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[US] Woodville Republican (MS) 6 Jan. 1/6: I swanny! this wash hand dish looks jest like marble!
at I swan, phr.
[US] Woodville Republican (MS) 1/2 1/2: In swapping of ‘Ole Bullet,’ / He is ‘A, number one’.
at A-1, adj.
[US] Woodville Republican (MS) 1 Feb. 1/2: He is de ‘Upper Crust’ – / Ob all de well-born darkies.
at upper crust, n.
[US] Woodville Republican (MS) 2 Feb. 1/2: He neber talk a great deal, / But den he tink a heap.
at heap, adv.
[US] Woodville Republican (MS) 2 Feb. 1/2: Dat am de spunky nigger, / Dat had dem windy fights, / Wheneber he’s contending / For his own ‘Suddern Rights’.
at windy, adj.1
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