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Uncle Remus choose

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[US] J.C. Harris Uncle Remus vii: [note] Run fetch me de ax, en I’ll wait on you one er deze odd-come-shorts [F&H].
at odd-come short, n.
[US] J.C. Harris Uncle Remus 269: Well, you des oughter see me git my Affikin up.
at get one’s African up (v.) under African, n.
[US] J.C. Harris Uncle Remus 69: Like po’in’ spring water on one er deze yer biggity fices.
at biggity, adj.
[US] J.C. Harris Uncle Remus 119: Brer Ba’r got his clampers on him good.
at clampers, n.
[US] J.C. Harris Uncle Remus 83: W’en ole man Rabbit say ‘scoot,’ dey scooted, en w’en ole Miss Rabbit say ‘scat,’ dey scatted.
at scat, v.1
[US] J.C. Harris Uncle Remus 27: Den Brer Fox know dat he bin swop off mighty bad.
at swap, v.
[US] J.C. Harris Uncle Remus 221: I’ll hunt ’roun’ in my cloze an’ see ef I can’t run out a thrip er two fer you.
at threp, n.
[US] J.C. Harris Uncle Remus 86: Hit wuz wunner deze yer uppity little Jack Sparrers, I speck.
at uppity, adj.
[US] J.C. Harris Uncle Remus 163: His wuds wuzent more’n cole ’fo’ wunner deze yer whatchyoumaycollums — wunner deze dentis’s mens — had retched fer it wid a par’r er tongs.
at whatchamacallit, n.
[US] J.C. Harris Uncle Remus (2002) 187: He’d foller alter, en slide down inter de water — kersplash!
at kersplash! (excl.) under ker-, pfx
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