10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEASTAWAYS»
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leastaways in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Poredevil's Beaver Tales: A Double Dozen Mountain Man Tales ...
I guess ol' Jakenever rightly knew what I was frettin' tobe gettin' to, leastaways
notquite at first, seein' he wasjista beast, but I was surely buildin' onepurely
monumental thirst. I baled my plews an' struckmy camp an' hung my plunder on ...
2
Shinin' Times!: One Trapper's Personal Chronicle of the ...
Day and night herd guards were tripled, lest the Absóraqa seek revenge, but it
appeared they had learned a hard lesson, leastaways for a spell. Rainbow
coddled me with rich broths and stuffed me with as much fat meat as I could hold.
3
Free Men: One Trapper's Personal Account of Two More Years ...
I was at loose ends, my mind humming and churning with what I had learned that
morning, but I had nothing to do and no one with whom I could share my glad
tidings, leastaways until Sarah finished her schoolteaching chores that day.
4
Backbone of the World: A Personal Account of the American ...
Leastaways that's the way my comrades were telling it at the time. Now I need to
tell how a beaver thinks or leastaways how we think a beaver thinks, which
brings us to the matter of bait. Beavers are jealous landlords. They can't abide
some ...
Evidently Kathleen had satisfiedthat desire during theearlier triumphal paradeto
American Fur and during her shopping spree, leastaways for that day. When we
came in sight of our camp, howsomever, Cat, without aword, reined her mare ...
6
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
A vulgarian actor: theatrical: ca. 1890—1914. least in sight, play. To hide; make
oneself scarce; keep out of the way: low: ca. 1780—1870. Grose, 15t ed.
leastaways. A C.19—20 var. of leastways. leastest. Least: trivial coll.: from ca.
1890; ob.
“I've been wanting to get my hands on that sweet little piece of land—leastaways,
the tide flats—almost since your wife's uncle died. Weren't no hope of getting it
away from old Caleb Blanchard before then, and I ain't sure there's hope now, ...
8
A Race for Real Sailors: Bluenose and the International ...
Certainly not the kind of weather you look for a topmast to go in. Leastaways,
ours didn't.”45 Although the controversies over sail cutting and the disallowing of
races raged on, the series was officially over and Nova Scotia the winner of the
cup.
Leastaways, Henery," he qualified, " fer this time o' the year ! " In this old Cap'n
Steiner, mopping his brow with slightly palsied hand, was not inclined to agree.
There was a day in Seventy-Nine, he held, that had seemed a sight hotter to him
...
10
Bricks Without Straw: A Novel
''I don't a know about dat ar, Bre'er 'Liab, but leastaways we can't do no more'n
make de trial, anyhow.'' After this visit, Eliab withdrew all opposition, not without
doubt, but hoping for the best, and trusting, prayerfully, that his friend's sanguine
...
Albion Tourgée, Carolyn L. Karcher, 2009
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEASTAWAYS»
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There's A Nude Sheriff In Town
Leastaways, he was, until some varmints ambushed him for his bounty money just as he was leaving the outhouse. As he lay with his bottom to ... «The Onion, Nov 05»
