Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... expression in the Western States . Above one's huckleberry is a vulgarism of the same signification . I shall not attempt to describe the curiosities at Peale's Museum ; it is above my bend . - Crockett , Tour Down East . TO ...
... expression in the Western States . Above one's huckleberry is a vulgarism of the same signification . I shall not attempt to describe the curiosities at Peale's Museum ; it is above my bend . - Crockett , Tour Down East . TO ...
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... expression of recent origin , which has now become very common . It means to confess or acknowledge a charge or imputation . The following story is told as the origin of the phrase : -- Some years ago , a raw customer , from the upper ...
... expression of recent origin , which has now become very common . It means to confess or acknowledge a charge or imputation . The following story is told as the origin of the phrase : -- Some years ago , a raw customer , from the upper ...
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... expressions as , " I should admire to see the Presi- dent . " ADOBIES . ( Span . adobes . ) Sun - baked brick used for ... expression is said to be peculiar to the Middle States . Hurd's Grammatical Corrector . - AGGRAVATE . Used ...
... expressions as , " I should admire to see the Presi- dent . " ADOBIES . ( Span . adobes . ) Sun - baked brick used for ... expression is said to be peculiar to the Middle States . Hurd's Grammatical Corrector . - AGGRAVATE . Used ...
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... expression in Pennsylvania among the illi- terate to mean " all gone . " Thus a servant will say , " The potatoes is all any more , ” i . e . are all gone ; or she will say simply , " They's all . " ALL - FIRED . Enormous , excessive ...
... expression in Pennsylvania among the illi- terate to mean " all gone . " Thus a servant will say , " The potatoes is all any more , ” i . e . are all gone ; or she will say simply , " They's all . " ALL - FIRED . Enormous , excessive ...
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... expression , synonymous with expert , acute , excellent , capital . It answers to the English slang term bang - up or out- and - out . It is a prevalent idiom of low life , and often heard in the col- loquial language of the better ...
... expression , synonymous with expert , acute , excellent , capital . It answers to the English slang term bang - up or out- and - out . It is a prevalent idiom of low life , and often heard in the col- loquial language of the better ...
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