yerk

George bit his lip, scratched his head with the awl, and gave the lingles such a yerk, that he made them both crack in two.

Crack on, Mr Yerk, and let us overhaul this small swaggerer.

But an I get the first yerk of a chield, I'm no unco feared for his return.

Ship aboard of us for Noo Yerk, and if that dont make a man of yoo, call me small pumpkins arterwards.

But Whiffle never could acquit Yerk of having been, directly or indirectly, the cause of his suffering from the impure shower.