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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... dictionaries . " Within the last few years , several English writers have had the courage to acknowledge the importance of ... Dictionary , p . 40 . entitles it to be treated linguistically , like any other PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION .
... dictionaries . " Within the last few years , several English writers have had the courage to acknowledge the importance of ... Dictionary , p . 40 . entitles it to be treated linguistically , like any other PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION .
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... Dictionary of the English language which aims at completeness . Were such a work as the new English Dictionary projected by the Philological Society of London already in exist- ence , the insertion of a large number of words of this ...
... Dictionary of the English language which aims at completeness . Were such a work as the new English Dictionary projected by the Philological Society of London already in exist- ence , the insertion of a large number of words of this ...
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... dictionaries of Drs . Johnson and Webster , with the remark that they are low or vulgar , or only to be heard in familiar conversation . Another class , not in the dictionaries referred to , is contained in the provincial glos- saries ...
... dictionaries of Drs . Johnson and Webster , with the remark that they are low or vulgar , or only to be heard in familiar conversation . Another class , not in the dictionaries referred to , is contained in the provincial glos- saries ...
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... dictionaries , which it was evident were wholly erroneous . In noticing the words embraced in this Glossary , the reader will probably think that many have been admitted which ought not to have a place in a Dictionary of American ...
... dictionaries , which it was evident were wholly erroneous . In noticing the words embraced in this Glossary , the reader will probably think that many have been admitted which ought not to have a place in a Dictionary of American ...
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