1873 Columbia Herald (TN) 16 May 3/4: Nathanael was bap-soused in the waters near ‘Rickett’s Mills’.at bapsouse, v.
1892 Columbia Herald (TN) 6 May 1/2: I seed Iky drunk once and that done me [...] Iky Peabody would be as tight as Dick’s hatband before we got back.at tight as Dick’s hatband (adj.) under Dick’s hatband, n.
1892 Columbia Herald (TN) 6 May 1/2: They sailed off leaving me and Iky to ‘rute hog or die’.at root, hog or die, v.
1892 Columbia Herald (TN) 6 May 1/2: We were just as good as any all-fired half-strainers who wus er setting themselfs up to be the salt of the arth.at half-strainer, n.