1884 C.E. Craddock In the Tennessee Mountains 66: ‘What wat it ez happened at the Pen?’ [...] ‘They put him right inter the forge at the Pen, an’ he tuk ter the work like a pig ter carrots.’ The ex-convict [...] cast his eye disparagingly.at pen, n.2
1884 C.E. Craddock In the Tennessee Mountains 67: ‘Shucks!’ rejoined Pete incredulously.at shucks!, excl.
1884 C.E. Craddock In the Tennessee Mountains 33: ’Vander’s lawyer never summonsed but a few of the slack-jawed boys from the Settlemint ter prove his good character.at slack-jaw (n.) under slack, n.1
1884 C.E. Craddock In the Tennessee Mountains 138: There was circulating among Jerry Shaw’s friends a flat bottle, facetiously denominated ‘tickler,’ readily emptied but as readily replenished from a keg.at tickler, n.