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... Dutch language under the title of " Woordenboek van Americanismen , etc. Bewerkt door M. Keijzer . Gorin- chem , 1854 , " leaving out the quotations which illustrate the use of words . It was hoped that this work would furnish ...
... Dutch language under the title of " Woordenboek van Americanismen , etc. Bewerkt door M. Keijzer . Gorin- chem , 1854 , " leaving out the quotations which illustrate the use of words . It was hoped that this work would furnish ...
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... from European languages , especially the French , Spanish , Dutch , and German . 7. Indian words . 8. Negroisms . 9. Peculiarities of pronunciation . [ Note to Second Edition . ] remark that they are low or vulgar , or only viii PREFACE.
... from European languages , especially the French , Spanish , Dutch , and German . 7. Indian words . 8. Negroisms . 9. Peculiarities of pronunciation . [ Note to Second Edition . ] remark that they are low or vulgar , or only viii PREFACE.
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... Dutch ) , I have generally kept aloof from etymologies and etymo- logical discussions . These the reader will find in abundance — such as they are in the works of Johnson , Todd , Webster , and others . Words of a provincial character ...
... Dutch ) , I have generally kept aloof from etymologies and etymo- logical discussions . These the reader will find in abundance — such as they are in the works of Johnson , Todd , Webster , and others . Words of a provincial character ...
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... Dutch origin , most if not all of which are used or under- derstood in the city of New York and those portions of its vicinity colo- nized by natives of Holland , were furnished by Mr. ALEXANDER J. Co- THEAL , a gentleman born and ...
... Dutch origin , most if not all of which are used or under- derstood in the city of New York and those portions of its vicinity colo- nized by natives of Holland , were furnished by Mr. ALEXANDER J. Co- THEAL , a gentleman born and ...
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... Dutch words have become incorporated into the common speech . In some of the inland villages of Dutch origin , the inhabitants still use the language of their fathers ; and there are even individuals who never spoke any other . - a ...
... Dutch words have become incorporated into the common speech . In some of the inland villages of Dutch origin , the inhabitants still use the language of their fathers ; and there are even individuals who never spoke any other . - a ...
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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