Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... party , and in denouncing those of their opponents . The Democratic papers pursue a similar course . The advocates and opponents of Abolition , Fourierism , etc. , invent and employ many words peculiar to themselves . So with the ...
... party , and in denouncing those of their opponents . The Democratic papers pursue a similar course . The advocates and opponents of Abolition , Fourierism , etc. , invent and employ many words peculiar to themselves . So with the ...
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... party ; and as the parties become extinct , or give place to new ones , the terms which express their peculiar ideas or doctrines likewise fall out of use . In this class may be included such terms as Old Hunker , Bucktail , Federalist ...
... party ; and as the parties become extinct , or give place to new ones , the terms which express their peculiar ideas or doctrines likewise fall out of use . In this class may be included such terms as Old Hunker , Bucktail , Federalist ...
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... party that opposed the adoption of the Con- stitution of the United States , which was then always spoken of by the name of the Federal Constitution . The word is not now much used ; having been superseded by various other names , which ...
... party that opposed the adoption of the Con- stitution of the United States , which was then always spoken of by the name of the Federal Constitution . The word is not now much used ; having been superseded by various other names , which ...
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... party must back out , or no one can tell what will be the result . - National Intelligencer . " T would save some whole cartloads of fuss , an ' three or four months o ' jaw , If some illustrious patriot should back out and withdraw ...
... party must back out , or no one can tell what will be the result . - National Intelligencer . " T would save some whole cartloads of fuss , an ' three or four months o ' jaw , If some illustrious patriot should back out and withdraw ...
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... party having it in charge . In California the most outrageous frauds have been committed by this means . BALLYHACK " Go to Ballyhack ! " a common expression in New England . I know not its origin . It savors in sound , however , of the ...
... party having it in charge . In California the most outrageous frauds have been committed by this means . BALLYHACK " Go to Ballyhack ! " a common expression in New England . I know not its origin . It savors in sound , however , of the ...
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