Americanisms: The English of the New WorldC. Scribner, 1872 - 687 страница |
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... where life and property are hazarded , is that of running the wangan , a phrase well understood on the river . " ( The Americans at Home , III . p . 257 B. ) Another Indian term surviving at least as a provincialism , 20 AMERICANISMS .
... where life and property are hazarded , is that of running the wangan , a phrase well understood on the river . " ( The Americans at Home , III . p . 257 B. ) Another Indian term surviving at least as a provincialism , 20 AMERICANISMS .
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... phrase lifting hair , and thus a recent Army Report could still contain the words : " I saw at once that the Arrapahoes were not after stealing cattle but after lifting hair , and told the corporal so , but he would not believe me ...
... phrase lifting hair , and thus a recent Army Report could still contain the words : " I saw at once that the Arrapahoes were not after stealing cattle but after lifting hair , and told the corporal so , but he would not believe me ...
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... phrase of barking up the wrong tree has come to be used when a person acts under a mistaken impression , very much as the English take the phrase of " being on the wrong scent " from their favorite , the fox . It ought perhaps to be ...
... phrase of barking up the wrong tree has come to be used when a person acts under a mistaken impression , very much as the English take the phrase of " being on the wrong scent " from their favorite , the fox . It ought perhaps to be ...
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... phrase , huckleberry above the per- simmons , is used mainly in the South to express that something apparently simple and easy is far above the ability of the person who made the attempt . The raccoon ( Procyon lotor ) , an animal which ...
... phrase , huckleberry above the per- simmons , is used mainly in the South to express that something apparently simple and easy is far above the ability of the person who made the attempt . The raccoon ( Procyon lotor ) , an animal which ...
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... phrase is quite current in England , and the flavor of patriotism may have served to render it more popular . Why a coon should be pre- sumed to be so long - lived as to make a coon's age a common expression in the South for any long ...
... phrase is quite current in England , and the flavor of patriotism may have served to render it more popular . Why a coon should be pre- sumed to be so long - lived as to make a coon's age a common expression in the South for any long ...
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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 large numbers 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 tree Union United verb Virginia West Western wood word writers Yankee York Tribune young
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