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... tell'd " told , N. E. sauce , N. E. saucy , scarce , W. scholar , S. W. " since , shut , S. " shook , W. " such , 66 scared , S. W. " sort of , " 6 smart , S. " spectacle , " spoil , suppose , " 6 66 " " INTRODUCTION . xxvii.
... tell'd " told , N. E. sauce , N. E. saucy , scarce , W. scholar , S. W. " since , shut , S. " shook , W. " such , 66 scared , S. W. " sort of , " 6 smart , S. " spectacle , " spoil , suppose , " 6 66 " " INTRODUCTION . xxvii.
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... telling his master the mill - dam had burst , exclaimed , " Maister , maister , dam's brossen , and aw's - to - smash . ” · Archaic and Prov . Dictionary . See Smash . ― ALLEY . 1. A place where the game of nine or ten pins is played ...
... telling his master the mill - dam had burst , exclaimed , " Maister , maister , dam's brossen , and aw's - to - smash . ” · Archaic and Prov . Dictionary . See Smash . ― ALLEY . 1. A place where the game of nine or ten pins is played ...
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... tell you.- Major Downing , p . 43 . Mr. Magwire is a steady , well - meanin ' man and has got along amazin ' pros- perous in the world ; but he has dreadful curious notions . Widow Bedott Papers , p . 49 . - AMBIA . Used in the South ...
... tell you.- Major Downing , p . 43 . Mr. Magwire is a steady , well - meanin ' man and has got along amazin ' pros- perous in the world ; but he has dreadful curious notions . Widow Bedott Papers , p . 49 . - AMBIA . Used in the South ...
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... tell what will be the result . - National Intelligencer . " T would save some whole cartloads of fuss , an ' three or four months o ' jaw , If some illustrious patriot should back out and withdraw . BACK OUT . A backing out , retreating ...
... tell what will be the result . - National Intelligencer . " T would save some whole cartloads of fuss , an ' three or four months o ' jaw , If some illustrious patriot should back out and withdraw . BACK OUT . A backing out , retreating ...
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... tell what the taxes will be ? Then come every friend of the Union , Come old men , and come ye b'hoys ; Let's go it for old Rough and Ready , Who never was scared at a noise ! - Political Song . BIBLE CHRISTIANS . The Philadelphia ...
... tell what the taxes will be ? Then come every friend of the Union , Come old men , and come ye b'hoys ; Let's go it for old Rough and Ready , Who never was scared at a noise ! - Political Song . BIBLE CHRISTIANS . The Philadelphia ...
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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