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This Side of Jordan choose

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[US] R. Bradford This Side of Jordan 163: She de blamedest gal I ever see.
at blame, adj.
[US] R. Bradford This Side of Jordan 201: ‘Come hyar wid dat ole hell-box and le’s see kin you mash some hell out’n hit.’ [...] A few suspicious notes escaped from the accordion.
at box, n.1
[US] R. Bradford This Side of Jordan 116: Duck that burr-haided bitch good! Stick her haid in de mud and step on hit!
at burrheaded, adj.
[US] R. Bradford This Side of Jordan 2: They regarded old Aunt Crippled Lou with sympathy [...] Aunt Crip understood the bayou.
at crip, n.
[US] R. Bradford This Side of Jordan 58: ‘Dog hit, Didge! Let’s see you dog hit!’ [...] She ‘dogged it’ by rocking gracefully on her knees and hips.
at dog it, v.1
[US] R. Bradford This Side of Jordan 254: Come on, you dominecker.
at dominicker, n.
[US] R. Bradford This Side of Jordan 120: She finally ‘arrived’ as a full-fledged ‘entertainer’ in a moderately mean honkytonk.
at honkytonk, n.1
[US] Roark Bradford This Side of Jordan 132: ‘Dis is a hush-mouf killin’,’ he said. ‘He was a bad’n.’.
at hush-mouth, adj.
[US] R. Bradford This Side of Jordan 142: ‘The old ral,’ suggested the doctor. ‘Know what that is?’.
at old rale (n.) under old, adj.
[US] R. Bradford This Side of Jordan 138: She got de big pox.
at pox, n.1
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