Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... American than the first . At the same time , the first edition will still have a value of its own , as showing more fully how much of the colloquial lan- ] guage of England is retained in use in this country . Due attention has been ...
... American than the first . At the same time , the first edition will still have a value of its own , as showing more fully how much of the colloquial lan- ] guage of England is retained in use in this country . Due attention has been ...
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... American origin , or one in which should be embraced all those words usually called provincial or vulgar- all the ... America . 5. Newly coined words , which owe their origin to the productions or to the circum- stances of the country ...
... American origin , or one in which should be embraced all those words usually called provincial or vulgar- all the ... America . 5. Newly coined words , which owe their origin to the productions or to the circum- stances of the country ...
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... American in their origin and use , I have also attempted to illustrate , by extracts from American authors whose writings relate to that class of people among which these words are chiefly found . These books contain descriptions of ...
... American in their origin and use , I have also attempted to illustrate , by extracts from American authors whose writings relate to that class of people among which these words are chiefly found . These books contain descriptions of ...
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... American Works , " which consist of a series of tales and adventures in the South - west and West , by Wm . T. Porter , editor of the New York Spirit of the Times ; John S. Robb and J. M. Field , Esquires , of St. Louis , Missouri ; the ...
... American Works , " which consist of a series of tales and adventures in the South - west and West , by Wm . T. Porter , editor of the New York Spirit of the Times ; John S. Robb and J. M. Field , Esquires , of St. Louis , Missouri ; the ...
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... American Provincialisms . From what has already been said , it will be seen that it is very difficult to draw the line between what should be admitted and what excluded ; and I have thought it better to err on the side of copiousness ...
... American Provincialisms . From what has already been said , it will be seen that it is very difficult to draw the line between what should be admitted and what excluded ; and I have thought it better to err on the side of copiousness ...
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Abenaki ain't Allspice American Balt banks boys called colloquial common corruption Democratic denote dialects dictionaries dollars Dow's Sermons Dutch Eastford English English language expression fish give grass ground heard horse Human Nature Indian corn Jones's Courtship Kentucky land language Letter Loco-foco maize Margaret means Menhaden Mexico Mississippi Mountains N. Y. Spirit N. Y. Tribune negro never North Northern one's origin party peculiar person phrase Pickering plant political popular name prairies Pron pronunciation Providence Journal provincial in England Rhode Island river Sam Slick says sense Slick in England sometimes South South Carolina Southern Sketches Spanish real species Squatter tell term applied Texas thing town tree United Virginia vulgar Washington Webster West West Indies Western Whig Widow Bedott Papers wood Worcester word writers Yankee York York Tribune