shootin'-ir'ns

Updated: May 25, 2025

They could not be sure who he was, but he was a funny fellow to have along with them at any rate. He was not only funny, but he was evidently fearless. For when they came to the castle it was all dark and still. Bill Day said that it looked "powerful juberous to him. Ole Andy meant to use shootin'-ir'ns, and didn't want to be pestered with no lights blazin' in his eyes."

Edward Eggleston - The End of the World : A Love Story