Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... ground I have been led to occupy . I began to make a list of such words as appeared to be , or at least such as had generally been called , Americanisms , or peculiar to the United States , and , at the same time , made reference to the ...
... ground I have been led to occupy . I began to make a list of such words as appeared to be , or at least such as had generally been called , Americanisms , or peculiar to the United States , and , at the same time , made reference to the ...
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... ground , many words must necessarily be embraced which are to be found in the dictionaries of Drs . Johnson and Webster , with the The term " Americanisms , " as used in this Dictionary , may then be said to include the following ...
... ground , many words must necessarily be embraced which are to be found in the dictionaries of Drs . Johnson and Webster , with the The term " Americanisms , " as used in this Dictionary , may then be said to include the following ...
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... ground , stump , etc. - The peculiar physical features of the country - its animals , productions , aborigines , forest - life , etc. — have been a most fruitful source , from which have sprung perhaps the largest number of new words ...
... ground , stump , etc. - The peculiar physical features of the country - its animals , productions , aborigines , forest - life , etc. — have been a most fruitful source , from which have sprung perhaps the largest number of new words ...
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... ground is bad or worn - out , they put two or three of the fishes called aloofes under or adjacent to each corn - hill ; whereby they had many ✓ times a double crop to what the ground would otherwise have produced . The Eng- lish have ...
... ground is bad or worn - out , they put two or three of the fishes called aloofes under or adjacent to each corn - hill ; whereby they had many ✓ times a double crop to what the ground would otherwise have produced . The Eng- lish have ...
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... ground , etc.— Williams's Florida , p . 115 . The boats of the South Ferry forced their way through the ice , and kept up their communication for the balance of the day . - New York Tribune . BALD FACE . Common ( penny ) whiskey ...
... ground , etc.— Williams's Florida , p . 115 . The boats of the South Ferry forced their way through the ice , and kept up their communication for the balance of the day . - New York Tribune . BALD FACE . Common ( penny ) whiskey ...
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