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Contrast II:2: General Shays has sneaked off and given us the bag to hold.at hold the bag, v.
Contrast II:2: General Shays has sneaked off and given us the bag to hold. Contrast V ii: Oh! how I loved the little baggage!at baggage, n.
Contrast II ii: It is no shame, my dear Blueskin, for a man to amuse himself with a little gallantry.at blueskin, n.
Contrast III i: The School for Scandalization! — Oh! oh! no wonder you New-York folks are so cute at it.at cute, adj.
Contrast II ii: Dang it all, I can’t speak them lignum vitae words—.at dang!, excl.
Contrast II ii: But what the dogs need of all this outlandish lingo?at what the dogs...?, phr.
Contrast (1790) II ii: I must needs say her father is pretty dumb rich.at dum, adv.
Contrast III i: Gor, that’s a fib.at gor!, excl.
Contrast III i: He was afraid of some of them ’ere shooting irons, such as your troopers wear on training days.at shooting iron, n.
Contrast II:2: By the living jingo, I had a month’s mind to buss her.at jingo!, excl.
Contrast III i: Why, says I, no man shall jocky me out of my money.at jockey, v.
Contrast III i: I jogged off.at jog, v.
Contrast V i: I can’t laugh for the blood and nowns of me.at nouns!, excl.
Contrast I i: Oh! I am the pink of prudence. [Ibid.] II i: What a pair!—She is the pink of flirtation, he the essence of everything that is outré.at pink, n.
Contrast III i: There was a poor, good-natured curse of a husband, and a sad rantipole of a wife.at rantipole, n.
Contrast V ii: What the rattle ails you? Is the old one in you?at what the rattle under rattle, n.
Contrast III i: Why, I vow, I began to smell a rat.at smell a rat (v.) under smell, v.
Contrast II ii: She promised not to spark it with Solomon Dyer while I am gone.at spark, v.1
Contrast II ii: I was glad to take to my heels and split home, right off .at split, v.
Contrast II 2: I know how to play hunt the squirrel, but I can’t play anything with the girls; I am as good as married.at squirrel, n.
Contrast I i: A mighty pretty story!at story, n.
Contrast II ii: The snarl-headed curs fell a-kicking and cursing of me at such a tarnal rate, that I was glad to take to my heels.at tarnal, adj.
Contrast V i: What the rattle makes you look so tarnation glum?at tarnation, adv.
Contrast V i: Tarnation! That’s no laughing matter though.at tarnation!, excl.
Contrast II i: Their buckles so tonish and bright.at tony, adj.
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