I hope this is an okay question. I can't think of where else to ask it.

I read a lot of Civil War era stuff, and sometimes people would write or say "she's some," with that being the end of the sentence. This seems impossible to search for, since the search will find it in phrases like "she's some dancer!" or whatever. I imagine it could also apply to men - "he's some" - but I'm not sure. From the context, I get the sense it would be similar to us saying "she's something!" as in she's a bit much or odd in some way. But I just can't figure it out. People in the west tended to use some odd grammar like that. But because, as far as I know, it is impossible to search that phrase alone without a noun following it, I can't narrow down the context like I can with most things.

In that period, people frequently cited now obscure literary works, and I feel like a lot of times it goes unnoticed or underanalyzed. That is possibly the case here.

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I study Abraham Lincoln and related figures, and this is where it comes up. Any help would be appreciated, and let me know if you need more information.

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ETA: The phrase "get some" in reference to sex was used at the time. But that's definitely not the connotation here. Possibly a hint, though.