Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... Wood . Albany Beef . Sturgeon ; so called because a part of the sturgeon's flesh has much the look , and not a little of the taste , as well as texture , of ox muscle . It abounds in the Hudson River , and is much eaten in the city of ...
... Wood . Albany Beef . Sturgeon ; so called because a part of the sturgeon's flesh has much the look , and not a little of the taste , as well as texture , of ox muscle . It abounds in the Hudson River , and is much eaten in the city of ...
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... wood having a somewhat spicy flavor . All - two . The word both is so expressed by the negroes of South Caro- lina , Georgia , and Florida . W. F. Allen , Int . to Slave Songs . In the following definition of love by a slave , the words ...
... wood having a somewhat spicy flavor . All - two . The word both is so expressed by the negroes of South Caro- lina , Georgia , and Florida . W. F. Allen , Int . to Slave Songs . In the following definition of love by a slave , the words ...
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... Wood - apple , & c . Apple - Butter . A sauce made of apples stewed down in cider . This is generally made in quantity , and kept for use during the winter . The manufacture occupies a whole night , and is made ANT - APP 15.
... Wood - apple , & c . Apple - Butter . A sauce made of apples stewed down in cider . This is generally made in quantity , and kept for use during the winter . The manufacture occupies a whole night , and is made ANT - APP 15.
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... Wood . ( Viburnum dentatum . ) It is from the long and straight stems of this shrub that the Indians between the Missis- sippi and the Pacific make their arrows . Arroyo . ( Span . ) 1. A small river ; a rivulet . 2. The dry bed of a ...
... Wood . ( Viburnum dentatum . ) It is from the long and straight stems of this shrub that the Indians between the Missis- sippi and the Pacific make their arrows . Arroyo . ( Span . ) 1. A small river ; a rivulet . 2. The dry bed of a ...
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... wood used in fire - places where wood is burned . Fore - sticks form part of the same fire . Backward . Is sometimes used in the West for bashful , unwilling to appear in company , on the same principle as " forward " in correct ...
... wood used in fire - places where wood is burned . Fore - sticks form part of the same fire . Backward . Is sometimes used in the West for bashful , unwilling to appear in company , on the same principle as " forward " in correct ...
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