"Slap-up" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... his tricks, "and stand ready. Now, 'Tough' McCulloch, or Anton, or wotever you notion best, skunk as you are, you're goin' to die decent. You're goin' to die as a gentleman in a square fought duel. You're goin' to die in a slap-up way as is a sight too good fer you, but don't go fer to make no mistake—you're goin' to die. Yes, you're goin' to get off'n that plug o' yours an' stand on that patch, an' I'm goin' to count three, nice an' steady, one-two-three! Just so. An' then we're goin' ...
— The Night Riders - A Romance of Early Montana • Ridgwell Cullum
... on the scene, [22] And watched by moonlight where we went:— Stagged us a toddling into the ken, [23] And were down upon us all; and then Who should I spy but the slap-up spark [24] What I eased of the swag ...
— Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs - and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] • John S. Farmer |
