Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... origin , claims to be more strictly American than the first . At the same time , the first edition will still have a value of its own , as showing more fully how much of the colloquial lan- ] guage of England is retained in use in this ...
... origin , claims to be more strictly American than the first . At the same time , the first edition will still have a value of its own , as showing more fully how much of the colloquial lan- ] guage of England is retained in use in this ...
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... origin , or one in which should be embraced all those words usually called provincial or vulgar- all the words , whatever be their origin , which are used in familiar conversation , and but seldom employed in composition all the ...
... origin , or one in which should be embraced all those words usually called provincial or vulgar- all the words , whatever be their origin , which are used in familiar conversation , and but seldom employed in composition all the ...
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... origin ( e . g . those derived from the Indian languages and from the Dutch ) , I have generally kept aloof from etymologies and etymo- logical discussions . These the reader will find in abundance — such as they are in the works of ...
... origin ( e . g . those derived from the Indian languages and from the Dutch ) , I have generally kept aloof from etymologies and etymo- logical discussions . These the reader will find in abundance — such as they are in the works of ...
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... origin , most if not all of which are used or under- derstood in the city of New York and those portions of its vicinity colo- nized by natives of Holland , were furnished by Mr. ALEXANDER J. Co- THEAL , a gentleman born and educated in ...
... origin , most if not all of which are used or under- derstood in the city of New York and those portions of its vicinity colo- nized by natives of Holland , were furnished by Mr. ALEXANDER J. Co- THEAL , a gentleman born and educated in ...
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... origin , descended through languages , of which sufficient re- mains to make grammatical as well as etymological comparisons practicable . It is true that some have regarded it as a perfect mongrel , without any nat- ural parent ...
... origin , descended through languages , of which sufficient re- mains to make grammatical as well as etymological comparisons practicable . It is true that some have regarded it as a perfect mongrel , without any nat- ural parent ...
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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