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... nearly all the English glossaries , has enabled me to select what appeared most desirable to embrace , and what to avoid , in an American book of a similar kind . Cant words , except such as are in general use , the terms used at gaming ...
... nearly all the English glossaries , has enabled me to select what appeared most desirable to embrace , and what to avoid , in an American book of a similar kind . Cant words , except such as are in general use , the terms used at gaming ...
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... nearly stationary . If any person will take the trouble to examine the early dictionaries of the English language , or the dictionaries of which English forms a part , he will be surprised at the large number of words which have become ...
... nearly stationary . If any person will take the trouble to examine the early dictionaries of the English language , or the dictionaries of which English forms a part , he will be surprised at the large number of words which have become ...
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... Nearly all the rivers , bays , and promi- nent landmarks bear them , as Housatonic , Connecticut , Quinne- baug , Pawcatuck , Merrimack , Kennebec , Penobscot , Narraganset , Passamaquoddy , & c . In other parts of the country too the ...
... Nearly all the rivers , bays , and promi- nent landmarks bear them , as Housatonic , Connecticut , Quinne- baug , Pawcatuck , Merrimack , Kennebec , Penobscot , Narraganset , Passamaquoddy , & c . In other parts of the country too the ...
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... nearly all the bays , mountains , and numerous geographical divisions . and localities . Many of the aboriginal names , however , have been discarded for others less appropriate . In New England the towns and villages were chiefly named ...
... nearly all the bays , mountains , and numerous geographical divisions . and localities . Many of the aboriginal names , however , have been discarded for others less appropriate . In New England the towns and villages were chiefly named ...
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... nearly every country in Europe , as Norway , Sweden , Denmark ( with a Copenhagen adjoining ) , Russia , Greece , Italy , Sardinia , Holland , Wales , as well as after their principal cities . There is a town of Mexico , Canton , Peru ...
... nearly every country in Europe , as Norway , Sweden , Denmark ( with a Copenhagen adjoining ) , Russia , Greece , Italy , Sardinia , Holland , Wales , as well as after their principal cities . There is a town of Mexico , Canton , Peru ...
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American applied bank Barnburners called Clavers's Forest colloquial common expression common name corn corruption Craven Democratic denote Dialect Downing's Letters Dutch England and America English dictionaries English language familiar language fish French Genus Georgia give Glossary Grose heard Hist horse Indian Johnson Jones's Courtship land Loco-foco maize May-day means menhaden N. Y. Tribune never Northern noticed old English one's origin Orleans Picayune party peculiar person phrase Picayune Pickering Pickering says Pineville plant political popular name prairies pronunciation provincial in England Purchase river Sam Slick scup sense Slick in England sometimes South Southern Spanish real speaking species speech Squatter switchel tell term thing Todd Tour down East Travels tree United verb Vocabulary vulgar Webster West West Indies Western Whig wood Yankee in England York York Tribune
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