Lexicographical Neighbors of Oodlins
Literary usage of Oodlins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dialect Notes by American Dialect Society (1896)
"oodlins: abundance, a large quantity; "dead oodlins" = a very great quantity.
Winchester, Ky. [Cf. Cent. ..."
2. Warwick of the Knobs: A Story of Stringtown County, Kentucky by John Uri Lloyd (1901)
"Thar's oodlins of 'em, pap. And every house has other men gittin' ready to be
soldiers when them who are wearin' the blue are gone; and behind them are a ..."
3. The Century (1902)
"I let on to 'im that I had oodlins o' chances; an' so I have, ef I 'd run about
an' look 'em up, like other gals." "The thing 's gone too fur to joke about ..."
4. "Magyarland;": Being the Narrative of Our Travels Through the Highlands and by Mazuchelli, N. E (1881)
"oodlins OF THE MIST. '• Who are tin-no, a shadowy band 'f Come they from the
Spirit-land?" " VOU will have a glorious day to-morrow for your climb to tho ..."
5. Mimic Life: Or, Before and Behind the Curtain. A Series of Narratives by Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie (1856)
""Hot oodlins," as usual, excited the riotous mirth of the pit. Pantaloon was duly
buffeted and bullied; the stereotyped traditional jokes played off upon ..."
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