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Sam Slick in England II 139: Do you think them fellers that keep up such an everlastin’ gab about representation, care one cent about the extension of franchise?at not care a cent, v.
Sam Slick in England II 139: Do you think them fellers that keep up such an everlastin’ gab about representation, care one cent about the extension of franchise? Sam Slick in England I 276: Who ever heerd them Italian singers recitin’ their jabber, showin’ their teeth, and cuttin’ didoes at a great private consart.at cut up a dido, v.
Sam Slick in England II 34: Queen was there then; and where she is, of course all the world and its wife is too.at all the world and his wife, n.
Sam Slick in England II 117: You [...] don’t feel jist altogether easy about them cussed alligators and navigators, critters that work on rail-roads all day, and on houses and travellers by night.at alligator (horse) (n.) under alligator, n.
Sam Slick in England II 10: I am right up and down, and true as a trivet.at up-and-down, adj.
Sam Slick in England II 39: Don’t our liners fetch over [...] fellers that cut and run from England, with their fobs filled with other men’s money.at cut and run, v.
Sam Slick in England I 41: A smart little hoss that [...] he looks like a first chop article that.at article, n.
Sam Slick in England II 36: Then tell me if rich people here ain’t as thick as huckleberries.at thick as..., adj.
Sam Slick in England II 10: I can bam as well as any man when bam is the word.at bam, v.1
Sam Slick in England I 79: Well, that bangs the bush, now!at bang the bush (v.) under bang, v.1
Sam Slick in England I 222: He’ll stop short, and pitch Tom right over his head on the broad of his back, whap.at whap bang!, excl.
Sam Slick in England II 140: He’ll get off his beam ends, and right himself.at beam-ends, n.
Sam Slick in England I 107: How I long to walk into some o’ these chaps, and give ’em beans!at give someone beans (v.) under beans, n.2
Sam Slick in England I 92: ‘Fairly beat out,’ said he, ‘I am shockin’ tired.’.at beat, adj.
Sam Slick in England II 113: How I would like to lick him with a bran new cow hide whip, round and round the park [...] to improve his wind, and teach him how to mend his pace. I’d repair his old bellowses for him.at bellows, n.
Sam Slick in England II 248: She was a’most a grand bit of stuff.at bit of stuff, n.
Sam Slick in England II 113: She is a good bit of stuff is aunty.at bit of stuff, n.
Sam Slick in England II 239: It’s biter bit, and I don’t pity you one mossel.at bite, v.
Sam Slick in England II 239: It’s biter bit, and I don’t pity you one mossel.at biter, n.1
Sam Slick in England I 91: ‘Can you tell me why the Nova Scotians are called “Blue-noses?”’ ‘It is the name of a potato,’ said I, ‘which they produce in great perfection.’.at bluenose, n.1
Sam Slick in England II 100: The word English will be left out holus-bolus.at holus-bolus, adv.
Sam Slick in England I 268: I gave him a sly poke in the bread basket.at breadbasket (n.) under bread, n.1
Sam Slick in England I 236: Why, as I am a livin’ sinner that’s the Hoosier of Indiana, or [...] the Bucky of Ohio.at buckeye, n.1
Sam Slick in England 24: Then we’ll go to the Lord’s house — I don’t mean to the meetin’ house, but where the nobles meet, Pick out the big bugs and see what sort of stuff they’re made of.at big bug (n.) under bug, n.1
Sam Slick in England I 147: If instead of ornamenting your conversation with cant terms, and miserable slang [...] you had cultivated your mind.at cant, n.1
Sam Slick in England I 130: He was a caution to look at, that’s a fact.at caution, n.
Sam Slick in England I 268: ‘Wake Snakes, and walk your chalks,’ sais I.at walk one’s chalks (v.) under chalks, n.
Sam Slick in England I 23: So I sits down again to chaw the cud of vexation.at chew the cud, v.
Sam Slick in England I 218: Preacher there don’t preach morals, because that’s churchy [...] but he preaches doctrine.at churchy, adj.
Sam Slick in England I 253: He would have been popular to home, and respected abroad, that’s clear as mud.at clear as mud (adj.) under clear, adj.1
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