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[US] Columbia Herald (TN) 16 May 3/4: Nathanael was bap-soused in the waters near ‘Rickett’s Mills’.
at bapsouse, v.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] Columbia Herald (TN) 24 Dec. 1/6: Long and hard did Sambo work.
at sambo, n.1
[US] Columbia Herald (TN) 31 Mar. 2/2: Bullets zizzed over our heads.
at zizz, v.
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