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Life in Utah 267: Like dernation well to have a nice, trim, young creatur.at darnation, adv.
Life in Utah 267: Like dernation well to have a nice, trim, young creatur. ‘The Bull-Whacker’s Epic’ in Life in Utah 227: The prairie dogs in Dog-town, and the prickly pears, / And the buffalo bones that are scattered everywheres.at dogtown, n.1
Life in Utah 223: At the shout of ‘grub-pile,’ every man ‘went for’ his share in haste.at grub-pile (n.) under grub, n.2
Life in Utah 152: This kind of contrivance [a buried powder keg] was called by the Mormons a ‘hell’s half-acre’.at hell’s half acre (n.) under hell, n.
Life in Utah 130: It was privately announced that the wolves to be hunted were the Mormons, and Jack Mormons* [*A slang name applied to Gentiles who favor the Mormons]. [Ibid.] 197: From 1850 to 1862, ‘jack-Mormonism’ ruled at Washington.at jack Mormon, n.
‘Bull-Whacker’s Epic’ in Life in Utah 227: I can like the rascal that yokes an ox of mine.at lick, v.1
Life in Utah 222: Half the time our bread was ‘Missouri-bake,’ i.e., burnt on top and at the bottom, and raw in the middle.at Missouri-bake (n.) under Missouri, adj.
Life in Utah 223: Our favorite dinner, when we could get the meat, was of fried ham and ‘sinkers’.at sinker, n.2
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