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[US] T. Hammond On Board a Whaler 138: A man who did not use tobacco [...] ‘wus ’n no ’count nigger’.
at no-account nigger (n.) under no-account, adj.
[US] T. Hammond On Board a Whaler 341: He caught on and was mad as a hornet.
at ...a hornet under mad as..., adj.
[US] T. Hammond On Board a Whaler 329: Jiminy! but hain’t old Macy got a bugle on ’im, though! I’ll bet them niggers that was a-waitin’ [...] back there could hear ’im when he hollered.
at bugle, n.1
[US] T. Hammond On Board a Whaler 150: There’s a bustin’ old mud turkle [sic] right along-side.
at busting, adj.1
[US] T. Hammond On Board a Whaler 326: True’s as your alive he did—he flunked.
at flunk, v.
[US] T. Hammond On Board a Whaler 357: Tom, you ’re full [...] You ’re fuller ’n I be, Tom. Tha-thash whash she matter, y’r full, Tom.
at full, adj.
[US] T. Hammond On Board a Whaler 180: I’ll be goll darned if I know.
at I’ll be goldarned! (excl.) under goldarn, v.
[US] T. Hammond On Board a Whaler 198: Not by a gol darn sight.
at goldarn, adj.
[US] T. Hammond On Board a Whaler 111: Why, doggone y’r punkin head, lice is lice.
at pumpkin head, n.
[US] T. Hammond On Board a Whaler 369: Java and Mocha, tempered with canned milk and sugar.
at java, n.
[US] T. Hammond On Board a Whaler 13: Here’s some butter, by jinks!
at by jinks! (excl.) under jinks, n.
[US] T. Hammond On Board a Whaler 201: Jest as soon as he saw that skin, kerchug went both irons into it.
at kerchug! (excl.) under ker-, pfx
[US] T. Hammond On Board a Whaler 44: ‘Somebuddy doughter to tell ’im,’ chimed in another. ‘Ye-ah, an’ git kerflummoxt all over the deck fer ’is pains,’ cautioned a third.
at kerflummox, v.
[US] T. Hammond On Board a Whaler 336: You meet the old cuss, Mr. Brown, and be as polite and palaverin’ as yeh know how.
at palaver, v.
[US] T. Hammond On Board a Whaler 390: Wa-al, now, I’m skunked! He, he he! Here’s the best adjicated feller abroad, and he don’t know that.
at I’m skunked! (excl.) under skunked, adj.
[US] T. Hammond On Board a Whaler 329: We got out of that all hunky [...] when a reg’lar sock-dolliger come a-pilin’ up higher [...] and higher, till I swow, it looked as if the whole dummed ocean was comin’ in a-top of us.
at sockdolager, n.
[US] T. Hammond On Board a Whaler 201: He commenced cussin’ a livin’ streak at Joe.
at blue streak (n.) under streak, n.
[US] T. Hammond On Board a Whaler 32: ‘Why ’n tarnation did n’t yeh slack?’ the captain roared.
at tarnation, n.
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