Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... present , on the ground that it tends to preserve them and perpetuate their use . It is true that it does preserve them , but it does not perpetuate their use ; for they often disappear as suddenly as they come into existence . Slang ...
... present , on the ground that it tends to preserve them and perpetuate their use . It is true that it does preserve them , but it does not perpetuate their use ; for they often disappear as suddenly as they come into existence . Slang ...
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... present edi- tion , while it does not wholly reject words of English origin , claims to be more strictly American than the first . At the same time , the first edition will still have a value of its own , as show- ing more fully how ...
... present edi- tion , while it does not wholly reject words of English origin , claims to be more strictly American than the first . At the same time , the first edition will still have a value of its own , as show- ing more fully how ...
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... present as well as in the former edition , not only for the contribution of numerous words and illustrations , but for his correction and supervision of the whole work . PROVIDENCE , R. I. , March , 1859 . J. R. B. PREFACE TO THE FIRST ...
... present as well as in the former edition , not only for the contribution of numerous words and illustrations , but for his correction and supervision of the whole work . PROVIDENCE , R. I. , March , 1859 . J. R. B. PREFACE TO THE FIRST ...
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... present Glossary , and serve the double purpose of illustration , and of rendering the book more readable than if confined to a dry collection of definitions . This mode of showing the sense in which words have been em- ployed by ...
... present Glossary , and serve the double purpose of illustration , and of rendering the book more readable than if confined to a dry collection of definitions . This mode of showing the sense in which words have been em- ployed by ...
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... present so graphic an account of Western life , related in the exaggerated and metaphorical language peculiar to the people of that region . 1 Among other books from which I have quoted examples of the use of words common to New England ...
... present so graphic an account of Western life , related in the exaggerated and metaphorical language peculiar to the people of that region . 1 Among other books from which I have quoted examples of the use of words common to New England ...
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ain't American banks blue-fish Boston boys California called Canada colloquial common Connecticut corn corruption Democratic Dictionary dollars Dow's Sermons Dutch England English expression fish give ground heard Hist horse Indian land language Letter maize Major Jones's Courtship Mark Twain Massachusetts means Menhaden Mexico Mountains N. Y. Herald N. Y. Spirit N. Y. Tribune Negro never North one's origin party peculiar person phrase Pickering plant political popular name prairies Pron Providence Journal Rhode Island river Rocky Mountains Sam Slick says slang slaves Slick in England sometimes Song South South Carolina Southern Span speaking species speech Squatter term applied Texas thing town tree United Virginia vulgar Wall Street Washington Webster West Western Whig whiskey Widow Bedott Papers wood Worcester word writers Yankee York York Tribune