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Nick of the Woods: a Story of Kentucky choose

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[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods I 146: Leab a lady and a gemmen lost in the woods, and neither take ’em on nor take ’em back! – lor-a-massy!
at lor-a-massy/-mussy!, excl.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods I 177: I’ll fight for you, or run for you, take scalp or cut stick, shake fist or show leg.
at show a leg, v.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods I 117: Your blooded brown horse has absquotulated!
at absquatulate, v.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods I 75: Had the gallant captain of horse-thieves boasted the blood, as he afterwards did the name, of an ‘alligator half-breed,’ he could have scarce conducted himself in a way more worthy of his parentage.
at alligator, n.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods II 246: He [...] launched his broad-horn on the narrow bosom of the Salt, and was soon afterwards transformed into a Mississippi alligator.
at alligator (horse) (n.) under alligator, n.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods I 87: I see’d the creatur’ have a fit, – a right up-and-down touch of the falling sickness.
at up-and-down, adj.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods I 183: Don’t stop to ax questions, but run – cut and run.
at cut and run, v.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods III 37: It war a reggelar fair knock-down-and-drag-out, and I lick’d him!
at knock-down (and) drag-out, n.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods I 24: Bang away you big fool, and don’t stand talking.
at bang, v.2
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods I 23: Down went the Major, shot right through the hips, slam-bang.
at slam-bang, adv.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods III 59: Move by the first blink of day.
at blink, n.1
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods III 192: Does thee boggle at the skin, because of its hardness.
at boggle, v.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods III 156: It was Doe who, for the bravo’s price, and with the bravo’s baseness [...] struck the blow.
at bravo, n.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods II 37: Truly this is a pretty piece of business for thee, Nathan Slaughter!
at business, n.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods III 260: Not caring a four-pence ha’penny for the whole everlasting set of them.
at not care twopence, v.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods III 36: He ar’n’t much to speak on, for all of his looking so much like coffin-meat at the first jump.
at coffin meat (n.) under coffin, n.1
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods III 164: There’s a bargain first to be struck between us, afore I comes up to the rack.
at come up to the rack (or jump the fence) (v.) under come up, v.1
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods I 92: Red-skins! you half-niggers! you ’coon whelps! you snakes!
at coon, adj.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods II 96: Jist let’s have another crack at the villains.
at have a crack at (v.) under crack, n.1
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods II 106: Roar as much as you cussed please.
at cussed, adv.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods III 80: I have made myself jist the d---dest rascal that was ever made of a white man.
at damnedest (adj.) under damned, adj.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods III 77: This same sodger younker [...] has been butchering Shawnees there, aye, and in this d---d town too.
at damned, adj.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods I 182: Here’s for you, you everlasting varmints – due you darndest!
at do one’s darnedest (v.) under darned, adj.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods III 180: Death and furies!
at death!, excl.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods II 85: I came here to show [...] that I’m the man, Ralph Stackpole, to die dog for them that pats me.
at die dog (or shite the licence) (v.) under die, v.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods III 42: Five Indians, a detachment and rearguard, as it proved, of the very party he was dogging [,...] stole upon him unawares and made him a prisoner.
at dog, v.1
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods II 145: Go; – rat it, I’m done for.
at done for, adj.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods III 177: What’s to become of the crittur, when I’m done for?
at done for, adj.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods I 37: A right-down soldier-looking Captain he is too.
at right down, adv.
[US] R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods I 183: Cut and run, Capting, for there’s an everlasting sight of ’em behind me!
at everlasting, adj.
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