Word: slouching
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Dates: during 1876-1876
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...stranger come in. His appearance was certainly remarkable. He was young, but dressed in a very old fashion. Buff boots and black-velvet knickerbockers adorned his legs, while a blue coat and brilliant red waistcoat covered the upper part of his body. He took off his large slouch hat as he came in, and showed a head of brown ringlets. Thinking he had been taking part in some theatricals, and had wandered by mistake into my room, I offered him a chair and my jar of Lone Jack. He dipped his thumb and forefinger into the tobacco and proceeded...