prissy, 1842 (?)

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>... BTW, do you know of Roger D. Abrahams? It's
>pronounced as though spelled "Abrams," so I've heard. I have a book of
>his called Deep Down in the Jungle (1963) that, among other things has
>a very small list of black usages from Philadelphia, some of which are
>new to me or have a different meaning from the one that I'm familiar
>with. I've been tempted to post some of his stuff. But that would be
>fairly pointless, if everyone here already knows his work.

I don't know it. I'd be interested, and I'm sure others would be too.

-- Doug Wilson