Injun
noun informal offensive | In·jun | /ˈinjən/
an American Indian
flapdoodle
noun informal | flap·doo·dle | /ˈflapˌdo͞odl/
1. nonsense
2. a fool
ambuscade
noun | am·bus·cade | \ˈam-bə-ˌskād, ˌam-bə-ˈ\
ambush
—ambuscade: verb
—ambuscader: noun
awfully, terribly
to supervise, direct or manage something (ex: project or activity)
honestly, really
grouchy, crotchety
to chew
a large group of things or people
a small, meagre boat, usually meant for one
1. prolonged unnecessarily speech
2. to babble
harum-scarum
adjective | har·um–scar·um | \ˌher-əm-ˈsker-əm\
reckless, irresponsible
nonamous
adjective | non·a·mous | \ˈnä-nə-məs\
1. not named or identified
2. made or done by someone unknown
sivilize
verb | siv·i·lize | \ˈsi-və-ˌlīz\
1. the act of teaching (a person or group) to behave in a manner which is more polite, proper or better structured
2. to advance the social, cultural and moral standing of a (place or person)
distressid
adjective | dis·tres·sid | /dəˈstresid/awfully, terribly
geewhillikins
exclamation | gee·whill·i·kins
an exclamation of astonishment, characterizing wonder, excitement or disbelief
verb | su·per·in·tend | /ˌso͞op(ə)r(ə)nˈtend/superintend
to supervise, direct or manage something (ex: project or activity)
frock
noun | \ˈfräk\
a dress
betwixt
adverb or preposition | be·twixt | \bi-ˈtwikst, bē-\
between
honest injun
adverbhonestly, really
ornery
adjective | or·nery | /ˈôrn(ə)rē/grouchy, crotchety
chaw
verb | \ˈchȯ\to chew
passel
noun | pas·sel | \ˈpa-səl\a large group of things or people
ketching
verb | ketch·ing | \ˈkech-ing\
the act of something catching on
skiff
noun | \ˈskif\
a small, meagre boat, usually meant for one
fit to bust
expression
1. with great energy
2. very much
3. full
sing out
expression
to cry out, to say or shout something loudly
pewter
noun | pew·ter | \ˈpyü-tər\ |
a dull grey metal composed of tin and lead
greenhorn
noun | green·horn | \-ˌhȯrn\
an amateur, someone lacking knowledge or experience
goo-going
verb
the act of making noises similar to those that a baby makes
harelip
noun informal offensive | hare·lip | \ˈher-ˈlip\
a cleft lip
a cleft lip
palaver
noun, verb | pa·lav·er | \pə-ˈla-vər, -ˈlä-\1. prolonged unnecessarily speech
2. to babble
yaller
noun | yal·ler
a yellow person: someone of both Caucasian and African American descent (mixed race)
cipher
noun, verb | ci·pher | \ˈsī-fər\
1. a person of unimportance
2. to encode something
wallop
verb | wal·lop | \ˈwä-ləp\
1. to hit someone with great force
2. to move hastily
brickbat
noun | brick·bat | \ˈbrik-ˌbat\
a rude comment or criticism
light out
verb
to depart with great haste
dog-tired
adjective
worn out, exhausted
an exclamation characterizing exasperation, shock or fear
1. indented with small curves
2. made or surrounded by a circle of convex dots
to be extremely sober
laws-a-me
exclamationan exclamation characterizing exasperation, shock or fear
scutcheon
noun informal | scutch·eon | \ˈskə-chən\
an emblem or shield bearing a coat of arms
down yonder
expression
over there
towhead
1. someone with very light hair
2. a low alluvial island or shoal in a river (a sandbar)
couchant
adjective | couch·ant | \ˈkau̇-chənt\
the position in which an animal rests with its head raised and body resting on its legs
dancette
adjective | dan·cette
having large indentations (usually in threes)
nombril
noun | nom·bril | \ˈnäm-brəl\
centre point of the lower half of a scutcheon
engrailed
adjective | en·grailed | \in-ˈgrāld, en-\
2. made or surrounded by a circle of convex dots
obsequy
noun | ob·se·quy | \ˈäb-sə-kwē\
a funeral
dry as a powder horn
expression
to be extremely sober