Thomas Chandler Haliburton of Nova Scotia, creator of Sam Slick and author of The Clockmaker, was one of the first North American authors to mine the vein of dialect humor. Most of these quotes are from his work, though some other Haliburtons have snuck in.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Found: 486 entries > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 1. absquatula(1837-40) Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) 363 > ``Absquotilate it in style, you old skunk,..and show the > gentlemen what you can do. '' > 2. all-fired (1837) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 115 ``What an all > fired scrape he got into. '' > 3. allot (1840) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 93 ``And I allot we > must economise or we will be ruined.'' > 4. ampersand (1837) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 399 ``He has hardly > learned what Ampersand means, afore they give him a horse. '' > 5. anxious (1837) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 232 ``Settin' on the > anxious benches.'' > 6. assembly (1837) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxxii. 347 ``He sot > up for an Assembly-man. '' > 7. bake-apple(1829) T. C. Haliburton Hist. &. Stat. Acct. Nova > Scotia II. 216 ``The berry being nearly of the size and > appearance of the yellow Antwerp raspberry,..is termed by the > residents, `bake-apple'. '' > 8. Banagher (1855) T. C. Haliburton Nature &. Human Nature II. > vii. 226 ``That would bang Banaghar. '' > 9. bark (1855) Haliburton Hum. Nat. 124 in Bartlett Dict. Amer., > ``If you think to run a rig on me, you have made a mistake in > the child, and barked up the wrong tree.'' > 10. bean (1837) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 137 ``Mr. Jehiel, a > bean-pole of a lawyer. '' > 11. bedded (1839) Haliburton Lett. Bag. Gt. W. i. 4 ``Bedded all > day..Rose in the Evening. '' > 12. belittle (1837) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxii. 226 > ``When..they began to raise my dander, by belittleing the > Yankees. '' > 13. belittle (1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. II. xviii. 39, ``I > won't stay here and see you belittle Uncle Sam, for nothin'.'' > 14. bestowment(1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 118. > 15. blamed (1840) Haliburton Clockm. 3rd Ser. vi. 84 ``Yes, John > Bull is a blamed blockhead. '' > 16. blowing (1839) Haliburton Letter-bag Gt. West iv. 42, ``I > would give him a good blowing-up. '' > 17. blue-nose (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. > 18. blue-nose (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) Pref. 7 ``When > blue&dubh.nose hears that, he thinks he's got a bargain. '' > 19. blundersom(1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 225 ``You should > know all about fixin' the sails the right way for the wind-if > you don't, it's blundersome.'' > 20. bombyx (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 47. > 21. boohoo (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 49 ``The wenches > they fell to a cryin, wringin their hands, and boo-hooin like > mad. '' > 22. boy (1843) T. C. Haliburton Attach&eacu. xxv. 61/2 ``It's a > great advantage havin' the minister with you. He'll fell the > big stiff trees for you; and I'm the boy for the saplin's. '' > 23. boy (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 140 ``As we invigorate > the form of government (as we must do, or go to the old boy).'' > 24. breachy (1838) Haliburton Clockm. I. 141 ``They are the most > breachy of the two and ought to go to pound themselves.'' > 25. bug (1843) Haliburton Sam Slick Eng. xxiv. (Bartlett), ``We'll > go to the Lord's house..pick out the big bugs.'' > 26. bush (1837) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 450 ``You Maine folks > have been talkin' a leetle too fast lately, a leetle too much > bush.'' > 27. calaboose (1837-40) Haliburton S. Slick, Hum. Nature > (Bartlett) ``A large calaboose chock full of prisoners. '' > 28. calculate (1837) Haliburton Clockm. I. 291, ``I calculate you > couldn't fault it in no particular. '' > 29. cantanker (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. i. xxiv. (1862) 115 > ``You may..cantankerate your opponents, and injure your own > cause by it. '' > 30. cantanker (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. iii. xii, ``A terrible > cross-grained cantankersome critter.'' > 31. cash (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. II. 111 ``What's the > price..cash down on the nail? '' > 32. cat (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 442 ``What do you say > to a game at..odd and even, wild cat and 'coon, or somethin' or > another? '' > 33. cat (1838) Haliburton Clockmaker xvi. 242 ``Them Yankee > villains would break up our laws, language, and customs; that > cat wouldn't jump at all, would it? '' > 34. cavort (1843-4) Haliburton Sam Slick Eng. xv. (Hoppe) ``Old > Clay in a pastur'..snortin', cavortin', attitudinizin' of > himself. '' > 35. chain (1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. I. xv. 262 ``They hante > no variety in them [sc. drinks] nother; no white-nose, > apple-jack, stone-wall, *chain-lightning, [etc.]. '' > 36. chalk (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 26 ``Your factories > down east..go ahead on the English a long chalk. '' > 37. chalk-line(1855) T. C. Haliburton Nature &. Human Nature II. > viii. 324 ``He returns as straight as a chalk-line or as we say > the crow flies. '' > 38. chapter (1843) Haliburton Sam Slick Eng. ii. (Hoppe) ``You > always was a fool, and always will be to the end of the > chapter. '' > 39. Cheshire (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 49 ``Lavender was > there..grinnin like a chessy cat. '' > 40. chew (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 391, ``I felt as if I > could chew him right up.'' > 41. chewallop (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 368, ``I was on > the edge of a wharf, and only one step more was over head and > ears chewallop in the water.'' > 42. chipper (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 236 ``There sot > Katey..lookin' as bloomin' as a rose, and as chipper as a > canary bird. '' > 43. chisel (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 95 ``The long > shanks of a bittern..a drivin away like mad full chizel arter a > frog. '' > 44. chitling (1855) Haliburton Hum. Nat. (1859) 188 (Bartlett), > ``To tear my reputation to chitlins.'' > 45. chop (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 7 ``It [a carriage] > is a beautiful article-a real first chop-no mistake. '' > 46. churchy (1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. I. xii. 218 ``Preacher > there don't preach morals, because that's churchy. '' > 47. cipher (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 18 ``The constable > had a writ agin him, and he was cyphering a good while how he > should catch him. '' > 48. clean (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. 100 ``Hang me if > he can be the clean thing anyhow he can fix it. '' > 49. clear (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. xxxii. (Hoppe) > ``Champaigne..if you get the clear grit, there is no mistake in > it. '' > 50. clear (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. xii, ``Is it [a > piece of land] refuse or super-fine, clear stuff or only > merchantable? '' > 51. clear Haliburton Sam Slick in Engl. xxii, ``Solid silver, the > clear thing, and no mistake. '' > 52. cleverly (1843-4) Haliburton Sam Slick in Eng. viii. > (Bartlett), ``The landlord comes to me, as soon as I was > cleverly up this morning. '' > 53. clip (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 46 ``He sees a > steam-boat a clippin it by him like mad. '' > 54. clip (1843-4) Haliburton Sam Slick in Eng. viii. (Bartlett), > ``I ran all the way, right down as hard as I could clip.'' > 55. clip (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 89 ``He made a pull > at the old fashioned sword..and drawin it out he made a clip at > him. '' > 56. clipper-cl(1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 38 ``Half a > thousand little clipper-clapper tongues.'' > 57. clock (1837) Haliburton (Sam Slick) title, ``The Clockmaker. > '' > 58. cock-shy (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 189 ``The > boy..threw his cock-shy at him with unerring aim, and killed > him.'' > 59. come (1840) Haliburton Clockm. III. 105, ``I couldn't come it. > '' > 60. come-outer(1855) Haliburton Human Nature (Bartlett), ``I am a > Christian man of the sect called come-outers, and have had > experience. '' > 61. complete (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 137 ``They all > know me to be an American citizen here, by my talk, for we > speak it complete in New England.'' > 62. considerab(1843) Haliburton Sam. Slick in Eng., ``A wet day is > considerable tiresome.'' > 63. considerab(1838) Haliburton Clockm. 2nd Ser. ii. 10 ``I've > been a considerable of a traveller in my day. '' > 64. considerab(1838) Haliburton Clockm. vii. 102 ``It's a > considerable of a long story too. '' > 65. convene (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 78 ``Father..never > confined himself to water neither, when he could get anything > convened him better.'' > 66. corker (1837) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xix. (Farmer), ``Then > I lets him have it..jist three corkers. '' > 67. corn-crack(1837-40) Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) 318 ``There's > the hoosier of Indiana, the suckers of Illinois..and the > corn&dubh.crackers of Virginia. '' > 68. corn-husk (1852) Haliburton Traits Amer. Hum. (Bartlett), > ``There was a corn-husking, and I went along with Sal Stebbins. > '' > 69. crack (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 43 ``He must have > cracked on near about as fast as them other geese. '' > 70. cradle (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. II. 374 ``The > bye-road was so full of stumps and *cradle-hills, it was > impossible to drive in it. '' > 71. cranky (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 407 ``Most of the > first chop men cut and run, as they always do in such like > cases, considerable cranky. '' > 72. creation (1843) T. C. Haliburton Attach&eacu. II. ix. 159 > ```Creation, man,' said Mr. Slick, `I have done it.. and you > didn't know it.' '' > 73. creation (1843) T. C. Haliburton Attach&eacu. xii. 230 > ``Creation! how he looked. '' > 74. dander (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 31 ``He was fairly > ryled, and got his dander up. '' > 75. dandy (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 340 ``The new > railroad will be jist the dandy for you. '' > 76. darn (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1872) 92 ``Darn it all, it > fairly makes my dander rise. '' > 77. darned (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 29, ``I guess they > are pretty considerable superfine darned fools. '' > 78. de- (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. I. 76 ``He was teetotally > *defleshed, a mere walking skeleton. '' > 79. deal (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 305 ``Six dollars > apiece for the pictures is about the fair deal for the price. > '' > 80. deal (1838) T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. 266 ``Six > dollars apiece for the pictur's is about the fair deal for the > price. '' > 81. death (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. 225 (Bartlett) > ``Women..are born with certain natural tastes. Sally was death > on lace. '' > 82. detail (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 248 ``We propose > detailing you to Italy to purchase some originals for our > gallery. '' > 83. dick (1860) Haliburton (Sam Slick) Season Ticket xii. > (Farmer), ``Ah, now you are talking `Dic.', exclaimed Peabody, > and I can't follow you. '' > 84. dido (1843-4) Haliburton Sam Slick in Eng. (Bartlett), ``Them > Italian singers recitin' their jabber..and cuttin' didoes at a > private concert. '' > 85. dirt (1843-5) Haliburton Sam Slick in Eng. (Bartlett), ``The > way the cow cut dirt. '' > 86. ditto (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 162 ``Where will you > ditto our fall? It whips English weather by a long chalk. '' > 87. docity (1838) Haliburton Clockm. I. 243 ``She's all docity > jist now, keep her so. '' > 88. dod (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. 60 (Bartlett) ``I'll > cut and run, and dot drot me if I don't. '' > 89. drawing (1855) T. C. Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. II. 350 ```I > believe,' she said, `I have a drawing of tea left,' and taking > from the shelf a small mahogany caddy, emptied it of its > contents.'' > 90. duberous (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 139 ``As if he > was dubersome whether he ought to speak out or not. '' > 91. ear-mark (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm., ``They said it was a > biter bit, and they came..to see which critter would get the > ear-mark.'' > 92. Ebenezer (1838) T. C. Haliburton Clockm. 2nd Ser. xxii. 333 > ``If you go for to raise your voice at him,..his Ebenezer is up > in a minit. '' > 93. eel (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 318 ``The eels of New > England and the corncrakers of Virginia.'' > 94. e'enamost (1843) T. C. Haliburton Attach&eacu. I. xiv. 253 > ``The repudiation of debts has lowered us down e'en a'most to > the bottom of the shaft. '' > 95. eventuate (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 103 ``Yes, (to > eventuate my story) it did me good.'' > 96. eye-tooth (1837) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xvi. 147 ``Them > are fellers cut their eye-teeth afore they ever sot foot in > this country. '' > 97. feeze (A. 1865) Haliburton (Cent. Dict.), ``When a man's in a > feese, there's no more sleep that hitch.'' > 98. few (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 177 ``You must lie a > few to put 'em off well. '' > 99. fig (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 187 ``How are you off > for tobacco? said Mr. Slick. Grand, said he, got half a fig > left yet. '' > 100. figure (1855) T. C. Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. II. xii. 142 > ``Sally was death on lace, and old Aunt Thankful goes the whole > figure for furs. '' > 1. fire (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. viii. 231 ``He has > fired into the wrong flock this time. '' > 2. fire-hunti(1852) Haliburton Traits Amer. Humor III. 171 ``The > fire-hunt was Sam's hobby. '' > 3. fish (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 195 ``A sort o' *fish > flakes. '' > 4. fix (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. xii, ``Their manners > are rude..They want their flints fixed for 'em. '' > 5. fix (1843) Haliburton Sam Slick in Eng. I. ii, ``A wet day is > considerable tiresome..any way you can fix it. '' > 6. flag (1837) T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. ix. 66 ``He > chases [the horses]..over ditches, creeks, wire holes, and flag > ponds. '' > 7. flam (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 153 ``Few would > accept it..without some sponsible man to indorse it, that > warn't given to flammin. '' > 8. flare-up (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 239 ``Some of our > young citizens..got into a flare-up with a party of boatmen..a > desperate row it was too. '' > 9. fogo (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 381 ``That > word..smelt so strong in his nose he had to take out his > handkerchief, all scented with musk to get clear of the fogo of > it.'' > 10. forehanded(1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 132 ``A big man, > and one that's considerable fore&dubh.handed, and pretty well > to do in the world. '' > 11. four (1891) H. Haliburton Ochil Idylls 72 ``Peasants flock in > from the fields to the four-ways. '' > 12. freeze (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 377 ``Do as I do, > younker..freeze down solid to it. '' > 13. -fy (1844) Haliburton Sam Slick in Eng. I. viii. 135 ``He > might have knowed how to feel for other folks, and not funkify > them so peskily. '' > 14. gag (1840) Haliburton Clockm. iii. ii. 27 ```Sam,' says he, > `they tell me you broke down the other day in the house of > representatives, and made a proper gag of yourself.''' > 15. galbanum (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. xii, ``How his > weak eye would have sarved him a' utterin' of this galbanum, > wouldn't it?'' > 16. gallimaufr(1859) Haliburton Season Ticket vii, ``The > Gallimaufry at once tempts and satisfies. '' > 17. gallinippe(1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. iii, ``He jump'd > up..a snappin' of his fingers, as if he wor bit by a > galley-nipper. '' > 18. gallows (1837) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xv. 141 ``Chock full > of spring like the wire eend of a bran new pair of trowser > gallusses. '' > 19. gander (1837) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xviii, ``A real > *gander-gutted lookin critter, as holler as a bamboo walkin > cane. '' > 20. gander (1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. II. iv. 58 ``It puts me > in mind of `*Gander Pulling'. [A description follows.] '' > 21. gape (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. iii, ``What gave me > the gapes was the scenes [at the theatre].'' > 22. gaucho (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. xxii. (1848) 182 ``A > party of them Guachos..galloped up to him..and made him > prisoner. '' > 23. gentle (1844) Haliburton Attach&eacu. Ser. ii. II. 285 > ``Gentle reader, having taken my leave of Mr. Slick, it is now > fit I should take my leave of you.'' > 24. gig (1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. I. xi. 195 ``The lawyer > took a stretch for it on the bench, with his *gig cushions for > a pillar. '' > 25. ginger (1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. I. xv. 261 ``Curb him [a > horse], talk Yankee to him, and get his ginger up. '' > 26. give (1853) T. C. Haliburton Sam Slick's Wise Saws II. xii. > 300 ``Give and take, live and let live, that's the word. You > can't do without me, for you hante got no pilot, and I can't do > without you, for I want your cash. '' > 27. gobble (1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. I. xi. 197, ``I never > see an old gobbler, with his gorget, that I don't think of a > kernel of a marchin' regiment. '' > 28. goer (1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. I. ii. 41 ```He looks..as > if he'd trot a considerable good stick..I guess he is a goer.' > '' > 29. gony (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 139 ``That are > Sheriff was a goney-don't cut your cloth arter his pattern. '' > 30. good (1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. II. i. 8 ``Good Heavens, > Mr. Slick, how can you talk such nonsense? '' > 31. good (1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. II. xii. 209, ``I do > suppose we had as good make tracks, for I don't want folks to > know me yet.'' > 32. gospel (1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. II. vii. 128 ``Fact I > assure you, it's gospel truth. '' > 33. go-to-meet(1835) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. ix, ``One of those > blue-noses, with his go-to-meetin clothes on. '' > 34. gouger (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. ix, ``Regular built > bruisers too; claw your eyes right out, like a Carolina > gouger.'' > 35. government(1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. II. viii. 142 ``That > goverment man, that spoke in their favour, warn't his speech > rich? '' > 36. grab (1835) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. viii, ``He makes a grab > at me, and I shuts the door right to on his wrist. '' > 37. grand tour(1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. I. xv. 270 ``The > decanters now take the `grand tour' of the table.'' > 38. grease (1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. II. xii. 211 ``As slick > as grease. '' > 39. grease (1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. II. viii. 143 ``If you > was to look at me with a ship's glass you wouldn't see a grease > spot of it in me. '' > 40. grig (1837) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. viii, ``That remark > seemed to grig him a little. '' > 41. grig (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. vi. 173 ``That > word superiors grigged me.'' > 42. grist (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. xviii, ``Some smart > grists of rain has fell. '' > 43. grit (1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. II. i. 13 ``If he hadn't a > had the clear grit in him, and showed his teeth and claws. '' > 44. groggery (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. vi. 183, ``I > know a town that's on the chart, that has only a court-house, a > groggery, a jail, [etc.]. '' > 45. groom (1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. I. ii. 26 ``Here was to > clean and groom up agin' till all was in its right shape. '' > 46. guess (1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. II. xiii. 265 ``Not look > at a woman?..why, what sort of a guess world would this be > without petticoats? '' > 47. guess (1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. I. ii. 23 ``What on airth > shall I do?-guess, I'll strap my rasor. '' > 48. gum-tree (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. xxi, ``Many's the > time I have danced `Possum up a gum tree' at a quiltin' frolic > or huskin' party.'' > 49. gun (1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. I. xv. 265 ``The great > guns, and big bugs. '' > 50. handle (1843-4) Haliburton Attach&eacu. (Farmer), ``He flies > right off the handle for nothing. '' > 51. handle (1843) T. C. Haliburton Attach&eacu. 1st Ser. I. viii. > 119 ``Give me your figgery-four, Squire, I'll go in up to the > handle for you. '' > 52. happify (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 79 ``If that don't > happify your heart, then my name's not Sam Slick. '' > 53. hatter (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 109 ``Sister > Sall..walked out of the room, as mad as a hatter. '' > 54. heave (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 86, ``I blow like a > horse that's got the heaves. '' > 55. heave (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. II. 122 ``It gave > him the heaves..it made his flanks heave like a blacksmith's > bellows.'' > 56. heifer (1853) T. C. Haliburton Sam Slick's Wise Saws II. xii. > 282, ``I have half a mind to marry that heifer, tho' wives are > bothersome critters when you have too many of them. '' > 57. hitch (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 117 ``They [man and > wife] don't hitch their horses together well at all. '' > 58. hog (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 21 ``We never fairly > knew what goin the whole hog was till then. '' > 59. hog-reeve (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm (1862) 138, ``I wonder, > says he, if there's are a hogreave here, because if there be I > require a turn of his office. '' > 60. hook (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 225 ``As a hookin' > cow does [carry] a board over her eyes to keep her from makin' > right at you. '' > 61. horse (1855) T. C. Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. II. 337 > ``Doctor, I am a borin of you, but the fact is, when I get a > goin `talkin hoss', I never know where to stop. '' > 62. house (1835) T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1837) 1st Ser. viii. > 62 ``Well, he roared like a bull, till black Lucretia, one of > the *house helps, let him go. '' > 63. how-do-you(1835) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxvi. (1837) 280 > ``Thinks I, here's a pretty how do you do; I'm in for it now, > that's a fact. '' > 64. Isabella (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 197 ``In an > arbor, surrounded with honeysuckle, and Isabella grape. '' > 65. jam (1855) T. C. Haliburton Nat. &. Human Nat. II. ix. 261 > ``In Paradise..connubial bliss, I allot was rael [sic] jam up. > '' > 66. joke (1838) T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. xvii. 253 ``A > joke is a joke, but that's no joke. '' > 67. jugful (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. xviii. (Farmer), > ``The last mile..took the longest [time] to do it by a jugfull. > '' > 68. juicy (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 497 ``The > weather..has been considerable juicy here lately. '' > 69. killick (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. viii. (1862) 29, ``I > shall up killoch and off to-morrow to the Tree mont. '' > 70. kind (1855) T. C. Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. vi. 190, ``I > rather kinder sorter guess so, than kinder sorter not so. '' > 71. kiss-me-qu(1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. 287 ``She has > a new bonnet on... It has a horrid name, it is called a > kiss-me-quick. '' > 72. lambaste (1837) Haliburton Clockm. i. xxiii, ``I am six foot > six in my stockin feet, by gum, and can lambaste any two of you > in no time. '' > 73. leg (1837) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxiv, ``He was a leggin > it off hot foot. '' > 74. let (1837) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. vi, ``An old sea > captain, who was once let in for it pretty deep by a man with a > broader brim than common. '' > 75. let (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. viii, ``My old > lady..is agoin' for to give our Arabella..a let off to-night. > '' > 76. lick (1837) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. I. xv, ``That are colt can > beat him for a lick of a quarter of a mile. '' > 77. lick (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. III. xii, ``I like a man > to be up to the notch, and stand to his lick-log. '' > 78. life (1836) T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1837) 1st Ser. 143 > ``As large as life and twice as nateral. '' > 79. lift (1891) H. Haliburton Ochil Idylls 106 ``The dreels [of > potatoes] are to lift, An' the neeps are to pu'. '' > 80. like (1844) T. C. Haliburton Attach&eacu. 2nd Ser. II. 176 > ``Let a man or woman come and talk to me..and I'll tell you all > about 'em right off as easy as big print. I can read 'em like a > book. '' > 81. liner (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. v, ``All they got to > do is, to up Hudson like a shot..and home in a liner, and write > a book. '' > 82. link (1891) H. Haliburton Ochil Idylls 133 ``An' links o' > puddin's, black to see, An' yowe&dubh.milk kebbuck. '' > 83. lip (1837) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxv, ``She used to carry > a stiff upper lip, and make him and the broomstick well > acquainted together. '' > 84. liquidate (1835) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xviii, ``When I > liquidate for my dinner, I like to get about the best that's > goin. '' > 85. lobelia (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. II. 114 ``He > foamed at the mouth like a hoss that has eat lobelia in his > hay. '' > 86. local (1891) H. Haliburton Ochil Idylls 148 ``Gang freely, > fishers, by their banks, Baith foreign loons an' locals. '' > 87. locate (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. ii, ``I never heerd > you preach so well, says one, since you was located heer. '' > 88. lock (1837) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxiii, ``She don't wait > any more for him to walk lock and lock with her.'' > 89. lockram (1837) Haliburton Clockm., Slick's Let. 8 ``As for > that long lochrum about Mr. Everett,..there aint a word of > truth in it. '' > 90. lockram (1855) Haliburton Nature &. Hum. Nat. I. 14 ``In > Congress no man can speak or read an oration more than an hour > long; but he can send the whole lockrum, includin' what he > didn't say, to the papers. '' > 91. loon (1891) H. Haliburton Ochil Idylls 127 ``As when ye > roamed, a hardy loon, Upon the banks o' May. '' > 92. lordsake (1891) H. Haliburton Ochil Idylls 63 ``Lordsake, > what's come owre the year?'' > 93. lump (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. Pref. (1862) 6 ``A man that > would be guilty of such an action is no gentleman, that's flat, > and if you don't like it you may lump it. '' > 94. mad (1855) T. C. Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. 85, ``I feel > as mad as a meat axe. '' > 95. marm (1837) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. x, ``Marm Pugwash is as > onsartin in her temper as a mornin in April. '' > 96. maroon (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. II. 283 ``He used > to delight to go marooning. [Footnote.] Marooning differs from > pic-nicing in this-the former continues several days, the other > lasts but one. '' > 97. meat (1835) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. (1862) 237 ``She > was..as wicked as a *meat-axe. '' > 98. meeching (1836) T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. (1837) > xv. 140 ``Father goes up to him, lookin as soft as dough, and > as meechin as you please. '' > 99. mennom (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. xix. 294 ``Little > ponds never hold big fish; there is nothing but pollywogs, > tadpoles, and minims in them. '' > 100. metheglin (1855) T. C. Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. II. ix. > 267 ``All the friends of the new married couple..did nothing > for a whole month, but smoke, drink metheglin, [etc.]. '' > 1. miffy (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 126 ``Well, says I, > I'll tell you if you won't be miffy with me. '' > 2. mire (1835) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. (1837) 73 ``Over > ditches, creeks, mire holes, and flag ponds. '' > 3. misfortuna(1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. 186 ``These > arguments..do harm if the misfortunate critter is rubbed agin > the grain. '' > 4. miss (1836) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 451 ``If Miss Corncob, > your wife, ain't here. '' > 5. missing (1855) T. C. Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. i. 10 > ``If a person inquires if you are at home, the servant is > directed to say, No, if you don't want to be seen, and choose > to be among the missing. '' > 6. moon (1840) T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 3rd Ser. viii. 109 > ``Ready to jump over the moon for delight. '' > 7. move (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. viii. 105 ``And > a-travellin' about, and a-livin' on the best, and sleepin' in > the spare bed always, ain't a bad move nother. '' > 8. move (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. xii. 381 ``So in > due time we parted... Cutler made the first move by ascending > the companion-ladder. '' > 9. move (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. xii. 376 ``As soon > as the ceremony was over, `Now,' sais I, `we must be a > movin'.'' > 10. mudhead (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. xix. 289 ``There's > the hoosiers of Indiana,..the mudheads of Tenessee [etc.]. '' > 11. mug (1835) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xx. (1837) 202 ``Hold > your mug, you old nigger.'' > 12. muley (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. iv, ``Gives his Old > Mooley a chance o' sneakin' into his neighbour's fields o' > nights. '' > 13. musquash (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxiii, ``I > thought it was like Uncle Peleg's *musquash hole, and that no > soul could ever find the bottom of. '' > 14. na (1891) H. Haliburton Ochil Hills 51 ``Na, na, my lad!'' > 15. nacket (1890) H. Haliburton In Scottish Fields 135 ``He would > rest content with..referring to him as a `nacket'.'' > 16. namesake (1836) Haliburton Clockm. (1838) p. ix, ``Here's a > Book they've namesaked arter me.'' > 17. nanny-goat(1843) T. C. Haliburton Attach&eacu. 1st Ser. II. > vii. 114 ``The old knight's got an anecdote.., and nanny-goats > ain't picked up every day in country. '' > 18. nary (1836) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 113, ``I guess there > ain't much to brag on nary way, damage done on both sides. '' > 19. nation (1836) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 303 ``Niagara fall; > what a nation sight of machinery that would carry. '' > 20. naval (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xii. (1837) 99, ``I > guess it's natural for you to say so of the buttons of our > navals.'' > 21. near (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xii. 99 ``It's near > about the prettiest sight I know of. '' > 22. near hand (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xii. (1837) 106 > ``A lady that had a plantation near hand to hisn.'' > 23. needs (1853) T. C. Haliburton Sam Slick's Wise Saws I. xiii. > 267 ```Needs must when the devil drives, so here goes,' and off > he went for the water. '' > 24. nigger (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. iii, ``A > *nigger-jockey..is a gentleman that trades in niggers,-buys > them in one state, and sells them in another, where they arn't > known. '' > 25. nine (1836) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 61 ``Praisin a man's > farm to the nines. '' > 26. no (1853) T. C. Haliburton Sam Slick's Wise Saws I. v. 119 > ``You first of all force yourself into my cabin, won't take no > for an answer, and then complain of oncivility. '' > 27. non-commit(1836-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 449 ``Not > lettin' on as if I know'd that he was there, for there is > nothin' like a non-committal. '' > 28. nose (1838) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 367 ``Tickle, tickle > goes my boscis agin, and I had to stop to sarch my pocket for > my *nose-rag. '' > 29. nosey (1836) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 53 ``It's so > everlasting bad-it's near about as nosey as a slave ship of > niggers. '' > 30. nother (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. v, ``It don't seem > to hang very well together nother. '' > 31. oat (1843) T. C. Haliburton Attach&eacu. 1st Ser. II. 157 > ``You know that, and you feel your oats, too, as well as any > one. '' > 32. oat (1837-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 497 ``Hold up your old > oatmill, and see if you can snuff the stable at minister's. '' > 33. obliviate (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. xxii. (1862) 103 ``They > obliviated their arrand and left her.'' > 34. off (1843) T. C. Haliburton Attach&eacu. 1st Ser. II. xii. 210 > ``The groom has stole her oats, forgot to give her water, and > let her make a supper sometimes off of her nasty, mouldy, > filthy beddin'. '' > 35. ought (1836) Haliburton (Sam Slick) Clockmaker Introd., ``It > don't seem to me that I had ought to be made a fool on in that > book. '' > 36. overweight(1891) H. Haliburton Ochil Idylls 136 ``With > overweight of care on my mind.'' > 37. pandoor (1894) Haliburton Furth in Field 58 (E.D.D.) ``With a > dish o' mussel-brose at Newhaven, or with a prievin' o' fat > pandores a little further east the coast.'' > 38. patch (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 439 ``Something that > will go down the throat like a greased patch down a smooth > rifle. '' > 39. peaked (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 38, ``I am > dreadfully sorry, says I, to see you..lookin so peecked. '' > 40. pen (1829) Haliburton Nova-Scotia II. ix. 392 ``In winter they > [the moose-deer]..describe a circle, and press the snow with > their feet, until it becomes hard, which is called by hunters a > yard, or pen. '' > 41. pen (1890) Haliburton In Scottish Fields 98 ``The pinch was > conveyed to the nose by means of a bone snuff spoon or pen, as > it was called.'' > 42. pesky (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. II. ii. 64 ``Don't > be so pesky starch.'' > 43. pesky (1835) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 65 ``He looked so > peskily vexed. '' > 44. pesky (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. v. 153 ``When a > feller is so peskilly sleepy as I be. '' > 45. pie (1843) T. C. Haliburton Attach&eacu. 1st Ser. I. xi. 180 > ``By gosh Aunty,..you had better not cut that pie: you will > find it rather sour in the apple sarse, and tough in the paste. > '' > 46. pike (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. xi. 145 ``S'pose any > gentleman that keeps a pike was to give you a bad shillin' in > change. '' > 47. pile (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 444, ``I was actilly > in a piled-up-agony. '' > 48. pill-box (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 402 ``Packed up > in a snug pill-box in the same grave-yard. '' > 49. place (1855) T. C. Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. vi. 164, > ``I was born on a farm..where there was a place for everything, > and everything was in its place. '' > 50. plaguy (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. 209, ``I like it > a plaguy sight better than hot rooms. '' > 51. plank (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 376 ``Come into the > iseter [= oyster] shop here, and plank the pewter. '' > 52. plaster (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 153 ``A water > privilege to put into the market, or a *plaister rock to get > off, or some such scheme. '' > 53. platform (1835) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. 47 ``Under what > Church platform? '' > 54. plumb-bob (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 16 ``If he is > found here after twenty-four hours, they'd make a carpenter's > plumb-bob of him, and hang him outside the church steeple. '' > 55. poke-loken(1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. II. 404 ``A > poke-loken is a marshy place or stagnant pool connected with a > river. '' > 56. pole (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 229 ``Who should I > see but Bobbin in his waggon ag'in the pole fence. '' > 57. polliwog (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 321 ``Little > ponds..nothing but pollywogs, tadpoles, and minims in them. '' > 58. possum (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. 5, ``I will play > possum with these folks.'' > 59. potato (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. 63 ``It's small > potatoes for a man-of-war to be hunting poor game like us. '' > 60. prog (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. 245 ``Taking out a > pair of pistols and lots of ammunition from the bottom of his > prog-basket. '' > 61. proper (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 201, ``I am proper > glad you agree with me, squire, said he. '' > 62. protracted(1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. i. I. 2 ``It's a > gentleman that calculates to hold a protracted meeten here to > night. '' > 63. puke (1838) Haliburton Clockmaker Ser. ii. xix. 289 ``The > suckers of Illinoy, the pukes of Missuri..and the corncrackers > of Virginia. '' > 64. pull (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 319 ``Who's for a > pull of grog? suppose we have a pull, gentlemen-a good pull, > and a strong pull, and a pull altogether, eh! '' > 65. pumpkin-he(1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 244 ``They ain't > got two ideas to bless themselves with, the stupid, > punkin-headed, consaited blockheads! '' > 66. question (1844) T. C. Haliburton Attach&eacu. 2nd Ser. II. iv. > 62 ``Let me give you a piece of advice;-Ax me no questions, and > I'll tell you no lies. '' > 67. question (1853) T. C. Haliburton Sam Slick's Wise Saws II. ii. > 48 ``Give a civil answer to a civil question. '' > 68. quilt (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xix. (1837) 195 ``Your > Cumberland critters,..the more you quilt them, the more they > wont go. '' > 69. quilting (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xix. (1837) 191, > ``I'll give you such a quiltin as you never had. '' > 70. rabbit (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 185 ``That > little..*rabbit-eared runt of a pig. '' > 71. raise (1837) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) Pref. 6, ``I don't know > as ever I felt so ugly afore since I was raised. '' > 72. ram (1837) Haliburton Clockm. 168 ``A few half-starved > pigs,..some ram mutton. '' > 73. reasonable(1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 180 ``Reasonable > well, I give you thanks, sir, said he.'' > 74. red cross (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. i, ``On fresh or > on salt water,..down comes the red cross and up go the stars.'' > 75. red horse (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 318 ``These last > have all nicknames. There's the hoosiers of Indiana,..the red > horses of Kentucky.'' > 76. ree (1886) H. Haliburton Horace in Homespun (1900) 144 > ``Here's Willie wi' a warlike ee,..Dave amorous daft, an' Roger > ree.'' > 77. rig (1843) T. C. Haliburton Attach&eacu. I. xii. 218 > ``Congregations are rigged out in their..bran new clothes, > silks, satins.., and all sorts of rigs. '' > 78. rile (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Pref. (1862) 7 ``Fair play's a > jewel, and I must say I feel ryled and kinder sore. '' > 79. ripeful (1836) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 167 ``Is the old > gentleman still alive? if so, he must now be ripeful of years > as he is full of honours.'' > 80. riproariou(1855) Haliburton Nature &. Human N. I. 58 ``That's > because you..never saw a riprorious hurricane in all your life. > '' > 81. Romany (1498) Haliburton Acc. Bk. 74 ``Item a bred of Romany > bowgh. '' > 82. Romany (1498) Haliburton Acc. Bk. 171 ``Romynis bowgh. '' > 83. rope (1860) T. C. Haliburton Season-Ticket viii. 226 ``Tell > me..about Canada, and show me the ropes. '' > 84. rote (1855) Haliburton Nature &. Human N. 210 ``When..the rote > is on the beach, it tells me it is the voice of the south wind > giving notice of rain. '' > 85. run (1836) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 192 ``The land gets run > out in his hands, and is no good for ever after. '' > 86. ruption (1855) Haliburton Nature &. Human Nat. (1902) 218 > ``You can't cure it, for it's a ruption of an air vessel, and > you can't get at it to sew it up.'' > 87. rust (1836-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 251 ``It took the > rust off of him pretty slick, you may depend.'' > 88. saddle sea(1895) Hugh Haliburton Dunbar 70 ``Farmers that hed > a saddle seat,..Keep nae beast noo but cats an' mice. '' > 89. salt (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. xix, ``Sea-mud, > salt-sand,..and river-sludge. '' > 90. salt river(1855) Haliburton Nat. &. H. Nature I. 27 ``We rowed > him to the very head waters of Salt River in no time.'' > 91. Sam Slick (1897) R. G. Haliburton in Haliburton: a Centenary > Chaplet 26 ``Sixty years ago the Southern States were familiar > with the sight of Sam Slicks. '' > 92. sauce (1837) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xii. 103 ``They > vegitate like a lettuce plant in *sarse garden. '' > 93. sawder (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. x. 78 ``If she goes > to act ugly, I'll give her a dose of `soft sawder'. '' > 94. sawder (1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. ii. 46, ``I don't like > to be left alone with a gall, it's plaguy apt to set me a soft > sawderin' and a courtin'. '' > 95. scallywag (1855) Haliburton Nature I. 112 ``You > good-for-nothing young scallowag. '' > 96. schoolmast(1836) Haliburton Clockmaker Ser. i. xv, ``Well, > they've got a cant phrase here, `the school&dubh.master is > abroad', and every feller tells you that fifty times a day. '' > 97. scorny (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xii, ``And off she > sot, looking as scorney as a London lady. '' > 98. scratch (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. iv. 53, ``I think a > body might have a chance to make out to scratch along to live > here. '' > 99. scrouger (1852) Haliburton Traits Amer. Humour xxi. (1866) 119 > ``A drum, and a regular scrouger at that.'' > 100. scrumptiou(1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxiii, ``A little > tidy scrumptious looking slay. '' > 1. scug (1890) H. Haliburton In Scottish Fields 33 ``Hastening > through the rain to rustic scoogs or the shelter of friendly > cottages.'' > 2. scug (1886) H. Haliburton Horace (1900) 43 ``Wind and snaw, > Are far abune oor fit, But while we scoog them, let them > blaw.'' > 3. sculpin (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxvii, ``Go along, > you old sculpin [a horse], and turn out your toes. '' > 4. set (1836) Haliburton Clockm. xxi. (1839) 76 ``To get it sot > to rights. '' > 5. settler (1837) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xx, ``That shot was > a settler, it struck poor Sall right atwixt wind and water. '' > 6. sew (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. x. 154 ``You might have > traded with him, and got it for half nothin'; or bought it and > failed, as some of our importin' marchants sew up the > soft-horned British. '' > 7. shafter (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. x. 137 ``A London > brewer's shafter wouldn't make the smallest part of a > circumstance to him. '' > 8. shampoo (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. xii, ``Prince > Shleek, will you have one shampoo? said she. A shampoo? said I; > to be sure I will. '' > 9. shampoo (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. xii, ``So our > diplomatists shampoo the English, and put 'em to sleep. How > beautiful they shampoo'd them in the fishery story. '' > 10. sharping (1905) H. Haliburton Excurs. i. 9 ``The Bruce stood > aimlessly with his sharping-stone in one hand.'' > 11. shave (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxii, ``They are > afeard to show their noses..lest they should be shaved off by > our shots. '' > 12. shaved (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxii, ``When he was > about half shaved he thought every body drunk but himself.'' > 13. sheeted (1840) Haliburton Letter Bag i. 7 ``Sheeted, > blanketed, and quilted, I remain enveloped in the drapery of my > bed. '' > 14. sherry-cob(1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. II. 312 ``He > suck in his drink like sherry-cobbler through a straw. '' > 15. shindy (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. xii, ``They all > wondered how..Paddy had taken such a shindy to me.'' > 16. shingle (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. iii, ``A > shingle-maker's shed. '' > 17. shoat (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. xi. 153, ``I am the > poorest shot in the world. Poorest shote, said he, you mean, > for you have no soul in you. '' > 18. shockingly(1840) Haliburton Letter Bag iv. 57, ``I feel so > shockingly nervous. '' > 19. shoot (1855) Haliburton Nature &. Hum. Nat. xxii. II. 297 > ``You showed her she had shot her grandmother. Footnote. > Shooting one's granny, or grandmother, means fancying you have > discovered what was well known before. '' > 20. shoppy (1840) Haliburton Letter Bag i. 4 ``Still my attention > was riveted (I fear that word is shoppy). '' > 21. shore (1891) H. Haliburton Ochil Idylls 66 ``The freits that > were begun To shore us ill.'' > 22. short (1839) Haliburton Letter Bag Ded. (1840) p. vii, ``Great > men are apt to have short memories.'' > 23. shot (1905) H. Haliburton Excursions i. 5 ``The shot of the > lock caught the ear of Beenie.'' > 24. sicker (1886) Haliburton Horace 41 (E.D.D.), ``Mak' your union > siccar.'' > 25. silent (1855) Haliburton Nature &. Hum. Nature I. vii. 201 > ``The silent pig is the best feeder.'' > 26. sin (1840) T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 3rd Ser. viii. 102 > ``Who the plague can live on sugar-candy? I am sure I couldn't. > Nothin' does for me like honey; arter a while I get to hate it > like sin. '' > 27. singed (1847) Haliburton Old Judge I. ii. 44 ``It don't do to > hang a feller for his looks, after all, that's a fact; for that > crittur is like a singed cat, better nor he seems. '' > 28. singing ca(1894) H. Haliburton' (J. L. Robertson) Furth in > Field 28 ``Money was sometimes added to the ordinary gift of > `singing' cakes and cheese. '' > 29. size (1836-8) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 299 ``One day I was > adrivin' out at a'most a deuce of a size, and he stopped me. '' > 30. size (1836-9) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 442 ``Come, I'll size > your pile... Plank down a pile of dollars..of any size you > like, and I'll put down another of the same size.'' > 31. sizeable (1855) Haliburton N. &. H. Nature II. 193 ``Halifax > is a sizable place and covers a good deal of ground. '' > 32. skail (1886) H. Haliburton Horace 11 ``Then Patie's waukened > wi' a kick, An' skells the meetin'.'' > 33. skim-milk (1836) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 220 ``It's no > skim&dubh.milk story, I do assure you. '' > 34. slangwhang(1836) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 203 ``Candidate, > Slangwhanger, and Member. '' > 35. slapjack (1836) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 97 ``A dish of real > Connecticut Slap Jacks, or Hominy. '' > 36. sleeked (1895) H. Haliburton Dunbar 92 ``Sleekit he was, an' > carefu' to conceal.'' > 37. slick (1836) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 11 ``A woman's tongue > goes so slick of itself..that it's no easy matter to put a > spring stop on it. '' > 38. slicked (1836) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 133 ``Now this grand > house has only two rooms down stairs, that are altogether > slicked up and finished off complete. '' > 39. sling (1836-8) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 444, ``I ordered a > pint o' the best [toddy], and so we slinged. '' > 40. slump (1836) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 126 ``She slumped down > her nittin, and clawed off her spectacles. '' > 41. snarl (1836) Haliburton Clockm. xviii. (1862) 79 ``To wind off > a snarl of ravellins as slick as if it were on a reel. '' > 42. sneezer (1836) Haliburton Clockm. i. viii, ``It's awful to > hear a minister swear; and the only match I know for it, is to > hear a regular sneezer of a sinner quote Scripture. '' > 43. sneezer (1836) Haliburton Clockm. xiii, ``I have one [horse] a > proper sneezer, a chap that can go ahead of a rail-road > steamer. '' > 44. snicker (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. vi, ``The neighbours > snickered a good deal, and the Elder felt pretty streaked. '' > 45. 'Sniggers (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxi, ``I sniggers > if you didn't frighten us properly.'' > 46. snore (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xii, ``Now its fairly > run out, that's a fact, I snore. '' > 47. snore (1836) Haliburton Clockm. xxxvi, ``You will, I snore.'' > 48. snort (1835) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xix, ``I thought I > should have snorted right out two or three times.'' > 49. snuffer (1829) T. C. Haliburton Hist. &. Statist. Acct. > Nova-Scotia II. ix. 404 ``Fish-Whale Species... Snuffer.'' > 50. snug (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxxv, ``What the > dickens was them two great rolls o' canvass for, I seed snugg'd > up and tied to your crupper? '' > 51. snug (1836) Haliburton Clockm. xxxvii, ``Whenever you see a > place all snugged up.., depend on it the folks are of the right > kind. '' > 52. snuggle (1840) Haliburton Letter Bag i. 11, ``[I] unbooted, > unstayed, and snuggled up like a kitten, in bed. '' > 53. sockdolage(1836) Haliburton Clockm. i. xl, ``I'll give you a > sockdologer in the ear with my foot. '' > 54. sockdolage(1838) Haliburton Clockm. ii. xix, ``I felt my > fingers itch to give him a slock-dolager under the ear. '' > 55. soft (1837) Haliburton Clockm. i. xxxi, ``I allot..that the > blue&dubh.noses are the most gullible folks on the face of the > airth,-rigular *soft horns, that's a fact. '' > 56. solemnchol(1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. ix. 285 > ``Watch his face as he goes along, slowly and solemncoly > through the street. '' > 57. souring (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. ix, ``There's > another lemon left, squire, 'spose we mix a little more sourin' > afore we turn in. '' > 58. southerner(1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xiii, ``There's so > many rich southerners and strangers there that have more money > than wit. '' > 59. span (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. xviii. 248 ``If any > man will show me a hoss that can keep it up as he has done.., > I'll give him old Clay for nothin', as a span for him. '' > 60. spanker (1836) Haliburton Clockm. i. xix, ``That are horse > goes etarnal fast... He's a spanker you may depend. '' > 61. speck (1843) Haliburton S. Slick in Eng. I. ii. 31, ``I > doubled up my fist, for I didn't like it [the treatment] a > spec.'' > 62. spicket (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxxi, ``I guess I'll > whip out of the bung while he's a lookin arter the spicket. '' > 63. spile (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xvi, ``This Province > is like that are tree;..and if they don't drive in a spile and > stop the everlastin flow of the sap, it will perish > altogether.'' > 64. spilt (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxx, ``What's done, > Sam, can't be helped, there is no use in cryin over spilt milk. > '' > 65. splendifer(1843) Haliburton Sam Slick in Eng. xiii, ``A > splendiferous white hoss, with long tail and flowin' mane. '' > 66. split (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxx, ``Most on 'em, > arter the second shot, cut and run full split. '' > 67. sponsible (1836-8) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. xxii. (1839) > 276 ``But John Bull is like all other sponsible folks; he > thinks 'cause he is rich he is wise too. '' > 68. spry (1855) Haliburton Nature &. Hum. Nat. I. 227 ``They call > us shakers, from shaking our feet so spry.'' > 69. squinch (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. (1862) 443 ``Lord! > how she'll kick and squeel when I spread her out on the > close-horse. How it will make her squinch her face, won't it?'' > 70. squirmy (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xv, ``It makes them > as squirmy as an eel. '' > 71. squish-squ(1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxiii. (1839) 86 > ``There he stands, all shiverin and shakin, and the water a > squish&dubh.squashin in his shoes.'' > 72. stable (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxii. (1862) 105 > ``Give up blood horses to them that can afford to keep > *stable-helps to tend 'em. '' > 73. stand-up (1905) H. Haliburton Excurs. 36 ``Starched > stand-ups.'' > 74. stave (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. xxiii, ``Jist tip a > stave to the Governor of Nova Scotia, order him to inquire out > the author. '' > 75. staver (1891) Hugh Haliburton (J. L. Robertson) Ochil Idylls > 89 ``'Maist like an auld cask dung to stavers.'' > 76. stiff (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. vii. 104 > ``Considerable stiff folks, in their way them quakers-you can't > no more move 'em than a church steeple.'' > 77. stiff (1837) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. x. 77 ``Its a proper > pity sich a clever woman should carry such a stiff upper lip. > '' > 78. stir (1891) H. Haliburton Ochil Idylls 40 ``At fifty, wi' a > conscience clear, The man that sits, as I do here, Haund-haill, > an' neither slow to steer Nor quick to tire.'' > 79. stirk (1891) H. Haliburton Ochil Idylls 134 ``The haflin wi' > his stirk-like glowre.'' > 80. stocking-f(1894) H. Haliburton Furth in Field ii. 75 ``The > cadger was just as eager to make the petty disbursement from > his `stocking-foot' or leather pouch. '' > 81. stour (1894) H. Haliburton (J. L. Robertson) Furth in Field 9 > ``The farmer..demanded in a stoor voice..`whether' [etc.]. '' > 82. straddle (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxxii, ``That > Captain has nothin to do all day, but sit *straddle legs across > his tiller. '' > 83. straight (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxxvi, ``No > strong-minded, *straight-a-head, right up and down man does > that. '' > 84. straw (A. 1761) [S. Haliburton &. Hepburn] Mem. Magopico v. > (ed. 2) 18 ``The man is..a plain undesigning nose o' wax, a > cat's paw, a straw wisp. '' > 85. streaked (1837) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. iv. 26 ``If he was > in your House of Commons, I reckon he'd make some of your great > folks look pretty streaked. '' > 86. stretch (A. 1761) [S. Haliburton &. Hepburn] Mem. Magopico > viii. (ed. 2) 24 ``A good stretch, in a morning, over heath, > and hills, and ditches,..will make a man eat a good breakfast. > '' > 87. striped (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. ix, ``That's the > reason married folks are so everlastin' striped; they never > romp.'' > 88. stroke (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. xvii. 248 ``They > carry on a considerable of a fishery here, and do a great > stroke in the timber business. '' > 89. stump (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. xvi. (1848) 132 > ``Bein' stumpt is a sure mark of a fool. The only folks among > us that's ever nonplushed, is them just caught in the woods. '' > 90. stump (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxvi, ``I guess our > great nation may be stumped to produce more eleganter liquor > than this here. '' > 91. suck-egg (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. v. (1839) 12, ``I > guess, said he, if General Campbell knew what sort of a man > that are magistrate was, he'd disband him pretty quick, he's a > regular suck-egg. '' > 92. sucker (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. xix. (1839) 258 > ``There's the hoosiers of Indiana, the suckers of Illinoy, the > pukes of Missuri [etc.]. '' > 93. sulphur (1829) T. C. Haliburton Hist. &. Statistical Acct. > Nova Scotia II. ix. 404 ``Fish-Whale Species. *Sulphur Whale. > '' > 94. sum-total (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. ii. 26 ``But to > sum-totalize my story: the next time [etc.]. '' > 95. sum-total (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. 18 ``Maxims > and saws are the sumtotalization of a thing. '' > 96. super- (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. (1862) 518 ``A most > *super&dubh.superior gall. '' > 97. supper (1840) Haliburton Letter Bag i. 14, ``[I] Tea'd, > suppered, champagned, tidied myself for bed, and I fear-snored. > '' > 98. swad (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. vi. 83 ``How is > colonist able to pay for all this almighty swad of manufactured > plunder? '' > 99. swad (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. II. 124 ``It ain't > good to use such a swad of words.'' > 100. swan (1836) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 65 ``If you hante > obsarved it, I have, and a queer one it is, I swan. '' > 1. swiggle (1837) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxii. 230 ``When he > was in full rig a swigglin away at the top of his gait. '' > 2. swiggle (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. xi. (1848) 86 > ``With that he swiggled his way thro' the crowd, to the > counter.'' > 3. swingeing (1836) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 20 ``A swingeing > big Pig. '' > 4. switchel (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. xi. (1848) 85 > ``What will you have? cocktail, sling, julip, sherry cobbler, > purl talabogus, clear sheer or switchell? '' > 5. take (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 306 ``A native artist > of great promise..that is come to take us off. '' > 6. tall (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 530 ``Won't it be > tall feedin' at Queen's table, that's all. '' > 7. tan (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 120 ``I'll tan your > hide for you, you may depend. '' > 8. tap (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. II. 332 ``They have to > be on their taps most all the time. '' > 9. tar-brush (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 179, ``I great > opinion of you, Pompey; I make a man of you, you dam old tar > brush. '' > 10. tarnation (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 54 ``Now, says > he, I'm in a tarnation hurry. '' > 11. tate (1891) H. Haliburton Ochil Idylls 68 ``O' winter snaw > there's but a tate remainin'. '' > 12. teetotally(1836) Haliburton Clockm. xix. (1837) 195, ``I hope > I may be tee-totally ruinated, if I'd take eight hundred > dollars for him. '' > 13. theirn (1836) T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. x. 50 > ``When other folks lost theirn from the boys, hisn always hung > there like bait to a hook. '' > 14. there (1840) T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 3rd Ser. xx. 284 > ``It's no such thing, says mother, quite snappishly; Sam is > only twenty-one last Thanksgiving-day, and he was born just > nine months and one day arter we was married, so there now. '' > 15. thirl (1890) H. Haliburton In Scot. Fields 125 ``The > inhabitants were not, of course, `thirled' to any particular > tailor, as they used to be to a district mill.'' > 16. thread (1840) Haliburton Letter Bag i. 14 ``He threaded my > needle for me.'' > 17. ticket (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. xxi. 323 ``They > ought to be hanged, sir, (that's the ticket, and he'd whop the > leader). '' > 18. tickler (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. xi. 155, ``I..have > half a mind to give you a tickler in the ribs. '' > 19. tight (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. xvi. II. 121 ``It's > a tight squeeze sometimes to scrouge between a lie and a truth > in business. '' > 20. tirl (1894) Haliburton Furth in Field iv. 183 ``A good > woman..with a pathetic `tirl' in her tone.'' > 21. titivate (1843) Haliburton Attach&eacu. xxii, ``I'll arrive in > time for dinner, I'll titivate myself up, and down to > drawin'-room. '' > 22. to (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 57, ``I guess, said he, > they have enough of it to home. '' > 23. toad (1836) T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. xxvii. 178 > ``Two little orphan children, the prettiest little toads I ever > beheld. '' > 24. toggle (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 348 ``There's an > eend to that; you've put a toggle into that chain.'' > 25. toilet (1840) Haliburton Letter Bag i. 7 ``Rose and toileted, > went on deck. '' > 26. tom-cod (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. v. 65 ``[They] used > to..catch herrin' and tom cods, and such sort o' fish. '' > 27. touch (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. vi. (1862) 206 ``Our > sea sarpant was no touch to it. '' > 28. touch (1840) Haliburton Letter Bag ii. 18 ``You ab seen fourth > July day,..well he [is] no touch to it.'' > 29. touch (1840) Haliburton Letter Bag iv. 54 ``We bow and touch > our hats with much formality. '' > 30. touse (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 28 ``Marm Lecain > makes such an eternal touss about her carpets. '' > 31. track (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 30 ``I'd a made him > make tracks, I guess. '' > 32. trade (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 347 ``Havin' > finished that are little trade, squire, there is another small > matter I want to talk over with you. '' > 33. tron (1891) H. Haliburton Ochil Idylls 65 ``At the very trons > in touns It [snow]'s knee-deep lyin.'' > 34. tump (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. 268 ``A man passed > the..barrack-gate, tumping (which means..hauling) an immense > bull-moose on a sled. '' > 35. twitch (1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 262 ``He is a > giant,..and can twitch a mill-log as easy as a yoke of oxen > can. '' > 36. twitterati(1835-40) Haliburton Clockm. 373 (Cassell) ``When > they struck up our blood-stirrin' national air, it made me feel > all over in a twitteration. '' > 37. twitterati(1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. xiv. II. 50, ``I > am so skared, Sam, I feel all over of a twitteration.'' > 38. two (1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. xiv. 211 ``The press > can lash us up to a fury here in two twos any day. '' > 39. two (1838) Haliburton Clockm. xxi. 315 ``They'd soon set these > matters right in two twos. '' > 40. ugly (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. ix. 286 ``Don't > rile me, for I have an ugly pen, an ugly tongue, and an ugly > temper. '' > 41. ugly (1836) Haliburton Clockmaker Pref., ``I don't know as > ever I felt so ugly afore since I was raised. '' > 42. ugly (1836) Haliburton Clockmaker i. xii, ``Don't say that are > any more.., for it makes me feel ugly. '' > 43. undercumst(1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. iii. 39 ``Six > bottles of iced champaigne,..then two dollars for tickets, > makes a total of twenty-five dollars; do you undercumstand? '' > 44. unpassing (1887) H. Haliburton Scotland's Sake 219 ``An > unpassing present of passionless repose. '' > 45. up and dow(1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxxvi, ``No > strong-minded, straight-a-head, right up and down man does > that. '' > 46. upper (1836) Haliburton Clockm. xxviii, ``It was none o' your > skim-milk parties, but superfine uppercrust real jam. '' > 47. upper (1843) Haliburton Sam Slick in Eng. xxiv, ``I want you > to see Peel,..Macaulay, old Joe, and so on. These men are all > upper crust here. '' > 48. vamoose (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nat. I. 112, ``I makes > a spring in after him, and caught him by the hair of the head, > just as he was vamosing. '' > 49. vendue (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxvii, ``Is it a > vandew, or a weddin,..or what is it? '' > 50. waff (1886) H. Haliburton Horace in Homespun (1900) 93 ``Wi' > ae waff o' my wings I soar A mile abune the city's roar. '' > 51. wagon (1837) Haliburton Clockmaker Ser. i. v. 34 ``People soon > began to assemble, some on foot, and others on horseback and in > waggons. '' > 52. wall-eyed (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xvii, ``He shewed > the whites of his eyes like a wall-eyed horse. '' > 53. wallop (1890) H. Haliburton In Scottish Fields 32 ``His > West-of-England frock-coat so rent..that the loose half > walloped in the dust or mud all the way behind him.'' > 54. wamble (1836) Haliburton Clockm. i. xxiii, ``It makes me so > kinder wamble&dubh.cropt, when I think on it, that I'm afeared > to venture on matrimony at all. '' > 55. waney (1837) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. v. 34 ``As hard at the > heart as a log of elm; howsomever, said a third, I hope it wont > be long afore he has the wainy edge scored off of him, any > how.'' > 56. watchword (A. 1761) [S. Haliburton &. Hepburn] Mem. Magopico > v. (ed. 2) 19 ``An arch wench..had smelled a rat about > Magopico, and had given her lady a watch-word.'' > 57. way (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. ix. 122 ``If they [sc. > women as wives] are too old they are apt to be headstrong from > havin' had their head so long; and, if they are too young, they > are hardly way-wise enough to be pleasant. '' > 58. well-demea(1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. xii, ``The young > queen..was..well-dressed and well-demeaned.'' > 59. well-rigge(1838) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. ii, ``A tidy, > well-rigged nigger help.'' > 60. welt (1837) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. xxii, ``And they gist > fell to and welted him all the way into the town with the tip > eend of their lassos. '' > 61. western (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. ix, ``I'd a-kicked > them till I kicked their western eends up to their shoulders.'' > 62. wet (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. xi. 147 ``But come, > let's liquour; I want to wet up. '' > 63. whid (1891) H. Haliburton Ochil Idylls 90 ``Whiddin's an > airt.'' > 64. while (1836) T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1837) 1st Ser. xvi. > 136 ``You'll search one while..afore you'll find a man that..is > equal to one of your free and enlightened citizens. '' > 65. whip (1891) H. Haliburton Ochil Idylls 89 ``Ye chose me-at a > whip o' dearth-To represent ye. '' > 66. whip (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxvi, ``The British can > whip the whole airth, and we can whip the British. '' > 67. who (1844) Haliburton Sam Slick in Eng. xlviii. (1858) 304 > ``And then he'd go over a whole string-Mason, Mickle, Burns, > and I don't know who all. '' > 68. whopping (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xvii. (1839) 61 > ``What a wappin large place that would make. '' > 69. whore (1829) T. C. Haliburton Hist. &. Statist. Acct. Nova > Scotia II. ix. 405 ``Shell fish. *Whore's egg. '' > 70. will-o'-th(A. 1761) [S. Haliburton &. Hepburn] Mem. Magopico > xiii. (ed. 2) 39 ``Plumbino is Willie-with-the-wisp; Magopico a > flash of wild-fire. '' > 71. wire (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xx, ``Why, if he aint > snared, Sam; he is properly wired, I declare. '' > 72. witch (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. viii, ``And she > keeps a-sayin'-Well, he's a witch! Well, how strange!'' > 73. withe (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xvi, ``If their > fences..ain't [good], they ought to stake 'em up, and with them > well. '' > 74. wobbling (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxvii, ``No > wabblin' of his hind parts, but steady as a pump bolt. '' > 75. worriment (1855) Haliburton Nat. &. Hum. Nature I. v. 128 > ``The worriment we have had about money lately has set you a > dreaming. '' > 76. Yankee (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. ix, ``I'll be d--d, > said he, if ever I saw a Yankee that didn't bolt his food whole > like a Boa Constrictor. '' > 77. Yankee (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. i, ``You did not come > form Halifax, I presume, sir, did you? in a dialect too rich to > be mistaken as genuine Yankee. '' > 78. Yankee (1840) Haliburton Letter Bag iii. 34 ``Coarse jokes in > English, German, French, and Yankee.'' > 79. Yankee (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xvii, ``I heard him > ax the groom who that are Yankee lookin feller was.'' > 80. Yankee Doo(1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xvii, ``He..walked > off, a whislin Yankee Doodle to himself.'' > 81. yap (1891) H. Haliburton Ochil Idylls 40 ``I'm juist as yap > an' yauld As e'er was youth.'' > 82. yard (1829) Haliburton Nova-Scotia II. ix. 392 ``In winter > they [sc. moose] form herds, and when the snow is deep, they > describe a circle, and press the snow with their feet, until it > becomes hard, which is called by hunters a yard, or pen. '' > 83. yaw-haw (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xix, ``I had to > pucker up my mouth..to keep from yawhawin in her face. '' > 84. yawp (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxxi, ``They stand > starin and yawpin, all eyes and mouth. '' > 85. yerk (1840) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. xiii, ``I'd larn him > how..to yawk the reins with both hands. '' > 86. yo-necked (1836) Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. ix, ``The nasty yo > necked, cat hammed,..good for nothin brutes.''