in-trick-ate

Updated: August 7, 2026

And for a year or so prior to the outbreak of the war my thoughts had been running much on the science of law, and I had a strong desire, if the thing could be accomplished, to sometime be a lawyer myself. "Leander," said he, "if ever you get into the practice of law, you'll find that it is just plum full of little in-trick-ate pints." K of the 97th Illinois Infantry.

Leander Stillwell - The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865