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[UK] J.H. Carter ‘Blood-Stained Boot-Jack’ in Log of Commodore Rollingpin 252: What! steal Miss Abigail and run away?
at abigail, n.1
[UK] J.H. Carter ‘The Unreconstructed’ in Log of Commodore Rollingpin 206: They had played a game of poker, which was quarter ante, straight.
at ante, n.
[UK] J.H. Carter Log of Commodore Rollingpin 15: Dennis soon found himself stationed behind ten cents’ worth of a two-bit Havana [HDAS].
at get behind (v.) under behind, prep.
[UK] J.H. Carter ‘The Blood-Stained Boot-Jack’ Log of Commodore Rollingpin 257: Look heah, you better jest dry up and stop your blowin, You can’t scar me.
at blowing, n.3
[UK] J.H. Carter ‘Jim Cain’ in Log of Commodore Rollingpin 188: The rousters now were bilin’ / And for a fight were spilin’.
at boiling, adj.
[UK] J.H. Carter ‘Blood-Stained Boot-Jack’ Log of Commodore Rollingpin 254: Till Abigail sails with me o’er the brine.
at briny, n.
[UK] J.H. Carter ‘Our Member From Duck Creek Settlement’ in Log of Commodore Rollingpin 220: I’ve nigh an’ agin seed him go on a bum. / He thought nothin’ ov takin’ a twenty mile tramp.
at on a/the bum under bum, n.3
[UK] J.H. Carter Log of Commodore Rollingpin 101: I’ve been on a terrible bum for the last year, and have been going down hill until I’m nothing but a wreck. Will you please advise me what course to pursue, that I may get up in the world again.
at on the bum (adj.) under bum, adj.
[UK] J.H. Carter ‘Our Member From Duck Creek Settlement’ in Log of Commodore Rollingpin 219: [He] hinted the sheriff would be raise from his boots / Unless he divided an’ went in cahoots.
at in cahoots (with) under cahoots, n.
[UK] J.H. Carter ‘Jim Kane’ Log of Commodore Rollingpin 190: Jim [...] a chew of navy took.
at chew, n.
[UK] J.H. Carter Log of Commodore Rollingpin 188: Well, it wa’nt a fly that lit / On the side of his convex cone that day .
at cone, n.
[UK] J.H. Carter Log of Commodore Rollingpin 101: Reese will fetch you up if there’s any hope for you. He’s death on wrecks.
at death on, adj.
[UK] in J.H. Carter Log of Commodore Rollingpin 215: [song title] The Colored Flunky Band.
at flunky, n.2
[UK] J.H. Carter ‘Jim Kane’ Log of Commodore Rollingpin 188: With a movement of his feet he — / Litfted off the top of Patrick’s gourd.
at gourd, n.
[UK] J.H. Carter ‘Our Member From Duck Creek Settlement’ in Log of Commodore Rollingpin 219: He / Commenced fer to print a rip-snortin’ daily [...] His specials, double-leaded so fine, / From beginnin’ ’ter end wer the reg’lar grapevine.
at grapevine, n.1
[UK] J.H. Carter Log of Commodore Rollingpin 94: Three parts of laziness and one of pride will make a genuine hard-up.
at hard-up, n.2
[UK] J.H. Carter ‘The Battle of Spar Island’ in Log of Commodore Rollingpin 193: You orto’ve seen ’em hitch.
at hitch, v.1
[UK] J.H. Carter ‘Jim Kane’ in Log of Commodore Rollingpin 187: I reckon that quadruped [...] Would knock the socks off anything you’ve seen.
at knock the socks off (v.) under knock, v.
[UK] J.H. Carter ‘Our Member From Duck Creek Settlement’ Log of Commodore Rollingpin 221: Got his lamps on the White House — the President’s chair.
at lamp, n.1
[UK] J.H. Carter ‘The Unreconstructed’ in Log of Commodore Rollingpin 207: ’Twas ‘nigger’ luck that beat him, and ‘wan’t’ done upon the square.
at nigger luck (n.) under nigger, n.1
[UK] J.H. Carter ‘Our Member From Duck Creek Settlement’ in Log of Commodore Rollingpin 219: An’ right on the primises immijately he / Commenced fer to print a rip-snortin’ daily.
at rip-snorting, adj.
[UK] J.H. Carter ‘The Blood-Stained Boot-Jack’ in Log of Commodore Rollingpin 254: Let’s have a little snort.
at snort, n.
[UK] J.H. Carter ‘Fightin’ Bill’ Log of Commodore Rollingpin 199: Bill staid in the game with his deuces and trays.
at tray, n.1
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