Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... side of copiousness , admitted many words common to the colloquial language of England and this country , which have now been rejected to make way for pure Ameri- canisms . Of the words so rejected there are nearly eight hundred ; the ...
... side of copiousness , admitted many words common to the colloquial language of England and this country , which have now been rejected to make way for pure Ameri- canisms . Of the words so rejected there are nearly eight hundred ; the ...
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... side of copiousness , than by too rigid a system of selection to run into the opposite extreme . A careful perusal of nearly all the English glossaries has enabled me to select what appeared most desirable to embrace , and what to avoid ...
... side of copiousness , than by too rigid a system of selection to run into the opposite extreme . A careful perusal of nearly all the English glossaries has enabled me to select what appeared most desirable to embrace , and what to avoid ...
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... side - walk in some of our Southern cities . TO BANTER . To challenge , defy ; namely , to a race , a shooting - match , etc. Southern and Western . BANTER . A challenge . Southern and Western . " There will be a banter on the bare ...
... side - walk in some of our Southern cities . TO BANTER . To challenge , defy ; namely , to a race , a shooting - match , etc. Southern and Western . BANTER . A challenge . Southern and Western . " There will be a banter on the bare ...
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... side , or a similarly formed ravine , is not a barranca . These perpendicular walls of earth are found in Texas and New Mexico , and are a marked feature in their topogra- phy . The Barrancas which bound on one side the battle - field ...
... side , or a similarly formed ravine , is not a barranca . These perpendicular walls of earth are found in Texas and New Mexico , and are a marked feature in their topogra- phy . The Barrancas which bound on one side the battle - field ...
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... side of trees at a sufficient distance from each other to enable the traveller readily to dis- cover them , and thus follow the direct path or road . Such a mark is called a bluze , and trees thus marked are said to be blazed . " That ...
... side of trees at a sufficient distance from each other to enable the traveller readily to dis- cover them , and thus follow the direct path or road . Such a mark is called a bluze , and trees thus marked are said to be blazed . " That ...
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