Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... travel for miles and hear nothing but the Welsh language . These people have their newspapers and magazines in their native tongue , and support many churches wherein their language alone is preached . The Welsh , however , are not in ...
... travel for miles and hear nothing but the Welsh language . These people have their newspapers and magazines in their native tongue , and support many churches wherein their language alone is preached . The Welsh , however , are not in ...
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... Travels in Eng- land , quotes his remark on the use of the English language in England and in America , wherein the Professor insists that it is " more correctly spoken ) at this time ( 1805 ) by the mass of the Americans , than by the ...
... Travels in Eng- land , quotes his remark on the use of the English language in England and in America , wherein the Professor insists that it is " more correctly spoken ) at this time ( 1805 ) by the mass of the Americans , than by the ...
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... Travels in Canada and the United States . - The practice of moving on the first day of May , with one half the New - Yorkers , is an awful custom . - Major Downing , May - Day in New York . 2. Very great , excessive . This sense of the ...
... Travels in Canada and the United States . - The practice of moving on the first day of May , with one half the New - Yorkers , is an awful custom . - Major Downing , May - Day in New York . 2. Very great , excessive . This sense of the ...
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... Travels in the United States , Vol . III . p . 160. " BETTERMOST . The best . The word , which is provincial in England , is used in New England . The bettermost cow , an expression we do not find in Shakspeare or Milton . - Mrs ...
... Travels in the United States , Vol . III . p . 160. " BETTERMOST . The best . The word , which is provincial in England , is used in New England . The bettermost cow , an expression we do not find in Shakspeare or Milton . - Mrs ...
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... travels in Mongolia , describes its use there . In fact , throughout all Tartary or Turkestan , where there is a deficiency of wood , this article is in universal use for fuel . On the woodless plains of Texas , New Mexico , and ...
... travels in Mongolia , describes its use there . In fact , throughout all Tartary or Turkestan , where there is a deficiency of wood , this article is in universal use for fuel . On the woodless plains of Texas , New Mexico , and ...
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