Chapter 10

Cushmawaunee, never mind. Sailors and soldiers who have been in India frequently say—“Cushmawaunee,If we cannot get arrack,We must drink pawnee.”Anglo-Indian.Customer, synonymous withCHAP, a fellow; “a rumCUSTOMER,”i.e., a man likely to turn the tables on any one who attacked him, and therefore better be let alone, or very warily proceeded with; an “odd fish,” or curious person.—Shakspeare.

Cushmawaunee, never mind. Sailors and soldiers who have been in India frequently say—“Cushmawaunee,If we cannot get arrack,We must drink pawnee.”Anglo-Indian.

Cushmawaunee, never mind. Sailors and soldiers who have been in India frequently say—

“Cushmawaunee,If we cannot get arrack,We must drink pawnee.”Anglo-Indian.

“Cushmawaunee,If we cannot get arrack,We must drink pawnee.”

Customer, synonymous withCHAP, a fellow; “a rumCUSTOMER,”i.e., a man likely to turn the tables on any one who attacked him, and therefore better be let alone, or very warily proceeded with; an “odd fish,” or curious person.—Shakspeare.


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