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Yarns of Bucko Mate 39: I acknowledged the corn, and he proceeded to
impress upon me the enormity of my crime.at acknowledge the corn, v.
Yarns of Bucko Mate 39: I acknowledged the corn, and he proceeded to
impress upon me the enormity of my crime. Yarn of Bucko Mate 198: Look here, colonel, [...] you know you refused our proposition ; don’t back and fill over that now, because it won’t go.at back and fill, v.
Yarns of Bucko Mate 49: I took a lively interest in the sparring matches that I witnessed on the stages of the ‘free-and-easies’.at free-and-easy, n.
Yarn of Bucko Mate 105: After watching them awhile, he said the ‘bloomin’ dagoes’ didn't understand it [i.e. faro] a little bit, and he knew he could bust their bank before daylight.at blooming, adj.1
Yarns of Bucko Mate 102: So, swinging the old horse-pistol round my head, I [...] threw it with all my might. It hit him fairly in the bread basket.at breadbasket (n.) under bread, n.1
Yarns of Bucko Mate 51: lA committee of boarding-masters went the rounds, looking for volunteers to tame the Osceola’s bucko captain and officers.at bucko, adj.
Yarn of Bucko Mate 218: I knew it was n’t just the cheese to you two, so we ’ll not do it again.at cheese, the, n.
Yarn of Bucko Mate 121: He was a ‘Cholo,’ the half-Indian race that is held in supreme contempt by the descendants of the Dons.at cholo, n.
Yarn of Bucko Mate 111: I stipulated that, in case [...] they cleaned him out again, he should assist me in operating a system I had invented.at clean out, v.
Yarn of Bucko Mate 123: ‘Do you want one of these donks or not?’ he asked shortly.at donk, n.1
Bucko Mate 24: My Pennsylvania Dutch was up, and [...] I felt myself imbued with the spirit of the fierce old pirates.at Dutch, n.3
Yarns of Bucko Mate 37: He snatched a pot, pan, and spoon from a Swede, and handed it to me, saying: ‘For God’s sake, man, pitch in ter the hash, an’ never let a Dutchman dip in ahead of ye!’ .at Dutchman, n.
Yarn of Bucko Mate 132: You ’re altogether too fine-haired for this business, my boy.at fine-haired (adj.) under fine, adj.
Yarn of Bucko Mate 106: In anticipation of the surprise party the bank
was to get, we fired in a couple more piscoes.at fire in(to) (v.) under fire, v.2
Yarn of Bucko Mate 111: There was a big, swarthy villain among the players,
who, I decided, was a member of the firm.at firm, n.
Yarns of Bucko Mate 52: Being now an old-timer myself, I shoved a Norwegian through the door, and as he went to grass, I sprang lightly out.at go to grass, v.
Yarns of Bucko Mate 33: I raced about the decks, pulling and hauling, roaring out, ‘Ay, ay, sir,’ every time I heard an order given, though it was pure Greek to me.at Greek, n.
Yarn of Bucko Mate 108: A big German sailor, bleeding profusely from a cut across the face, [...] stooped out of sight, and reappeared holding a woman by the ankles. She was screaming horribly, but Hans paid no attention.at Hans, n.
Yarn of Bucko Mate 114: Jake was stabbed to the heart with his own dirk, an’ his heeler, Portugee Joe, says it was a Gringo sailor.at heeler, n.
Yarn of Bucko Mate 110: I’ve got ’em just where I want ’em now; they think I’m their meat, but I’ll soon have ’em on the hip.at have someone on the hip (v.) under hip, n.3
Yarn of Bucko Mate 234: ‘When we once get to work, we ’ll work watch and watch, the same as at sea, so as to keep going.’ ‘All right, sir; we ’re your huckleberries’.at huckleberry, n.
Bucko Mate 23: Hey girls, I’ve caught a joskin. Here’s me cousin Rube come to taown.at joskin, n.
Yarns of Bucko Mate 48: I was taught to regard with contempt the well-dressed, clean, and wholesome English sailors whom I saw, as being a lot of ‘lime juicers’.at lime-juicer, n.
Yarn of Bucko Mate 220: He proposed to
argue the point with me, but I gave him a Western
Ocean lift under the ear.at lift, n.
Yarn of Bucko Mate 224: Then, for fear they might not have comprehended the gravity of their offence, we married them to the gunner’s daughter, the old fifty-six impersonating the damsel, and gave them a rattling four-dozen each.at marry someone to the gunner’s daughter (v.) under marry, v.
Yarn of Bucko Mate 149: Pointing vehemently to his mouth and rubbing his belly, Phil said: ‘Munjy Sam! Munjy! Got any munjy?’.at mongee, n.
Yarn of Bucko Mate 219: He raved and cursed horribly in Spanish, and made frequent trips to the ‘monkey’ of pisco in the port-quarter boat.at monkey, n.
Yarns of Bucko Mate 67: ‘Sleep!’ I roared. ‘Sleep! You motherless lambs! Did you come aboard the Osceola to sleep?
Do you think this is the Astor House?’.at motherless, adj.
Yarn of Bucko Mate 233: All right, I ’m mum; only it does weary me to have him everlastingly judging us by himself.at mum, adj.
Yarns of Bucko Mate 81: Though a perfect gentleman, he was no ‘Nancy,’ and would have made a first-class officer.at nancy, n.
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