[Idiom] limped off a piece and limped off a place

[booklovers]

[FONT=&#44404]He give Smiley a look,as much as to say his heart was broke, and it was his fault for puttingup a dog that hadn't no hind legs for him to take holt of,which was his main dependence in a fight, and then he limped off a piece and laid down and died.

It's from Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County'.

There was 'limp off a place' thread here in this forum, but is it the same meaning or different?



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[bhaisahab]

"he limped off a piece" means that he limped some distance away.

 

[Rover_KE]

Welcome to the forum, booklovers.

No — it means 'limped off an unspecified distance'.

Other learners should note that this sentence is written in dialect and not standard English.