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Autobiog. of a Female Slave 142: I don’t care a cuss for that.at not care a curse, v.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 142: I don’t care a cuss for that. Autobiog. of a Female Slave 10: My mother, Keziah the cook, commonly called Aunty Kaisy.at aunt, n.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 324: I had observed her during the day as a garrulous, racketty sort of baggage.at baggage, n.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 252: Mr. Summerville made his ‘better half’ or worse, (I know not which), understand that very important business urged his immediate return to the city.at better half, n.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 245: I was a wild boy; a ‘brick’ as they usin’ to call me.at brick, n.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 168: He gave me a violent kick in the side with his rough brogan.at brogan, n.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 56: He struck Jake a lick dat kum mighty nigh puttin’ out his eye. It’s all bunged up now.at bunged up, adj.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 54: Hush your nonsense, you does know dat Ann is done cold dead.at cold, adv.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 138: Dis ar’ nigger, if you pleases, sar, would like to hab a leetle drap ob de critter dat you promise to him.at critter, n.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 40: ‘Now cut like the wind,’ he added, as he flourished his whip in the direction of the young blacks [...] and quick as lightning they were off.at cut, v.2
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 169: No, I be d----d if you shall, you rascally free nigger.at I’ll be damned! (excl.) under damn, v.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 138: As you treed dat ar’ d----d nigger-wench, you desarves a drap or so.at damned, adj.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 101: Tell me whar that d----d gal is, or I’ll cut every mother’s child of you to death.at every mother’s son, n.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 144: Her old fagged-out frame ain’t worth the waste of my leeches.at fagged (out), adj.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 139: You has put more questions to me than a Philadelphy lawyer could answer. ’Pon my soul, Jane, you is a fast ’un.at fast, adj.1
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 20: By gar, I’d like to see her be for tryin’ it.at gar, n.1
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 87: Sompen is de matter wid her. She bin flyin’ round here like somebody out ob dar head.at out of one’s head (adj.) under head, n.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 53: Masser Jones he swar a mighty heap.at heap, n.1
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 169: Now take your dirty black hide away, or it will be the worse for you.at hide, n.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 166: Coffin! hoity-toity! Father’s not going to give her a coffin.at hoity-toity!, excl.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 56: I tells you, honey, Masser does swar a heap.at honey, n.1
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 96: Yes, but what’s it to you, Amy?at what’s it to you?, phr.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 247: At last, on foot, after long travel, I reached Kaintuck.at Kentuck, n.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 237: ’Tis well [...] that you were a woman, else would it have gone hard with you. Kited through the streets with a coat of tar and a plumage of hen-feathers, you would have been treated to a rail-ride, none the most complimentary.at kite, v.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 39: Laws-a-mercy, sights I’s seen in my times.at lawks-a-mussy! (excl.) under lawks!, excl.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 42: Laws, master, I’ll be ’tickler enough.at laws!, excl.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 139: You has put more questions to me than a Philadelphy lawyer could answer.at Philadelphia lawyer, n.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 168: Take that for yer imperdence. Who tole you to put yer mouth in?at put one’s mouth in (v.) under mouth, n.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 246: Wal, I owed some men a parcel of money, gamblin’ debts.at parcel, n.
Autobiog. of a Female Slave 15: Pompey told me the child was sold away from me.at Pompey, n.
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