Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... Hand , Two Rocks , Uncle Sam , You Bet , and Zum Zum . But California is not alone in the oddness of the nomenclature of her towns . If any one curious in the subject will turn to the pages of the United States Postal Guide , he will ...
... Hand , Two Rocks , Uncle Sam , You Bet , and Zum Zum . But California is not alone in the oddness of the nomenclature of her towns . If any one curious in the subject will turn to the pages of the United States Postal Guide , he will ...
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... hand , it seems owing to the teachings of some priggish pedagogue , who had learned that " adverbs qualify verbs , " and knew nothing beyond it , that adverbs are now often employed where idiomatic usage requires an adjective ; as , " I ...
... hand , it seems owing to the teachings of some priggish pedagogue , who had learned that " adverbs qualify verbs , " and knew nothing beyond it , that adverbs are now often employed where idiomatic usage requires an adjective ; as , " I ...
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... hand in plucking it.-P. T. of my Barnum . Aoross Lots . By short cuts , in the quickest manner . I swore in Nauvoo , when my enemies were looking me in the face , that I would send them to hell across lots if they meddled with me ...
... hand in plucking it.-P. T. of my Barnum . Aoross Lots . By short cuts , in the quickest manner . I swore in Nauvoo , when my enemies were looking me in the face , that I would send them to hell across lots if they meddled with me ...
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... . Anog . An andiron . Amasa Lincoln's inventory of Mary Stratton's estate , Athol , Mass . , 1840. See Hand - dog . To ante . To risk ; to venture a bet 12 AME - ANO To Americanize. To render American; to naturalize in ...
... . Anog . An andiron . Amasa Lincoln's inventory of Mary Stratton's estate , Athol , Mass . , 1840. See Hand - dog . To ante . To risk ; to venture a bet 12 AME - ANO To Americanize. To render American; to naturalize in ...
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... hands begins . Each player puts his ante in the pool , before [ ante ] beginning the game or hand . You have heard of the difficulty that " The Bulletin " has fallen into . I have had to ante up there at the rate of $ 200 . I hope the ...
... hands begins . Each player puts his ante in the pool , before [ ante ] beginning the game or hand . You have heard of the difficulty that " The Bulletin " has fallen into . I have had to ante up there at the rate of $ 200 . I hope the ...
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