Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... one's shins , bobtail , bogtrotter , bolt - upright , boozy , bo - peep , to bore , born days , bran new , brown ... one's acquaintance , cut and run , cut a dash , dabster , dead alive , dawdle , demijohn , duds , Dick's hatband , dilly ...
... one's shins , bobtail , bogtrotter , bolt - upright , boozy , bo - peep , to bore , born days , bran new , brown ... one's acquaintance , cut and run , cut a dash , dabster , dead alive , dawdle , demijohn , duds , Dick's hatband , dilly ...
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... ONE'S BEND . Out of one's power . A common expression in the Western States . Above one's huckleberry is a vulgarism of the same signification . I shall not attempt to describe the curiosities at Peale's Museum ; it is above my bend ...
... ONE'S BEND . Out of one's power . A common expression in the Western States . Above one's huckleberry is a vulgarism of the same signification . I shall not attempt to describe the curiosities at Peale's Museum ; it is above my bend ...
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... one's hat ajee . " ALAMO . ( Span . ) See Cotton - wood . ALBANY BEEF . Sturgeon ; so called because it abounds in the Hudson River , and is much eaten in the city of Albany . ALBANY HEMP . ( Urtica canadensis . ) ( Urtica 4 ADO - ALB.
... one's hat ajee . " ALAMO . ( Span . ) See Cotton - wood . ALBANY BEEF . Sturgeon ; so called because it abounds in the Hudson River , and is much eaten in the city of Albany . ALBANY HEMP . ( Urtica canadensis . ) ( Urtica 4 ADO - ALB.
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... one's self . If a person inquires if you are at home , the servant is directed to say , No , if you don't want to be seen , and choose to be among the missing . - S . Slick , Nature and Human Nature , p . 17 . The crowd of office ...
... one's self . If a person inquires if you are at home , the servant is directed to say , No , if you don't want to be seen , and choose to be among the missing . - S . Slick , Nature and Human Nature , p . 17 . The crowd of office ...
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... one's own words ; as , “ I asked Jenkins , before witnesses , if he had called me a cheat ; and he backed right down . " BACK - HOUSE . A necessary house , privy ; so called from its position . In some parts of England it is called the ...
... one's own words ; as , “ I asked Jenkins , before witnesses , if he had called me a cheat ; and he backed right down . " BACK - HOUSE . A necessary house , privy ; so called from its position . In some parts of England it is called the ...
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