Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... person " shall not read one single parlia- mentary debate , as reported in a first - class newspaper , without meeting scores of slang words , " and " that from Mr. Speaker in his chair to the Cabinet Ministers whispering behind it ...
... person " shall not read one single parlia- mentary debate , as reported in a first - class newspaper , without meeting scores of slang words , " and " that from Mr. Speaker in his chair to the Cabinet Ministers whispering behind it ...
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... person will take the trouble to examine the early dic- tionaries of the English language , or the dictionaries of which English forms a part , he will be surprised at the large number of words which have become so completely obsolete as ...
... person will take the trouble to examine the early dic- tionaries of the English language , or the dictionaries of which English forms a part , he will be surprised at the large number of words which have become so completely obsolete as ...
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... person who is observant in these matters . Residents of the city of New York are perhaps less marked in their pronun- ciation and use of words than the residents of any other city or State , the reason of which is obvious . The ...
... person who is observant in these matters . Residents of the city of New York are perhaps less marked in their pronun- ciation and use of words than the residents of any other city or State , the reason of which is obvious . The ...
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... persons who use it are not aware that it is really the person or thing which is qualified in these cases , and not the action or state of being . Among the American peculiarities of style , one of the most remarkable is a tendency to ...
... persons who use it are not aware that it is really the person or thing which is qualified in these cases , and not the action or state of being . Among the American peculiarities of style , one of the most remarkable is a tendency to ...
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... person who adulterates . - ... One of the gentlemen , while conversing with the Committee , remarked that his friend ( indicating him ) knew all about the adulteration of liquors ; whereupon the proverbial joker , Mr. Thaddeus Stevens ...
... person who adulterates . - ... One of the gentlemen , while conversing with the Committee , remarked that his friend ( indicating him ) knew all about the adulteration of liquors ; whereupon the proverbial joker , Mr. Thaddeus Stevens ...
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