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/patəˈɹəʊlə/ · noun
(African-American Vernacular, historical) A member of a slave patrol..
[…]I'll break yo neck, I'll crack yo head / I'll wallop you twel I make you think / I'm de patter-roller, you wall-eyed slink!".
One old fellow name John been a run-awayer for four years and de patterrollers tries all dey tricks, but dey can't cotch him. Dey wants him bad, 'cause it 'spire other slaves to run away if he stays a-loose.
Where was that ditch? Tentatively she whistled the children's tune, “Run, chillen, run; the patterroller get you—"
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Patterroller means (African-American Vernacular, historical) A member of a slave patrol..
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[…]I'll break yo neck, I'll crack yo head / I'll wallop you twel I make you think / I'm de patter-roller, you wall-eyed slink!".
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