shebangs

The superior race did not feel itself debased by selling bad whisky at an extravagant price to the poor, thirsty Africans who went by the "shebangs" to and from their daily toil.

Bricks without Straw A Novel 1880

The superior race did not feel itself debased by selling bad whisky at an extravagant price to the poor, thirsty Africans who went by the "shebangs" to and from their daily toil.

Bricks Without Straw Albion Winegar Tourg��e 1871

December, after living for six weeks in improvised huts or "shebangs," as they were called, roughly put together of rails, stones, and any other material to be found, the Nineteenth Corps broke up its cantonment before Kernstown, called Camp Russell, and marching over the frozen ground, took up a position to cover the railway and the roads near Stephenson's.

History of the Nineteenth Army Corps 1865

V-Day “shebangs” are taxing: they require time, planning and extremely large biceps.

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Yet the grounds were evidently crowded with waggons and men; he recognised sounds which indicated that tents were being erected, drains and sinks dug; the rattle of planks and boards were significant of preparation for the construction of "shebangs."

Ailsa Paige 1899

"And the shebangs and grog-shops and the dirty, drunken villages?" interrupted the old man.

Carnac's Folly, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

"And the shebangs and grog-shops and the dirty, drunken villages?" interrupted the old man.

Carnac's Folly, Volume 1. Gilbert Parker 1897

"And the shebangs and grog-shops and the dirty, drunken villages?" interrupted the old man.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

The soldiers guarding the road came out from their tents or shebangs of bushes with rumpled hair and half-awake look.

Back to Washington. Specimen Days 1892

It was when trying to bucket out the fire the lieut'nant was shot, and it was a roaring conflagration in five minutes, and from that it spread to the agency and the other shebangs, and it was all we could do to get the women and children out of the cellars and into the corral, and them bucks firing from every sage brush for a mile around.

Under Fire Charles King 1888