“The duke he begun to abuse him for an old fool, and the king begun to sass back, and the minute they was fairly at it I lit out and shook the reefs out of my hind legs, and spun down the river road like a deer, for I see our chance; and I made up my mind that it would be a long day before they ever see me and Jim again.”
(RQ:Twain Sawyer Abroa)
“But, good land! what did he want to sass back for? You see, it couldn’t do him no good, and it was just nuts for them.”