Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... banks , being anxious to make money for their stockholders , are probably right to drive ahead , regardless of consequences , & c . - N . Y. Com . Adv . , Nov. 29 , 1845 . Agee . Askew ; as " to have one's hat agee . " From the term gee ...
... banks , being anxious to make money for their stockholders , are probably right to drive ahead , regardless of consequences , & c . - N . Y. Com . Adv . , Nov. 29 , 1845 . Agee . Askew ; as " to have one's hat agee . " From the term gee ...
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... Bank . Adverse to banking . Had this constitution been submitted whole , with all its anti - Bank , anti - Negro imperfections on its head , it would have stood a better chance . - N . Y. Tribune , June 23 , 1862 . Anti - Federalist ...
... Bank . Adverse to banking . Had this constitution been submitted whole , with all its anti - Bank , anti - Negro imperfections on its head , it would have stood a better chance . - N . Y. Tribune , June 23 , 1862 . Anti - Federalist ...
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... banks . Those only which are redeemed with specie or its equivalent are received at the banks , and are of the class called bankable . 66 - Banker . A vessel employed in fishing on the banks of Newfoundland . ' There were employed in ...
... banks . Those only which are redeemed with specie or its equivalent are received at the banks , and are of the class called bankable . 66 - Banker . A vessel employed in fishing on the banks of Newfoundland . ' There were employed in ...
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... banks of such are always steep and abrupt , like a wall , owing to the tenacity of the soil , and the suddenness with which they are made . A sloping bank by a river's side , or a similarly formed ravine , is not a barranca . These ...
... banks of such are always steep and abrupt , like a wall , owing to the tenacity of the soil , and the suddenness with which they are made . A sloping bank by a river's side , or a similarly formed ravine , is not a barranca . These ...
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... banks of the bayou , and determined to mark the tree with a blaze . - A Stray Yankee in Texas , p . 63 . Do you see that blaze in the hemlock tree ? Well , he up and as quick as a wink fired and hit it in the centre . -S Slick , Human ...
... banks of the bayou , and determined to mark the tree with a blaze . - A Stray Yankee in Texas , p . 63 . Do you see that blaze in the hemlock tree ? Well , he up and as quick as a wink fired and hit it in the centre . -S Slick , Human ...
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