Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases, Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States, Volume 1 |
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... meeting will be held in the court - house after night . " This expression is said to be peculiar to Pennsylvania . - Hurd's Grammatical Corrector . AGY , for ague ; fever - nagy , for fever and ague ; ' common among the uneducated ...
... meeting will be held in the court - house after night . " This expression is said to be peculiar to Pennsylvania . - Hurd's Grammatical Corrector . AGY , for ague ; fever - nagy , for fever and ague ; ' common among the uneducated ...
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... and is seldom heard here except at polit- ical meetings or in familiar conversation . After Nick had bamboozled about the money , John called for counters.— Arbuthnot . All the people upon earth , excepting those two or AMERICANISMS . 21.
... and is seldom heard here except at polit- ical meetings or in familiar conversation . After Nick had bamboozled about the money , John called for counters.— Arbuthnot . All the people upon earth , excepting those two or AMERICANISMS . 21.
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... meeting agreeable . Husking- bees , for husking corn , are held in barns , which are made . the occasion of much frolicking . In new countries , when a settler arrives , the neighboring farmers unite with their teams , cut the timber ...
... meeting agreeable . Husking- bees , for husking corn , are held in barns , which are made . the occasion of much frolicking . In new countries , when a settler arrives , the neighboring farmers unite with their teams , cut the timber ...
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... meetings , hurraing my daylights out , and getting as blue as blazes .-- J . C. Neal . All the hair was off his head , and his face was as black as the very old blazes . - Chron . of Pineville , p . 49 . BLAZING STAR . ( Aletris ...
... meetings , hurraing my daylights out , and getting as blue as blazes .-- J . C. Neal . All the hair was off his head , and his face was as black as the very old blazes . - Chron . of Pineville , p . 49 . BLAZING STAR . ( Aletris ...
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... and Mr. Calhoun , which ended in a row , and broke up the meeting . Newspapers of the day . TO BLOW UP . To scold , to abuse , either in speaking or writing . A vulgar expression borrowed from sailor's lan- guage 36 DICTIONARY OF.
... and Mr. Calhoun , which ended in a row , and broke up the meeting . Newspapers of the day . TO BLOW UP . To scold , to abuse , either in speaking or writing . A vulgar expression borrowed from sailor's lan- guage 36 DICTIONARY OF.
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