limpsey

Why, that was one of the things I was thinking of, as I lay awake last night; because, you know, at times like these, people run their feet off before the time begins, and then they are all limpsey and lop-sided when the time comes.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Various

The death-howl, the limpsey tumbling body, the rush of friend and foe thither,

Song of the Broad-Axe 1900

The death-howl, the limpsey tumbling body, the rush

Leaves of Grass [1867] 1867

"Dus wot's hon'ble mean dat Missy Mara got ter mar'y Marse Bodine an you de limpsey-slimpsey one wot say you 'serted her?"

The Earth Trembled Edward Payson Roe 1863

I'se keep an eye on dat limpsey-slimpsey runaway as well as on de pots an kittles, an she's gwine ter run away agin from dis yere town jes as soon as de way open.

The Earth Trembled Edward Payson Roe 1863

The death-howl, the limpsey tumbling body, the rush of friend and foe thither,

Poems By Walt Whitman Walt Whitman 1855

There's nothin 'in creation deader-limpsey-idler'n a Banker when she ain't on fish. "

Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1900

Miss Mara quar in her notions 'bout de Norf -- she was brung up to 'em -- but dere's nuff woman in my honey lam 'to make a tousan ob dis yere limpsey-slimpsey one. "

The Earth Trembled Edward Payson Roe 1863