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The Memoirs of a Water Drinker choose

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[US] W. Dunlap Memoirs of a Water Drinker I 91: That yellow-faced crow, Martin, who couldn’t live by goose or cabbage, as a tailor, is howling like a wolf.
at cabbage, n.1
[US] W. Dunlap Memoirs of a Water Drinker 14: He was a Yankee I believe [...] King of the Yankee-doodles!
at Yankee Doodle, n.
[US] W. Dunlap Memoirs of a Water Drinker 65: His mouth was so wide, and garnished with strong teeth, and his chin with the parts adjacent, assuming the appearance vulgarly called wapper-jaw’d.
at whopper-jawed, adj.
[US] W. Dunlap Memoirs of a Water Drinker I 33: Take Pat from the influence of the bad [...] give him a fair chance in the race, he will out-strip the best and proudest of Europe.
at Pat, n.
[US] W. Dunlap Memoirs of a Water Drinker II 25: They were your pea-nut fellows, I suppose.
at peanut, adj.
[US] W. Dunlap Memoirs of a Water Drinker I 65: His father took him apart, and bestowed on him a roll of hard dollars, and a lecture.
at roll, n.
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