Americanisms: The English of the New WorldC. Scribner, 1872 - 687 страница |
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... animals , which will be mentioned elsewhere , and allude only to those which are characteristic of the language or the habits of the American . Thus he has learned from the cautious savage to traverse woods and march to distant points ...
... animals , which will be mentioned elsewhere , and allude only to those which are characteristic of the language or the habits of the American . Thus he has learned from the cautious savage to traverse woods and march to distant points ...
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... animal , a wolf , a heron , or a turtle , which is drawn in paint , or engraven in the skin of his body . It serves to distinguish from generation to generation the particular class or subdivision of his tribe to which he belongs , and ...
... animal , a wolf , a heron , or a turtle , which is drawn in paint , or engraven in the skin of his body . It serves to distinguish from generation to generation the particular class or subdivision of his tribe to which he belongs , and ...
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... animal , which still preserves its ancient Indian appellation , though more frequently it follows the loyal Irishman's example , drops the O , and appears as ' Possum simply . Captain John Smith , who may be said to have discovered it ...
... animal , which still preserves its ancient Indian appellation , though more frequently it follows the loyal Irishman's example , drops the O , and appears as ' Possum simply . Captain John Smith , who may be said to have discovered it ...
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... animal is not supposed to be over - comfortable in his lofty position , with numerous enemies looking out for him below , his situation has given rise to the phrase , to be up a tree , expressive of being in a difficult situation . Some ...
... animal is not supposed to be over - comfortable in his lofty position , with numerous enemies looking out for him below , his situation has given rise to the phrase , to be up a tree , expressive of being in a difficult situation . Some ...
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... the person who made the attempt . The raccoon ( Procyon lotor ) , an animal which has much in common with the opossum from its curtailed name of ' coon to its fondness for persimmons , shares with it also the Indian 50 AMERICANISMS .
... the person who made the attempt . The raccoon ( Procyon lotor ) , an animal which has much in common with the opossum from its curtailed name of ' coon to its fondness for persimmons , shares with it also the Indian 50 AMERICANISMS .
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already American animal appears applied beautiful become Biglow Papers called cant Captain John Smith Charcoal Sketches church common corruption denotes derived designate dialect Dutch early England especially expression F. B. Harte familiar famous favorite fish French frequently German given Grose heard hence horses hunters Indian name J. C. Neal J. R. Lowell kind known ladies land language late Civil latter Louis Democrat manner meaning N. P. Willis negroes North noun old English once origin Overland Monthly peculiar Pennsylvania perhaps persons plant political popular prairies probably pronounced Putnam's Magazine quoted recent resemblance river S. S. Haldeman Sam Slick says sense settlers slang Slang Dictionary slang phrase slang term sound South South Carolina Southern Southern Literary Messenger Spanish speak speech tion town tree unfrequently Union United verb Virginia West Western wood word writers Yankee York Tribune young
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