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... sometimes to express shades of difference in signification , for which the language did not supply a suitable term ; sometimes to express a combination of ideas by a single word , which otherwise would require a circumlocu- tion . These ...
... sometimes to express shades of difference in signification , for which the language did not supply a suitable term ; sometimes to express a combination of ideas by a single word , which otherwise would require a circumlocu- tion . These ...
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... sometimes difficult and even impossible . Thus New Yorker , Vermonter , Rhode Islander , will do well enough ; and so will Virginian , Georgian , Philadelphian , Bostonian , Mobilian ; but Buffalonian , Illinoian , Ohioan , are hardly ...
... sometimes difficult and even impossible . Thus New Yorker , Vermonter , Rhode Islander , will do well enough ; and so will Virginian , Georgian , Philadelphian , Bostonian , Mobilian ; but Buffalonian , Illinoian , Ohioan , are hardly ...
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... sometimes accompanied by a speaking through the nose , as eend for end , dawg for dog , Gawd for God , etc. fore the sounds ow and oo , they often insert a short i , which we will repre- sent by the letter y ; as kyow for cow , vyow for ...
... sometimes accompanied by a speaking through the nose , as eend for end , dawg for dog , Gawd for God , etc. fore the sounds ow and oo , they often insert a short i , which we will repre- sent by the letter y ; as kyow for cow , vyow for ...
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... sometimes spelt azequia or zequia . As the mustang sprang over the zequia , the flowing skirt of the manga was puffed forward . Mayne Reid , The War Trail . ACKNOWLEDGE THE CORN . An expression of recent origin , 2 ABO - ACE.
... sometimes spelt azequia or zequia . As the mustang sprang over the zequia , the flowing skirt of the manga was puffed forward . Mayne Reid , The War Trail . ACKNOWLEDGE THE CORN . An expression of recent origin , 2 ABO - ACE.
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... sometimes simply an alley . 2. An ornamental marble , used by boys for shooting in the ring , also called in England , a taw . It is made of marble or of painted etc .; clay . ALLIGATOR . 1. A large American reptile , resembling the ...
... sometimes simply an alley . 2. An ornamental marble , used by boys for shooting in the ring , also called in England , a taw . It is made of marble or of painted etc .; clay . ALLIGATOR . 1. A large American reptile , resembling the ...
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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