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‘Well, Mary’ Civil War Letters choose

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[US] J.F. Brobst letter in Brobst Well Mary, Civil War Letters 19: I think you are safe from being cut out now, for there are no girls here.
at cut out, v.2
[US] J.F. Brobst letter in Brobst Well Mary, Civil War Letters 20: Too bad for Elsie [...] she had no business to give me the mitten then.
at give someone the mitten (v.) under mitten, n.
[US] J.F. Brobst letter in Brobst Well Mary, Civil War Letters 278: I have been taking opium for some time to prepare for the shake and I think [...] I will survive the shake with little or no effect on the brain.
at shake, n.1
[US] J.F. Brobst letter in Brobst Well Mary, Civil War Letters 87: There has never but one rebel ball hit me yet.
at ball, n.1
[US] J.F. Brobst letter in Brobst Well Mary, Civil War Letters 85: No ragamuffin gal can catch this chick.
at chick, n.1
[US] J.F. Brobst letter in Brobst Well Mary, Civil War Letters 98: I must write to my sister today. She has got married and is laughing at me because I have to dance in the pig trough.
at dance in the hog trough (v.) under dance, v.
[US] J.F. Brobst letter in Brobst Well Mary, Civil War Letters 104: Over goes the kettle, beef and all, put out the fire and discombobligated things generally [...] Everything is upside down now.
at discombobulate, v.
[US] J.F. Brobst letter in Brobst Well Mary, Civil War Letters 90: They are down on Sherman because he makes them skedaddle for the south.
at down (up)on under down, adv.2
[US] J.F. Brobst letter in Brobst Well Mary, Civil War Letters 85: Those fairs of the south will tell a very pitiful and heartrending story and the boys must marry them to get them out of their misery.
at fair, n.
[US] J.F. Brobst letter in Brobst Well Mary, Civil War Letters 108: With a fast trotter [...] plenty of snow and a gay handsome girl by one’s side. Two forty on the plank, let her went!
at let her go (Gallagher), v.
[US] J.F. Brobst letter in Brobst Well Mary, Civil War Letters 32: Well there, if that don’t beat the lousy grayback rebs.
at grayback, n.
[US] J.F. Brobst letter in Brobst Well Mary, Civil War Letters 80: If they would let the soldiers settle this thing it would not be long before we would be on terms of peace, but a few old heads have got it in their hands and [...] will not settle it.
at old head, n.
[US] J.F. Brobst letter in Brobst Well Mary, Civil War Letters 92: I expect they are having hot times up north now, the draft coming off and the election too, both at the same time.
at hot, adj.
[US] J.F. Brobst letter in Brobst Well Mary, Civil War Letters 88: Tell Curt to play Yankee Doodle on the jawbone.
at jawbone, n.1
[US] J.F. Brobst letter in Brobst Well Mary, Civil War Letters 87: If the Johnny Rebs don’t rub me out or shoot an arm or leg off me [...] I will not look much different.
at Johnny Reb (n.) under johnny-, pfx
[US] J.F. Brobst letter in Brobst Well Mary, Civil War Letters 22: Elsie has soured me. She has popped me off the handle short as pie crust.
at pop off at the handle (v.) under pop off, v.1
[US] J.F. Brobst letter in Brobst Well Mary, Civil War Letters 43: I am most frozen out and nearly played out and I expect I shall soon be rubbed out.
at played (out), adj.
[US] J.F. Brobst letter in Brobst Well Mary, Civil War Letters 87: If the Johnny Rebs don’t rub me out or shoot an arm or leg off me [...] I will not look much different.
at rub out, v.
[US] J.F. Brobst letter in Brobst Well Mary, Civil War Letters 45: I have written her some mighty soft letters [...] lovesick ones.
at soft, adj.
[US] J.F. Brobst letter in Brobst Well Mary, Civil War Letters 149: We do the business up in regular style.
at do the business (v.) under business, n.
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