jail’ in I. Beadle Comic and Sentimental Song Bk 55: And that Jonah he lived inside of a whale, / A darned sight better than County Jail.
at darned, adj.
[US] ‘Tim Finigan’s Wake’ in I. Beadle Comic and Sentimental Song Bk 60: One morning Tim was rather full, / His head felt heavy, which made him shake.
at full, adj.
[US] ‘Tim Finigan’s Wake’ in I. Beadle Comic and Sentimental Song Bk 60: Och, none of your gab, sez Judy Magee.
at gab, n.2
[US] ‘The County Jail’ in I. Beadle Comic and Sentimental Song Bk 55: Sometimes when a feller feels a-bit droll, / We pop him into Pompie’s hole!
at hole, n.1
[US] ‘The County Jail’ in I. Beadle Comic and Sentimental Song Bk 55: At ten we raised a glorious mill / And smathered each other with right good will.
at mill, n.1
[US] ‘The County Jail’ in I. Beadle Comic and Sentimental Song Bk 54: But oh! the M.P’s used me bad / And nearly drove me ramping mad.
at ramping, adv.
[US] ‘Root Hog Or Die’ in I. Beadle Comic and Sentimental Song Bk 49: They couldn’t whip the Yankees, I’ll tell you the reason why / Uncle Sam made ’em sing, Root Hog or Die.
at Uncle Sam, n.1
[US] ‘I Likes A Drop Of Good Beer’ in I. Beadle Comic and Sentimental Song Bk 47: And, like my thirsty father, / My throttle’s always dry.
at throttle, n.
[US] ‘The County Jail’ in I. Beadle Comic and Sentimental Song Bk 55: Service being over we all got back, / And fell in line for skilly and whack.
at whack, n.4
[US] ‘Bobbing Around, Around’ in I. Beadle Comic and Sentimental Song Bk 57: It was long-legged narrow-necked yaller-faced Sal.
at yellow, adj.
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