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The Black Border choose

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[US] (con. late 19C) A. Gonzales Black Border 20: Wunnuh haffuh wu’k ’cause wunnuh blan blonx to po’ buckruh.
at backra, n.
[US] (con. mid-19C) A. Gonzales Black Border 83: He had implicit faith and infinite pride in the shooting powers of his old ‘muskick,’ – ‘Ole Betsey, him cya’ shot fuh sowl!’.
at betsy, n.
[US] (con. mid-19C) A. Gonzales Black Border 221: Now, Mimmy swell up bex, same lukkuh bullfrog.
at bex, adj.
[US] A. Gonzales Black Border 64: Under the trying days of Reconstruction in South Carolina, the white men and boys living in the so-called ‘black belt’, comprising the coastal counties of the State, were constantly seeking to lure the black voters into the fold of Democracy.
at black belt (n.) under black, adj.
[US] A. Gonzales Black Border 8: [in Caribbean context] The ‘blackbirders’ bartered their human cargoes for West Indian molasses, which [...] became New England rum.
at blackbirder, n.
[US] (con. mid-19C) A. Gonzales Black Border 136: Blue gum, yallah eye, / Black nigguh berry sly.
at blue gum(med), adj.
[US] (con. late 19C) A. Gonzales Black Border 61: Wey you gwine, bubbah?
at bubba, n.
[US] (con. mid-19C) A. Gonzales Black Border 135: Scipio Jenkins, a smart young buck.
at buck, n.1
[US] A. Gonzales Black Border 293: chupid / chupit – stupid.
at chupid, adj.
[US] (con. mid-19C) A. Gonzales Black Border 89: Very dear to their hearts was the evolution of ‘Cuffee,’ ‘Cudjo’ and ‘Sancho’ of slavery, into ‘Mistah Scott,’ ‘Mistah Hawlback’ and ‘Mistah Middletun,’ of freedom.
at cuffy, n.
[US] (con. late 19C) A. Gonzales Black Border 33: Joe look shameface’ ez uh suck-aig dog.
at suck-egg, adj.
[US] A. Gonzales Black Border 301: ‘Fen’—fend, defend.
at fend, v.
[US] (con. late 19C) A. Gonzales Black Border 37: ‘Oh Jesus!’ cried an excited woman.
at Jesus!, excl.
[US] A. Gonzales Black Border 🌐 ‘Glossary’ JOOKASS jackass, jackasses.
at jookass, n.
[US] A. Gonzales Black Border 329: Suck me teet’, a contemptuous, gesture, frequently indulged in by the fair sex.
at kiss teeth (v.) under kiss, v.
[US] A. Gonzales Black Border 327: Soon-man – a smart, alert, wide-awake man.
at soon-man, n.
[US] (con. late 19C) A. Gonzales Black Border 23: I yeddy suh ainjul w’ite en’ shiny lukkur staar een de sky, but you, nigguh! You black ez uh buzzut!
at nigger, n.1
[US] (con. late 19C) A. Gonzales Black Border 33: ’E say suh him binnuh nyam de pyo’ cawn hom’ny.
at nyam, v.
[US] (con. late 19C) A. Gonzales Black Border 26: ’E call one dem nyang lady, ‘You got any match?’.
at nyanga, n.
[US] (con. late 19C) A. Gonzales Black Border 69: De debble! Punkin skin nigguh fuh beat black nigguh en black nigguh ent fuh beat ’um back, enty?
at pumpkin-seed (adj.) under pumpkin, n.
[US] A. Gonzales Black Border 326: She-she talk – women’s talk, gabble.
at she-she talk (n.) under she-she, adj.
[US] (con. late 19C) A. Gonzales Black Border 26: Fus’ t’ing you know, ’e gone spang to de top uh ’e house.
at spang, adv.
[US] (con. mid-19C) A. Gonzales Black Border 139: No suh! You lub fuh talk sweetmout’ talk ’long’um, but you dat stingy you nebbuh buy uh candy!
at talk sweetmouth (v.) under sweetmouth, n.
[US] A. Gonzales Black Border 139: ‘Yaas, tittie! You talk trute!’ [Ibid.] 333: Tittie/Tittuh – sister (informal).
at titty, n.
[US] (con. late 19C) A. Gonzales Black Border 63: Some dem Macfussn’nbil nigguh t’ief one new shu’t off me back.
at t’ief, v.
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