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... rest from New England , by taking the first syllable from " Pennsylvania , ” and the last from " Yankee . ” * See Introduction to History of Kentucky . Strangely formed factitious words are much affected at the West INTRODUCTION . xxiii.
... rest from New England , by taking the first syllable from " Pennsylvania , ” and the last from " Yankee . ” * See Introduction to History of Kentucky . Strangely formed factitious words are much affected at the West INTRODUCTION . xxiii.
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... Yankee Jim's , Jackass Gulch , Red Dog , Traveller's Rest , Fair Play , with many others equally ridiculous . In consequence of the variety of origin of the names of States and towns , the formation of nouns from them to denote the ...
... Yankee Jim's , Jackass Gulch , Red Dog , Traveller's Rest , Fair Play , with many others equally ridiculous . In consequence of the variety of origin of the names of States and towns , the formation of nouns from them to denote the ...
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... Yankee dialect . The words bankable , boatable , dutiable , mailable , mileage , are well formed and useful terms , which have been generally adopted by those who have oc- casion to make use of them . But the words dubersome ...
... Yankee dialect . The words bankable , boatable , dutiable , mailable , mileage , are well formed and useful terms , which have been generally adopted by those who have oc- casion to make use of them . But the words dubersome ...
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... Yankees have a decided advantage over our English peasantry in the use of grammatical language ; they speak better English than you will hear from persons of the same class in any part of England , Ireland , or Scotland ; a fact that we ...
... Yankees have a decided advantage over our English peasantry in the use of grammatical language ; they speak better English than you will hear from persons of the same class in any part of England , Ireland , or Scotland ; a fact that we ...
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... Yankee Hill's Sto- ries . BEAT OUT . Tired or fagged out . BEAU . This word , nearly obsolete in England , is in common use with us to mean a lover , sweetheart . TO BEAU . To act in the capacity of a gallant or beau . Well , I got to ...
... Yankee Hill's Sto- ries . BEAT OUT . Tired or fagged out . BEAU . This word , nearly obsolete in England , is in common use with us to mean a lover , sweetheart . TO BEAU . To act in the capacity of a gallant or beau . Well , I got to ...
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