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Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories choose

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[US] J. Fox Jr ‘Preachin’ on Kingdom-Come’ in Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories 78: Both jes a-watchin’ fer t’other to make a move, an’ thar’d ’a’ been billy-hell to pay right thar!
at billy hell (n.) under hell, n.
[US] J. Fox Jr ‘Courtin’ on Cutshin’ in Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories n.p.: He jes [...] swings his chin aroun’ as though he didn’t give a cuss fer nothin’.
at not care a curse, v.
[US] John Fox Jr ‘Courtin’ on Cutshin’ (in Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories ) n.p.: Jeb begun a-movin’ ag’in till he was slam-bang agin Polly Ann’s cheer.
at slap-bang, adv.
[US] J. Fox Jr ‘A Trick O’ Trade’ in Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories n.p.: Tom keeps him thar fer a week to beat him out’n a dollar.
at beat (someone) out of (v.) under beat, v.
[US] John Fox Jr ‘Preachin’ on Kingdom-Come’ Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories n.p.: They all busts out cryin’ an’ shakin’ hands.
at bust out, v.4
[US] J. Fox Jr ‘The Passing of Abraham Shivers’ Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories n.p.: Hit ud take a coon’s age, I reckon, to tell ye.
at coon’s age (n.) under coon, n.
[US] John Fox Jr ‘A Trick O’ Trade’ in Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories n.p.: He was a-gittin’ the land so durned cheap.
at darned, adv.
[US] J. Fox Jr ‘Courtin’ on Cutshin’ in Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories n.p.: Abe Shivers had got Jeb a leetle disguised by liquer.
at disguised, adj.
[US] J. Fox Jr ‘Courtin’ on Cutshin’ Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories n.p.: Jeb was fixed up now fittin’ to kill.
at fixed up, adj.
[US] J. Fox Jr ‘Preachin’ on Kingdom-Come’ in Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories n.p.: I jes takes my foot in my hand an’ ag’in I steps fer home.
at pick up one’s foot (v.) under foot, n.
[US] J. Fox Jr ‘The Passing of Abraham Shivers’ Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories n.p.: The boys was a-goin’ up the river one night to git ole Dave Hall fer trickin’ Rosie Branham into evil.
at get, v.
[US] J. Fox Jr ‘The Passing of Abraham Shivers’ in Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories n.p.: Didn’t take Abe long to git to braggin’ an’ drinkin’ an’ naggin’ an’ hectorin’ — everything, ’mos’, ’cept fightin’.
at hector, v.
[US] J. Fox Jr ‘A Trick O’ Trade’ in Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories n.p.: Pears like Abe had foun’ a streak o’ iron ore on the lan’, an’ had racked his jinny right down to Hazlan an’ tol’ the furriner.
at jenny, n.1
[US] J. Fox Jr ‘On Hell-Fer-Sartain Creek’ in Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories n.p.: Then they’d take a pull out’n the same bottle o’ moonshine.
at moonshine, n.
[US] J. Fox Jr ‘Courtin’ on Cutshin’ in Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories n.p.: He tol’ Polly Ann that Jeb was ravin’ crazy ’bout her.
at raving, adv.
[US] John Fox Jr ‘The Message in the Sand’ (in Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories ) n.p.: One of ’em is the shootin’es’ man on this crick, I reckon, ’cept one; an’, stranger, that’s t’other.
at shooting, adj.
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