Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... frequently by the same class of people when speaking in public . In the South and West this custom prevails to a greater extent than at the North . This is the finest cow in the State of South Carolina , ' observes one . ' The ...
... frequently by the same class of people when speaking in public . In the South and West this custom prevails to a greater extent than at the North . This is the finest cow in the State of South Carolina , ' observes one . ' The ...
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... frequently made against us by English critics of perverting our vernacular tongue , and of adding useless words to it , it will not be out of place to state here that , in the belief of the author , the English * In preparing this work ...
... frequently made against us by English critics of perverting our vernacular tongue , and of adding useless words to it , it will not be out of place to state here that , in the belief of the author , the English * In preparing this work ...
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... frequently from place to place , they are not so liable to local peculiarities either in accent or phraseology . " - Works , Vol . IV . p . 281 . The London Quarterly Review , in noticing Silliman's Travels in Eng- land , quotes his ...
... frequently from place to place , they are not so liable to local peculiarities either in accent or phraseology . " - Works , Vol . IV . p . 281 . The London Quarterly Review , in noticing Silliman's Travels in Eng- land , quotes his ...
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... frequent element of availability . - J . Inman . As this word is not noticed by any lexicographer except Dr. Worcester , and is now much used , it is thought advisable to give several examples of its use . These political conventions ...
... frequent element of availability . - J . Inman . As this word is not noticed by any lexicographer except Dr. Worcester , and is now much used , it is thought advisable to give several examples of its use . These political conventions ...
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... frequently hear such expressions as the " bal- ance of a speech ; " " the balance of the day was idly spent ; " " " a great many people assembled at the church : a part got in , the balance re- mained without . " The yawl returned to ...
... frequently hear such expressions as the " bal- ance of a speech ; " " the balance of the day was idly spent ; " " " a great many people assembled at the church : a part got in , the balance re- mained without . " The yawl returned to ...
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