Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... head - quarters at Albany , who controlled the action of the Democratic party for many years , and hence had great weight in national politics.— Wheeler , Dict . Alcoholism . The practice , the results of using alcohol ; drunken- ness ...
... head - quarters at Albany , who controlled the action of the Democratic party for many years , and hence had great weight in national politics.— Wheeler , Dict . Alcoholism . The practice , the results of using alcohol ; drunken- ness ...
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... head . - Sam Slick . I'm dying - I know I am ! My mouth tastes like a rusty cent . will charge an all - fired price to cure me . - Knickerbocker Mag . , 1845 . - The doctor The first thing I know'd , my trowsers were plastered all over ...
... head . - Sam Slick . I'm dying - I know I am ! My mouth tastes like a rusty cent . will charge an all - fired price to cure me . - Knickerbocker Mag . , 1845 . - The doctor The first thing I know'd , my trowsers were plastered all over ...
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... Head . ( Sagittaria variabilis . ) A common and very variable aquatic plant , so called from the shape of its leaf . Arrow - Wood . ( Viburnum dentatum . ) It is from the long and straight stems of this shrub that the Indians between ...
... Head . ( Sagittaria variabilis . ) A common and very variable aquatic plant , so called from the shape of its leaf . Arrow - Wood . ( Viburnum dentatum . ) It is from the long and straight stems of this shrub that the Indians between ...
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... head , But full as wise as Democrats , Burned down his barn to kill the rats . " Pills , Poetical , Political , and Philosophical , and by Peter Pepper Box , Phila . , 1809 . Barrack . ( From the Haitian bajaraque , a large house ...
... head , But full as wise as Democrats , Burned down his barn to kill the rats . " Pills , Poetical , Political , and Philosophical , and by Peter Pepper Box , Phila . , 1809 . Barrack . ( From the Haitian bajaraque , a large house ...
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... Head . 1. A swelling of the head in cattle . 2. A term used in the West to denote that affection in youth which has recently found a more elegant designation in the term " Young America . " It is applied to boys 42 BIG.
... Head . 1. A swelling of the head in cattle . 2. A term used in the West to denote that affection in youth which has recently found a more elegant designation in the term " Young America . " It is applied to boys 42 BIG.
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