skeesicks

Say, these papers are enough to send the old skeesicks to the penitentiary.

Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail Allen Chapman

"No wonder the old skeesicks went off to town soon as he got his money," I said.

The Voyage of the Rattletrap Hayden Carruth 1897

If you ever saw that little skeesicks of mine brace up in his high chair and take his beer and -- But, say, what was yours?

The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million O. Henry 1886

“Thar ain't nobody but him within ten mile of the shanty, and that 'ar d — d old skeesicks knows it.”

The luck of Roaring Camp, and other sketches 1870

I've got to go to the Express Office anyhow to see about my passage home, and I'll just get a draft for a hundred dollars for that old skeesicks -- what's his blamed name?

Under the Redwoods Bret Harte 1869

"Thar ain't nobody but him within ten mile of the shanty, and that 'ar damned old skeesicks knows it."

Selected Stories of Bret Harte Bret Harte 1869

"Thar ain't nobody but him within ten mile of the shanty, and that ar d-- d old skeesicks knows it."

The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Bret Harte 1869

"Eb Hawkins, that ol 'skeesicks you met on th' railway train an 'liked, is th' feller that's acted as th 'owners' agent in sellin 'rights to your uncle."

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Ask the old skeesicks if he's ever heard of _Mersyaw_ Blonk, Crump, the feller who started the gaming-tables at Monte Carlo. "

The Prince and Betty 1928

Nothing could hurt him, but I'll miss the skeesicks. "

The Wrong Twin Harry Leon Wilson 1903