Ramstuginous (rambunctious): rowdy, disorderly or boisterous.
- 1847: [An old he-bar] is as ramstugonous an animal as a log-cabin loafer in the dog-days. A Swim for a Deer, p.120
- 1851: The old lady bawled out, "There comes our ramstuginous little doctor." An Arkansaw Doctor, p.81
- 1856: You rambunctious old wool-grower! San Francisco Call, December 17
Reckon: to think or guess.
- 1819: Asking very civilly, "Can we breakfast here?" I have received a shrill "I reckon so." Massachusetts Spy, January 8
- 1855: Boys say with us, and everywhere, I reckon, "You worry my dog, and I'll worry your cat." Dr. Ross, Tennessee, in the "New School" General Assembly, Buffalo
Retiracy: retirement.
- 1851: If we didn't elect him, I'd go into retiracy. Seba Smith, Major Jack Downing, p.341
- 1843: I'd a powerful sight sooner go into retiracy, nor consent to that bill. R. Carlton, The New Purchase, p. 74
Ride out on a rail: to be forced to leave town.
- 1866: Others proposed giving him a good coat of tar and feathers, and riding him out of town on a rail. Seba Smith, Way Down East, p.251
Rip-roaring, rip-staver, rip-snortin': an impressive person or thing.
- 1833: In ten minutes he yelled enough, and swore I was a rip-stavur. Sketches of Davy Crockett, p.144
- 1846: What a rip-snortin' red head you have got! Yale Literary Magazine
- 1856: "Hallo, judge," said Major H., "that's a rip-roaring hat you've got." San Francisco Call, December 19
Rum-hole: a small drinking establishment, especially in New York.
- 1872: The State of New York alone, we believe, uses the term rum-holes for its smaller grog shops. De Vere
Row: a fight.
- 1873: Indeed, it really seemed that everybody was bent on a row. Edward Savage, Police Records and Recollections, p. 114
