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Boy Life on the Prairie choose

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[US] H. Garland Boy Life on the Prairie 9401: I guess my leg’s banged up a little; it’s numb.
at banged up, adj.1
[US] H. Garland Boy Life on the Prairie 283: I’m going to double that bean-pole.
at beanpole, n.
[US] H. Garland Boy Life on the Prairie 195: The children were about starting to ‘climb the wooden hill’.
at Bedfordshire, n.
[US] H. Garland Boy Life on the Prairie 143: If they want a fight, they can have a bellyful.
at bellyful (n.) under belly, n.
[US] H. Garland Boy Life on the Prairie 283: He’s about ‘bushed,’ but I guess he’ll hold out till supper.
at bushed, adj.
[US] H. Garland Boy Life on the Prairie 159: I’ll knock the everlasting spots offen ’im f’r two cents.
at two cents’ worth, n.
[US] H. Garland Boy Life on the Prairie 408: Criminy! that’s a deadner on us.
at criminy!, excl.
[US] H. Garland Boy Life on the Prairie 371: You’ve got to rastle fair, or I’ll let the daylight into you.
at let the daylight into/through (v.) under daylight, n.1
[US] H. Garland Boy Life on the Prairie 141: He’ll come back with his gang. They’re down on us country boys.
at down (up)on under down, adv.2
[US] H. Garland Boy Life on the Prairie 176: It was a fair go, and you’re whipped.
at fair go, n.
[US] H. Garland Boy Life on the Prairie 51: Goldarn these damn old boots.
at goldarn, v.
[US] H. Garland Boy Life on the Prairie 149: Now for land sakes!
at landsakes! (excl.) under land, n.1
[US] H. Garland Boy Life on the Prairie 393: Yes, it’s him coming licketty-split.
at lickety-split, adv.
[US] H. Garland Boy Life on the Prairie 142: They’re planning to lick us like shucks, that’s all. [Ibid.] 372: I can’t wrestle for shucks.
at shucks, n.
[US] H. Garland Boy Life on the Prairie 140: You shut up, or I’ll break your jaw, you little country snipe.
at snipe, n.1
[US] H. Garland Boy Life on the Prairie 287: ‘Here’s your “walking papers,”’ he said grimly.
at walking papers (n.) under walking, n.
[US] H. Garland Boy Life on the Prairie 8: ‘Is that the name of your horse?’ ‘Yup.’ [Ibid.] 389: ‘Had breakfast?’ ‘Yup.’.
at yep, phr.
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