Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... river he went . The night after his arrival he went up town , to a gambling - house . Of course he commenced betting , and , his luck proving unfortunate , he lost . When his money was gone , he bet his " truck ; " and the corn and ...
... river he went . The night after his arrival he went up town , to a gambling - house . Of course he commenced betting , and , his luck proving unfortunate , he lost . When his money was gone , he bet his " truck ; " and the corn and ...
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... River , and is much eaten in the city of Albany . Albany Hemp . ( Urtica Canadensis . ) Canada nettle , so called from the use made of its fibrous bark . Albany Regency . A name popularly given in the United States to a junto of astute ...
... River , and is much eaten in the city of Albany . Albany Hemp . ( Urtica Canadensis . ) Canada nettle , so called from the use made of its fibrous bark . Albany Regency . A name popularly given in the United States to a junto of astute ...
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... rivers before the introduction of steamboats , to transport merchandise . These boats are first men- tioned in " A ... River , who first tried the experiment , and reached Baltimore in safety . 66 They are made of plank , are broken up ...
... rivers before the introduction of steamboats , to transport merchandise . These boats are first men- tioned in " A ... River , who first tried the experiment , and reached Baltimore in safety . 66 They are made of plank , are broken up ...
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... river ; a rivulet . 2. The dry bed of a small stream ; a deep ravine caused by the action of water . Common in New Mexico and California . Down the arroyo , out across the mead , By heath and hollow , sped the flying maid . Bret Harte ...
... river ; a rivulet . 2. The dry bed of a small stream ; a deep ravine caused by the action of water . Common in New Mexico and California . Down the arroyo , out across the mead , By heath and hollow , sped the flying maid . Bret Harte ...
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... the tenacity of the soil , and the suddenness with which they are made . A sloping bank by a river's side , or a similarly formed ravine , is not a barranca . These perpendicular walls of earth are found in Texas and New Mexico BAR 31.
... the tenacity of the soil , and the suddenness with which they are made . A sloping bank by a river's side , or a similarly formed ravine , is not a barranca . These perpendicular walls of earth are found in Texas and New Mexico BAR 31.
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