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... never published them ) , they will furnish 36,428 additional provincialisms , forming in the aggregate 59,000 words in the colloquial tongue of the lower classes , which can , for the chief part , produce proofs of legitimate origin ...
... never published them ) , they will furnish 36,428 additional provincialisms , forming in the aggregate 59,000 words in the colloquial tongue of the lower classes , which can , for the chief part , produce proofs of legitimate origin ...
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... never large , nor did they extend their settlements beyond the valley of the Mohawk and lands adjacent ; yet we find even in this thickly settled State , after a lapse of two hundred years , that they have left evident traces on our ...
... never large , nor did they extend their settlements beyond the valley of the Mohawk and lands adjacent ; yet we find even in this thickly settled State , after a lapse of two hundred years , that they have left evident traces on our ...
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... never seriously affect the language . Writers of political articles in the newspapers , stump - orators , and the members of legislative bodies , have added much to the English vocabulary . This class of words , though not remarkable ...
... never seriously affect the language . Writers of political articles in the newspapers , stump - orators , and the members of legislative bodies , have added much to the English vocabulary . This class of words , though not remarkable ...
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... never timber . They are classed as Pine - barrens , Oak - barrens , etc. , ac- cording to the kind of tree which prevails upon them . In Kentucky , the term is applied to certain regions in the carboniferous limestone for- mation , the ...
... never timber . They are classed as Pine - barrens , Oak - barrens , etc. , ac- cording to the kind of tree which prevails upon them . In Kentucky , the term is applied to certain regions in the carboniferous limestone for- mation , the ...
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... never knew a man from that State but he was a bar , and in fact the people are all barish to a degree . " BEAR - WALLOW . See Hog - Wallow . BEAST . A common name for a horse in the Southern and Western States . It is quite common to ...
... never knew a man from that State but he was a bar , and in fact the people are all barish to a degree . " BEAR - WALLOW . See Hog - Wallow . BEAST . A common name for a horse in the Southern and Western States . It is quite common to ...
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