An American Glossary: Being an Attempt to Illustrate Certain Americanisms Upon Historical Principles, Том 2J.B. Lippincott, 1912 - 424 страница |
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... common newspaper . - Mass . Spy , June 15 . 1823 A little mean chip hat , and coarse domestic clothes from Harmony . - W . Faux , ' Memorable Days , ' p . 195 . 1823 The horses here are nearly all mean , wild , deformed , half- grown ...
... common newspaper . - Mass . Spy , June 15 . 1823 A little mean chip hat , and coarse domestic clothes from Harmony . - W . Faux , ' Memorable Days , ' p . 195 . 1823 The horses here are nearly all mean , wild , deformed , half- grown ...
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... common in the forest . - Williamson , History of Maine , ' i . 117 . Moose - yard . See first quotation . 1839 The sagacious animal , so soon as a heavy storm sets in , commences forming what is called a " Moose - yard , " which is a ...
... common in the forest . - Williamson , History of Maine , ' i . 117 . Moose - yard . See first quotation . 1839 The sagacious animal , so soon as a heavy storm sets in , commences forming what is called a " Moose - yard , " which is a ...
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... common to all.-Mr. Pottle , of N.Y. , House of Repr . , March 22 : id . , p . 1251 . The muster roll of the Tar River Rangers contains the names of sixty four men , only five of whom were able to write their own names . These are the ...
... common to all.-Mr. Pottle , of N.Y. , House of Repr . , March 22 : id . , p . 1251 . The muster roll of the Tar River Rangers contains the names of sixty four men , only five of whom were able to write their own names . These are the ...
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... will trot as slow as common horses will stand still . You are a musical fellow , said the master . - D . P. Thompson , Adventures of Timothy Peacock , ' p . 122 . Musk - rats . Dwellers on the flat lands of AN AMERICAN GLOSSARY . 597.
... will trot as slow as common horses will stand still . You are a musical fellow , said the master . - D . P. Thompson , Adventures of Timothy Peacock , ' p . 122 . Musk - rats . Dwellers on the flat lands of AN AMERICAN GLOSSARY . 597.
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... common soldiers had been reared among Negroes , had become infused with Negroism , and knew nothing beyond it.-N. Y. Tribune , April 14 ( Bartlett ) . Negrophilism . Fondness for negroes . 1846 The gentleman from Ohio [ Mr. Giddings ] ...
... common soldiers had been reared among Negroes , had become infused with Negroism , and knew nothing beyond it.-N. Y. Tribune , April 14 ( Bartlett ) . Negrophilism . Fondness for negroes . 1846 The gentleman from Ohio [ Mr. Giddings ] ...
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