Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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Page iii
... probably twice as many as the first edition . The examples or illustrations from authors , showing the use of words , have also been greatly multiplied . This seemed desirable , as exam- ples convey a far more correct idea of their ...
... probably twice as many as the first edition . The examples or illustrations from authors , showing the use of words , have also been greatly multiplied . This seemed desirable , as exam- ples convey a far more correct idea of their ...
Page xii
... probably think that many have been admitted which ought not to have a place in a Dictionary of American Provincialisms . From what has already been said , it will be seen that it is very difficult to draw the line between what should be ...
... probably think that many have been admitted which ought not to have a place in a Dictionary of American Provincialisms . From what has already been said , it will be seen that it is very difficult to draw the line between what should be ...
Page xvi
... probably approached nearer to its immediate progenitor , the Low German and Moso - Gothic , than the form it assumed several centuries later , when we first find written documents . * * It is true that the celebrated Anglo - Saxon poem ...
... probably approached nearer to its immediate progenitor , the Low German and Moso - Gothic , than the form it assumed several centuries later , when we first find written documents . * * It is true that the celebrated Anglo - Saxon poem ...
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... probably right to drive ahead , regardless of consequences , etc.-N. Y. Com . Adv . , Nov. 29 , 1845 . AJEE . Askew ; as " to have one's hat ajee . " ALAMO . ( Span . ) See Cotton - wood . ALBANY BEEF . Sturgeon ; so called because it ...
... probably right to drive ahead , regardless of consequences , etc.-N. Y. Com . Adv . , Nov. 29 , 1845 . AJEE . Askew ; as " to have one's hat ajee . " ALAMO . ( Span . ) See Cotton - wood . ALBANY BEEF . Sturgeon ; so called because it ...
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... probably a puritanical corruption of hell - fired , designed to have the virtue of an oath without offending polite ears . I was woked up by a noise in the street ; so I jumps up in an all - fired hurry , ups with the window , and outs ...
... probably a puritanical corruption of hell - fired , designed to have the virtue of an oath without offending polite ears . I was woked up by a noise in the street ; so I jumps up in an all - fired hurry , ups with the window , and outs ...
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