Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... one's acquaintance , cut and run , cut a dash , dabster , dead alive , dawdle , demijohn , duds , Dick's hatband , dilly - dally , dog cheap , down in the mouth , driving at , dumpy , elbow grease , to feather one's nest , & c . , & c ...
... one's acquaintance , cut and run , cut a dash , dabster , dead alive , dawdle , demijohn , duds , Dick's hatband , dilly - dally , dog cheap , down in the mouth , driving at , dumpy , elbow grease , to feather one's nest , & c . , & c ...
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... one's self , to tucker out , to use up , to walk into , to cotton , to hifer , to chisel , to slope , to lobby , to gerry- mander , to splurge , & c . , & c . Our people , particularly those who belong to the West and South , are fond ...
... one's self , to tucker out , to use up , to walk into , to cotton , to hifer , to chisel , to slope , to lobby , to gerry- mander , to splurge , & c . , & c . Our people , particularly those who belong to the West and South , are fond ...
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... one's Bend . Out of one's power . A common expression in the Western States . Above one's huckleberry is a vulgarism of the same signification . I shall not attempt to describe the curiosities at Peale's Museum ; it is above my bend ...
... one's Bend . Out of one's power . A common expression in the Western States . Above one's huckleberry is a vulgarism of the same signification . I shall not attempt to describe the curiosities at Peale's Museum ; it is above my bend ...
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... one's hat agee . " From the term gee used in driving cattle . Airy . Conceited . Said of one who puts on airs . Alamo . ( Span . ) ( Populus monilifera . ) See Cotton - Wood . Albany Beef . Sturgeon ; so called because a part of the ...
... one's hat agee . " From the term gee used in driving cattle . Airy . Conceited . Said of one who puts on airs . Alamo . ( Span . ) ( Populus monilifera . ) See Cotton - Wood . Albany Beef . Sturgeon ; so called because a part of the ...
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... one's steps , to retreat ; and hence is equivalent to to back out . Western . To back Water , v . To retreat , or withdraw ; a Western metaphor , derived from steamboat language . Backing and Filling . Advancing and retreating , shilly ...
... one's steps , to retreat ; and hence is equivalent to to back out . Western . To back Water , v . To retreat , or withdraw ; a Western metaphor , derived from steamboat language . Backing and Filling . Advancing and retreating , shilly ...
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