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[US] Bedford Gaz. (PA) 6 Nov. 1/6: Gumbo— ‘Is yer good at spellin, Buck?’ Buck— ‘Well, darkey, sagaciate; what de interrogatory?’.
at sagaciate, v.
[US] Bedford Gaz. (PA) 19 Mar. 1/4: It don’t give a poor fellow any consolation when he ain’t got any bread and butter.
at bread and butter, n.1
[US] Bedford Gaz. (PA) 19 Mar. 1/2: I again stopped to reload ‘Brownie,’ and keeping my eye on my former mark, sent another shot after him. It was a good shot with the rifle, and [I] never went from our ranch without my trusty ‘Brownie’ slung over my shoulder.
at brown bess, n.
[US] Bedford Gaz. (PA) 19 Mar. 1/4: I’ll be blistered if I don’t think there’s a better place than this somewhere.
at blistered, adj.
[US] Bedford Gaz. (PA) 19 Mar. 1/6: A western correspondent of Harper’s Magazine gets off the following ‘good ’un’ .
at good one, n.
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