lOO ' KANSAS UNIVERSITY QUARTERLY. 



toad on a tussock: anything dull or lifeless. He sat there like 

 a toad on a tussock. 



tousle: to disarrange (hair). 



tousey: frowsy. 

 ' topside: on top of, as in, The best man topside o' God's green 

 earth. 



trade-lash: an exchange of compliments. (Wellesley.) 



trottin'-riggin's: best suit of clothes. 



two sticks: anything, as, He's as cross as two sticks. 



up above: up, as in. Up above stairs. 



Whootle-dasher: a 'rustler.' 



waat: for was not, were not, etc. 



wamus, wampus, warmus; a close, generally knit jacket. 

 (Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, New England.) 



