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Tarboro Southerner choose

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[US] Tarboro’ Southerner (NC) 28 May 4/2: He abominated high falutin speeches, and he had no use for petty argufiers.
at argufier (n.) under argufy, v.
[US] Tarboro’ Southerner (NC) 28 May 4/2: He was the national big dog with a brass collar.
at big dog with the brass collar, n.
[US] Tarboro’ Southerner (NC) 28 May 4/2: Whenever he had anything to do he did it up brown.
at do up brown (v.) under brown, adj.2
[US] Tarboro’ Southerner (NC) 28 May 4/2: He was fond of paddling his own canoe, and seldom cahooted with any one.
at cahoot, v.
[US] Tarboro’ Southerner (NC) 28 May 4/2: he held his promises sacred, and when he made one he was pretty sure to come up to the chalk.
at come up to (the chalk) (v.) under come up, v.1
[US] Tarboro’ Southerner (NC) 28 May 4/2: When the mischief was to pay [...] he did not stop to complain about it, but instantly gave the order to ‘fire up’.
at fire up, v.
[US] Tarboro’ Southerner (NC) 28 May 4/2: Though a native born big-bug, he never had the swell-head.
at swellhead, n.2
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