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... Major Jones's " Courtship " and " Sketches , " " Georgia Scenes , " and " Sherwood's Gazetteer of Georgia , " in which , however , a considerable number of local words are to be found . The newspapers have afforded me many illustrations ...
... Major Jones's " Courtship " and " Sketches , " " Georgia Scenes , " and " Sherwood's Gazetteer of Georgia , " in which , however , a considerable number of local words are to be found . The newspapers have afforded me many illustrations ...
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... Major Jones's Courtship , p . 87 . Old Haines sweating like a pitcher with ice - water in it , and looking all - fired tired . Porter's Tales of the South - west , p . 58 . You see the fact is , Squire ( said the Hoosier ) , they had a ...
... Major Jones's Courtship , p . 87 . Old Haines sweating like a pitcher with ice - water in it , and looking all - fired tired . Porter's Tales of the South - west , p . 58 . You see the fact is , Squire ( said the Hoosier ) , they had a ...
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... Major Downing , May - day in New York . 2. Very great , excessive . Pot - pie is the favorite dish , and woodsmen , sharp set , are awful eaters . — Carlton , The New Purchase , Vol . I. p . 182 . It is even used in this sense ...
... Major Downing , May - day in New York . 2. Very great , excessive . Pot - pie is the favorite dish , and woodsmen , sharp set , are awful eaters . — Carlton , The New Purchase , Vol . I. p . 182 . It is even used in this sense ...
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... Major Jones's Courtship , p . 172 . - I have often axed myself what sort of a gall that splendiferous Lady of the Lake of Scott's was.- Sam Slick in England , ch . 30 . B. Babes . The name of a set of Baltimore rowdies . Back , v . To ...
... Major Jones's Courtship , p . 172 . - I have often axed myself what sort of a gall that splendiferous Lady of the Lake of Scott's was.- Sam Slick in England , ch . 30 . B. Babes . The name of a set of Baltimore rowdies . Back , v . To ...
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... Major Downing . Back - Log . A large piece of wood used in fire - places where wood is burned . Fore - sticks form part of the same fire . Backward . Is sometimes used in the West for bashful , unwilling to appear in company , on the ...
... Major Downing . Back - Log . A large piece of wood used in fire - places where wood is burned . Fore - sticks form part of the same fire . Backward . Is sometimes used in the West for bashful , unwilling to appear in company , on the ...
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