Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... sometimes have an existence of ten or twenty years . They are employed by the newspaper press , are heard in the halls of legislation , and find a place in our political annals . The extinction of an old political party , the ...
... sometimes have an existence of ten or twenty years . They are employed by the newspaper press , are heard in the halls of legislation , and find a place in our political annals . The extinction of an old political party , the ...
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... sometimes difficult and even impossible . Thus New Yorker , Vermonter , Rhode Islander , will do well enough ; and so will Virginian , Georgian . Philadel- phian , Bostonian , Mobilian ; but Buffaloan , Illinoian , Ohioan , are hardly ...
... sometimes difficult and even impossible . Thus New Yorker , Vermonter , Rhode Islander , will do well enough ; and so will Virginian , Georgian . Philadel- phian , Bostonian , Mobilian ; but Buffaloan , Illinoian , Ohioan , are hardly ...
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... sometimes spelled azequia or zequia . As the mustang sprang over the zequia , the flowing skirt of the manga was puffed forward . — Mayne Reid , The War Trail . To acknowledge the Corn . An expression of recent origin , which has now ...
... sometimes spelled azequia or zequia . As the mustang sprang over the zequia , the flowing skirt of the manga was puffed forward . — Mayne Reid , The War Trail . To acknowledge the Corn . An expression of recent origin , which has now ...
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... sometimes simply an alley . 2. An ornamental marble , used by boys for shooting in the ring , also called in England a taw . It is made of marble or of painted clay or of alabaster . In some cities , the boys call white marbles alleys ...
... sometimes simply an alley . 2. An ornamental marble , used by boys for shooting in the ring , also called in England a taw . It is made of marble or of painted clay or of alabaster . In some cities , the boys call white marbles alleys ...
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... sometimes called Vegetable Marrow , and so is the succada squash . To allot upon . To intend , to form a purpose ; as , I'lot upon going to Boston . Used by uneducated people in the interior of New Eng- land . See Lot upon . Allotment ...
... sometimes called Vegetable Marrow , and so is the succada squash . To allot upon . To intend , to form a purpose ; as , I'lot upon going to Boston . Used by uneducated people in the interior of New Eng- land . See Lot upon . Allotment ...
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