Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... AS PECULIAR TO THE UNITED STATES . BY JOHN RUSSELL BARTLETT . FOURTH EDITION , GREATLY IMPROVED AND ENLARGED . BOSTON : LITTLE , BROWN , AND COMPANY . 1877 . MARYARD COLLEGE LIBRARY 9247.14 416- Entered according to Act of DICTIONARY OF ...
... AS PECULIAR TO THE UNITED STATES . BY JOHN RUSSELL BARTLETT . FOURTH EDITION , GREATLY IMPROVED AND ENLARGED . BOSTON : LITTLE , BROWN , AND COMPANY . 1877 . MARYARD COLLEGE LIBRARY 9247.14 416- Entered according to Act of DICTIONARY OF ...
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... Boston , EDWARD SPEN- CER of Randallstown , Maryland , JOHN D. SEARS of Upper Sandusky , Ohio , G. H. CURTIS of New Orleans , Dr. F. C. CLARKE of Providence , Professor WILLIAM F. ALLEN of the University of Wisconsin , Mr. ALBERT R ...
... Boston , EDWARD SPEN- CER of Randallstown , Maryland , JOHN D. SEARS of Upper Sandusky , Ohio , G. H. CURTIS of New Orleans , Dr. F. C. CLARKE of Providence , Professor WILLIAM F. ALLEN of the University of Wisconsin , Mr. ALBERT R ...
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... Boston , Cambridge , Copenhagen , Dresden , Dun- dee , Florence , Frankfort , Geneva , Genoa , Hamburg , Hague , Lisbon , Leyden , Liverpool , Manchester , Madrid , Milan , Moscow , Naples , Oxford , Odessa , Parma , Palermo , Paris ...
... Boston , Cambridge , Copenhagen , Dresden , Dun- dee , Florence , Frankfort , Geneva , Genoa , Hamburg , Hague , Lisbon , Leyden , Liverpool , Manchester , Madrid , Milan , Moscow , Naples , Oxford , Odessa , Parma , Palermo , Paris ...
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... Boston and other towns in Massachusetts , there exist some glaring errors in the vulgar speech . There are peculiarities also to be observed in the lite- rary language of the Bostonians . The great extent to which 66 the scholars of New ...
... Boston and other towns in Massachusetts , there exist some glaring errors in the vulgar speech . There are peculiarities also to be observed in the lite- rary language of the Bostonians . The great extent to which 66 the scholars of New ...
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... Boston . This was soon after enlarged and published in a separate volume entitled " A Vocabulary , or Collection of Words and Phrases which have been supposed to be peculiar to the United States of America . To which is prefixed an ...
... Boston . This was soon after enlarged and published in a separate volume entitled " A Vocabulary , or Collection of Words and Phrases which have been supposed to be peculiar to the United States of America . To which is prefixed an ...
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