1. Sheet iron crakers - Hardtack 2. Sardine box - Cap box 3. Bread Basket - Stomach 4. Sawbones - Surgeon 5. Quick-step - Diarrhea 6. Goobers - Peanuts 7. Fresh fish - Raw recruits 8. Skedaddle - run, scatter 9 Snug as a bug - Comfortable, cozy 10. Zu-Zu - Zuoave soldier 11. Arkansas toothpick - Large knife 12. Grab a root - Have dinner, potato 13. Shine, bark juice, tar water - liquor 14. Jailbird (criminal) 15. Toeing the mark - Obeying orders 16. bluff - Cheater 17. Sunday soldier - Insulting words 18. Hard case - Tough 19. Scarce as hen's teeth - Rare or scarce 20. Tight, Wallpapered - Drunk More to come ! |
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Civil War Slang ! |