Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... half had been put in type , the occurrence of some terms common in political language , the exact meaning of which was not clear , led me to apply to my friend JOHN INMAN , Esq . , editor of the New York Commercial Advertiser , for aid ...
... half had been put in type , the occurrence of some terms common in political language , the exact meaning of which was not clear , led me to apply to my friend JOHN INMAN , Esq . , editor of the New York Commercial Advertiser , for aid ...
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... half a crown , An treat me wud some beer , If I wud make it up wud him , An let un goo off clear . Tom Cladpole's Journey to Lunnun . ALLSPICE . 1. The aromatic berry of the Eugenia pimenta , the Allspice Pimento or Bayberry Tree , a ...
... half a crown , An treat me wud some beer , If I wud make it up wud him , An let un goo off clear . Tom Cladpole's Journey to Lunnun . ALLSPICE . 1. The aromatic berry of the Eugenia pimenta , the Allspice Pimento or Bayberry Tree , a ...
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... half the New - Yorkers , is an awful custom . - Major Downing , May - Day in New York . 2. Very great , excessive . This sense of the word is peculiar to the West . Pot - pie is the favorite dish , and woodsmen , sharp set , are awful ...
... half the New - Yorkers , is an awful custom . - Major Downing , May - Day in New York . 2. Very great , excessive . This sense of the word is peculiar to the West . Pot - pie is the favorite dish , and woodsmen , sharp set , are awful ...
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... half civilized Indians . Western . BLANKET COAT . A coat made from a blanket , common in the West , and often seen with the black stripe of the border of the original blanket crossing various parts of the garment . Such a coat 34 BLA BLA -
... half civilized Indians . Western . BLANKET COAT . A coat made from a blanket , common in the West , and often seen with the black stripe of the border of the original blanket crossing various parts of the garment . Such a coat 34 BLA BLA -
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... Half surplice cloake , half Priest , half Puritan . Made up of all these halfes , hee cannot pass For any thing entirely but an ass . In the latter sense it is used particularly in politics . The Quest description of old Van Rensselaer ...
... Half surplice cloake , half Priest , half Puritan . Made up of all these halfes , hee cannot pass For any thing entirely but an ass . In the latter sense it is used particularly in politics . The Quest description of old Van Rensselaer ...
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Abenaki ain't Allspice American Balt banks boys called colloquial common corruption Democratic denote dialects dictionaries dollars Dow's Sermons Dutch Eastford English English language expression fish give grass ground heard horse Human Nature Indian corn Jones's Courtship Kentucky land language Letter Loco-foco maize Margaret means Menhaden Mexico Mississippi Mountains N. Y. Spirit N. Y. Tribune negro never North Northern one's origin party peculiar person phrase Pickering plant political popular name prairies Pron pronunciation Providence Journal provincial in England Rhode Island river Sam Slick says sense Slick in England sometimes South South Carolina Southern Sketches Spanish real species Squatter tell term applied Texas thing town tree United Virginia vulgar Washington Webster West West Indies Western Whig Widow Bedott Papers wood Worcester word writers Yankee York York Tribune