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The Black Cat Club: Negro Humor and Folk-lore choose

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[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 20: A jolly fellow who has knocked about the levee for the last ten years.
at knock about, v.1
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 47: ‘Right you is, Doc’, cried Saskatchewan Jones, ‘we’ll sho’ be dah!’.
at right you are!, excl.
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 115: [I] staht out lak I’m as mad as Sam Hill!
at mad as..., adj.
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 38: Played de races—got broke flat.
at flat broke, adj.
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 14: Sandy drew his razor. ‘Come on wid yo’ cutlery’ [...] exclaimed Spooks.
at cutlery, n.
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 218: I cain’t fine a rhyme — dog ma melts ’f I kin!
at dog my cat(s)/doggone/hide/melts! (excl.) under dog, v.2
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 22: The belles of colored swelldom.
at -dom, sfx
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 64: So many uv ouh girls is a-lookin foh de big fish wid de gol’en gills; but de big fish don’t allus bite. An so we’s gittin’ a lot o’ crabbed, disapp’inted ole maids.
at big fish (n.) under fish, n.1
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 24: He sp’iled his ketch-me-quick plug hat.
at plug-hat, n.
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 30: He still wore the conventional ministerial garb — plug hat, Prince Albert coat or ‘Jim Swinger’.
at jimswinger, n.
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 92: An’ down he comes—ka-plumpup!
at ker-, pfx
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 40: Oh, Laud a-mussy now on me!
at lawks-a-mussy! (excl.) under lawks!, excl.
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 101: But dey wuz evah God’s one uv ’em down on his marrow-bones!
at marrowbones, n.
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 128: Let de man talk, can’t you? You allus runnin’ yo’ gab!
at run one’s mouth (off) (v.) under mouth, n.
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 212: I got mad. Yes, indeed, got ma niggah up!
at get one’s nigger up (v.) under nigger, n.1
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 90: ‘Chop down de tree! [...] you nummies!’ yells Uncle Ephum.
at numby (n.) under numb, adj.
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 43: You gits nine plunkers a week.
at plunk, n.
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 134: Darky’s name wuz Pompey; but dey called ’im ‘Pomp’ foh sho’t.
at Pompey, n.
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 252: I’m done so well now, I’m ’fraid I’ll spile ma rep.
at rep, n.
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 90: ‘Chop down de tree!’ [...] yells Uncle Ephum, rollin’ and groanin’ wid his rheumatiz.
at rheumatiz, n.
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 128: Let de man talk, can’t you? You allus runnin’ yo’ gab!
at run one’s mouth (off) (v.) under run, v.
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 14: You black people bin raisin’ san’ wid yo’ Shakespeare ack!
at raise sand (v.) under sand, n.1
[US] J.D. Corrothers Black Cat Club 25: As ef de souls ob dem two shades / Still struggled in de razah blades!
at shade, n.1
[US] Black Cat mag. XX 14/1: That potater bug has got me into a reg’lar puppy-snatch!
at puppy-snatch (n.) under puppy, n.
[US] Black Cat 14/1: I didn’t stand a show. He’s a big guy — twice as big as me an’ strong’s a horse.
at stand a show (v.) under show, n.
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