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[US] Big Stone Gap Post (Wise Co., VA) 13 Apr. 1/6: The ‘Knights of the Road,’ as they call themselves [...] keep up regular communication with each other by means of a sign language unintelligible save to the initiated. these signs indicate where to go, what places to avoid.
at knight of the road, n.
[US] Big Stone Gap Post (Wise Co., VA) 13 Apr. 1/6: He ‘never done a lick o’ work ’less I had to’ in his life.
at lick, n.1
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