Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... political and dramatic scenes , etc. We have no books which present so graphic an account of Western life , related in the exaggerated and metaphorical language peculiar to the people of that region . In Southern provincialisms I find ...
... political and dramatic scenes , etc. We have no books which present so graphic an account of Western life , related in the exaggerated and metaphorical language peculiar to the people of that region . In Southern provincialisms I find ...
Page xi
... political terms in advocating the principles of their 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 ...
... political terms in advocating the principles of their 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 ...
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... political language of the day . I regret that I did not have his valuable aid in defining and illustrating the use of words and phrases which occur in the early part of this Glossary . The contributions of Mr. Inman are acknowledged ...
... political language of the day . I regret that I did not have his valuable aid in defining and illustrating the use of words and phrases which occur in the early part of this Glossary . The contributions of Mr. Inman are acknowledged ...
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... political meetings , because they are popular with the masses . Next we hear them on the floor of Congress and in our halls of legislation . Quoted by the newspapers , they become familiar to all , and take their place in the colloquial ...
... political meetings , because they are popular with the masses . Next we hear them on the floor of Congress and in our halls of legislation . Quoted by the newspapers , they become familiar to all , and take their place in the colloquial ...
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... 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 for their elegance , are often highly expressive ...
... 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 for their elegance , are often highly expressive ...
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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