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  • verb A nonce word in Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Etymologies

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A meaningless neologism used by the slave Sam in chapter 8 of Uncle Tom's Cabin in order to assert his superiority over a fellow slave, Andy, who challenges him.

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Examples

  • Andy looked rebuked, particularly by the hard word collusitate, which most of the youngerly members of the company seemed to consider as a settler in the case, while Sam proceeded.

    Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853

  • Andy looked rebuked, particularly by the hard word collusitate, which most of the youngerly members of the company seemed to consider as a settler in the case, while Sam proceeded.

    Uncle Tom's cabin, or Life among the lowly 1852

  • I tell you now, Andy, don't yer be a talkin ''bout what yer don't know nothin' on; boys like you, Andy, means well, but they can't be 'spected to collusitate the great principles of action.

    The Christian Slave: A Drama 1855

  • "I tell you now, Andy," said Sam, with awful superiority, "don't yer be a talkin ''bout what yer don't know nothin' on; boys like you, Andy, means well, but they can't be spected to collusitate the great principles of action."

    Uncle Tom's cabin, or Life among the lowly 1852

  • Andy, means well, but they can't be spected to collusitate the great principles of action. "

    Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853

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