Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... rivers , bays , and prominent landmarks bear them , as Housatonic , Connecti- cut , Quinnebaug , Pawcatuck , Merrimack , Kennebec , Penobscot , Narragan- set , Passamaquoddy , etc. In other parts of the country , too , the rivers retain ...
... rivers , bays , and prominent landmarks bear them , as Housatonic , Connecti- cut , Quinnebaug , Pawcatuck , Merrimack , Kennebec , Penobscot , Narragan- set , Passamaquoddy , etc. In other parts of the country , too , the rivers retain ...
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... river . Her interior arrangements are complete , and her officers A No. 1.- Western Paper . Got a prime nigger , said the slave - dealer ; an A number one cook and no mistake ! picked her up cheap . - Mrs. Stowe , Dred , Vol . I. p ...
... river . Her interior arrangements are complete , and her officers A No. 1.- Western Paper . Got a prime nigger , said the slave - dealer ; an A number one cook and no mistake ! picked her up cheap . - Mrs. Stowe , Dred , Vol . I. p ...
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... river he went . The night after his arrival he went up town , to a gambling - house . Of course he com- menced betting , and , his luck proving unfortunate , he lost . When his money was gone , he bet his " truck ; " and the corn and ...
... river he went . The night after his arrival he went up town , to a gambling - house . Of course he com- menced betting , and , his luck proving unfortunate , he lost . When his money was gone , he bet his " truck ; " and the corn and ...
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... have 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.
... have 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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... rivers before the introduction of steamboats , to transport merchandise . See Flat - Boat . ARKANSAS TOOTHPICK . A bowie knife of a peculiar kind , the blade of which shuts up into the handle . Straightway leaped the valiant Slingsby ...
... rivers before the introduction of steamboats , to transport merchandise . See Flat - Boat . ARKANSAS TOOTHPICK . A bowie knife of a peculiar kind , the blade of which shuts up into the handle . Straightway leaped the valiant Slingsby ...
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