Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... banks , being anxious to make money for their stockholders , are probably right to drive ahead , regardless of consequences , etc.-N. Y. Com . Adv . , Nov. 29 , 1845 . AJEE . Askew ; as " to have one's hat ajee . " ALAMO . ( Span ...
... banks , being anxious to make money for their stockholders , are probably right to drive ahead , regardless of consequences , etc.-N. Y. Com . Adv . , Nov. 29 , 1845 . AJEE . Askew ; as " to have one's hat ajee . " ALAMO . ( Span ...
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... bank , as bills ; or discountable , as notes . - Webster . Among the great variety of bank - notes which constitute 20 BAL - BAN.
... bank , as bills ; or discountable , as notes . - Webster . Among the great variety of bank - notes which constitute 20 BAL - BAN.
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... bank note is as regularly employed . BANKER . A vessel employed in fishing on the Banks of Newfoundland . " There were employed in the fisheries 1,232 vessels , namely , 584 to the Banks , 648 to the Bay and Labrador ; the bankers may ...
... bank note is as regularly employed . BANKER . A vessel employed in fishing on the Banks of Newfoundland . " There were employed in the fisheries 1,232 vessels , namely , 584 to the Banks , 648 to the Bay and Labrador ; the bankers may ...
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... banks of such are always steep and abrupt , like a wall , owing to the tenacity of the soil , and the suddenness with which they are made . A sloping bank by a river's side , or a similarly formed ravine , is not a barranca . These ...
... banks of such are always steep and abrupt , like a wall , owing to the tenacity of the soil , and the suddenness with which they are made . A sloping bank by a river's side , or a similarly formed ravine , is not a barranca . These ...
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... banks of the bayou , and determined to mark the tree with a blaze . — A Stray Yankee in Texas , p . 63 . Do you see that blaze in the hemlock tree ? Well , he up and as quick as a wink fired and hit it in the centre . - S . Slick ...
... banks of the bayou , and determined to mark the tree with a blaze . — A Stray Yankee in Texas , p . 63 . Do you see that blaze in the hemlock tree ? Well , he up and as quick as a wink fired and hit it in the centre . - S . Slick ...
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