Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... hard as ever she could . Widow Bedott Papers , p . 124 . - ALL - TO - SMASH . Smashed to pieces . This expression is often heard in low and familiar language . It is an English provincialism . Mr. Halli- well says , that a Lancashire ...
... hard as ever she could . Widow Bedott Papers , p . 124 . - ALL - TO - SMASH . Smashed to pieces . This expression is often heard in low and familiar language . It is an English provincialism . Mr. Halli- well says , that a Lancashire ...
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... hard cider , and their midnight debaucheries , as they did in 1840. — Speech of J. Bowlin , N. Y. Herald , June 12 , 1848 . AVAILED . Dr. Witherspoon notices this word as used in the following ex- ample : " The members of a popular ...
... hard cider , and their midnight debaucheries , as they did in 1840. — Speech of J. Bowlin , N. Y. Herald , June 12 , 1848 . AVAILED . Dr. Witherspoon notices this word as used in the following ex- ample : " The members of a popular ...
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... hard cakes his mither bakes ; And bannocks were nae scanty . - Scotch Songs , II . 71 . In New England , cakes of Indian meal , fried in lard , are called ban- nocks . BANQUETTE . The name for the side - walk in some of our Southern ...
... hard cakes his mither bakes ; And bannocks were nae scanty . - Scotch Songs , II . 71 . In New England , cakes of Indian meal , fried in lard , are called ban- nocks . BANQUETTE . The name for the side - walk in some of our Southern ...
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... hard butte through which , with their united forces , they cut a cañon , and then flow off due west , etc. . . . . The walls of the cañon are vertical , and about fifty feet high , and 1,000 feet long . - Emory's New Mexico and ...
... hard butte through which , with their united forces , they cut a cañon , and then flow off due west , etc. . . . . The walls of the cañon are vertical , and about fifty feet high , and 1,000 feet long . - Emory's New Mexico and ...
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... hard case he is , " meaning a reckless scapegrace , mauvais sujet . " I say , Jekyl , " said Tom Gordon , " this sister of mine is a pretty rapid little case , as you saw by the way she circumvented us this morning . " - Mrs. Stowe ...
... hard case he is , " meaning a reckless scapegrace , mauvais sujet . " I say , Jekyl , " said Tom Gordon , " this sister of mine is a pretty rapid little case , as you saw by the way she circumvented us this morning . " - Mrs. Stowe ...
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