Glossary of Supposed AmericanismsJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1859 - 122 pàgines |
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... meanings , has that of a marble . " A white alley , " may be heard from every school - boy in the marble season . It ... meaning we are all of one mind , is in use as we are all one on that point . ALLOW . I have only found this in " Tom ...
... meanings , has that of a marble . " A white alley , " may be heard from every school - boy in the marble season . It ... meaning we are all of one mind , is in use as we are all one on that point . ALLOW . I have only found this in " Tom ...
Pàgina 16
... I met in no other provincial glossary . It is common in New England . " Things were in apple- pie order , " meaning neatly arranged . As . This is often used for the relative that 16 GLOSSARY OF SUPPOSED AMERICANISMS .
... I met in no other provincial glossary . It is common in New England . " Things were in apple- pie order , " meaning neatly arranged . As . This is often used for the relative that 16 GLOSSARY OF SUPPOSED AMERICANISMS .
Pàgina 20
... meaning great , huge . BARRA , or BARROW , a hog . I take this from the Ex- moor Dialect , published in the " Gentleman's Maga- zine " for 1746. It is a very familiar word to all New Englandmen . Exmoor Forest is in Somersetshire , on ...
... meaning great , huge . BARRA , or BARROW , a hog . I take this from the Ex- moor Dialect , published in the " Gentleman's Maga- zine " for 1746. It is a very familiar word to all New Englandmen . Exmoor Forest is in Somersetshire , on ...
Pàgina 21
... meaning of , who has had anything to do with that animal ; though the word does not seem to be so applied in England . This expression may be considered as peculiar . BEN , for been , is in Chaucer , and may be heard very commonly here ...
... meaning of , who has had anything to do with that animal ; though the word does not seem to be so applied in England . This expression may be considered as peculiar . BEN , for been , is in Chaucer , and may be heard very commonly here ...
Pàgina 23
... meaning the head of the little district , or bor , is still heard in England in the sense of neighbor ; one of the same bor . I find this word in Ben Jonson , meaning a reservoir for water : " That unctous bounty is the boss of ...
... meaning the head of the little district , or bor , is still heard in England in the sense of neighbor ; one of the same bor . I find this word in Ben Jonson , meaning a reservoir for water : " That unctous bounty is the boss of ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
afeard ancestors appears applied ball beat Beaumont and Fletcher's blow boys Britton Brock Brockett called Chaucer Chester County common expression common word contempt corruption Craven Dialect Craven Glossary derives Dict doubt East Anglia Essex Exmoor Exmoor Dialect farmers fellow Forby frequent German Grose gives Hallamshire Glossary Hampshire hear heard this word Hereford Glossary Holloway gives HONEST WHore horse Icelandic word implies Jennings John Noakes kelter kind known land language Latin Leatherhead meaning meant Middleton's month's mind Moor gives mulligrubs never heard Norfolk North Country word North of England old word once origin Pennsylvania person piece played probably pronounced pronunciation provincialisms Queenborough Roaring Girl sarse Saxon word school-boys scrawny sense Shakspeare sometimes heard sort South spanking spell spelt substantive Suffolk supposed Sussex Tale tarnation thing thou tion Tod's Johnson uncommon verb vulgar West of England whence Wilbraham Wiltshire Yankee Yorkshire
Passatges populars
Pàgina 68 - Fair's pestilence dead methinks ; people come not abroad to-day, whatever the matter is. Do you hear, sister Trash, lady of the basket? sit farther with your gingerbread progeny there, and hinder not the prospect of my shop, or I'll have it proclaimed in the Fair, what stuff they are made on.
Pàgina 66 - French times damnees," which flew in a train from one sea to the other, and were looked upon as ominous by the inhabitants. It is held extremely portentous, says Grose, to kill a cricket, a ladybug, a swallow, martin, robin redbreast, or wren ; perhaps from the idea of its being a breach of hospitality ; all these birds and insects alike taking refuge in houses.
Pàgina 68 - Mar my market, thou too-proud pedler ! do thy worst, I defy thee,. I, and thy stable of hobbyhorses. I pay for my ground as well as thou dost : an...
Pàgina 80 - A rural game, played by making holes in the ground in the angles and sides of a square, and placing stones or other things upon them, according to certain rules. These figures are called nine men's morris, or...
Pàgina 114 - Ther undar foot dyd lyght. At last the Duglas and the Perse met, Lyk to captayns of myght and mayne; The swapte together tyll the both swat With swordes, that wear of fyn myllan.
Pàgina 86 - Yes, sir, for every part has his hour. We wake at six and look about us, that's eye hour; at seven we should pray, that's knee hour; at eight walk, that's leg hour; at nine gather flowers, and pluck a rose, that's nose hour; at ten we drink, that's mouth hour; at eleven lay about us for victuals, that's hand hour; at twelve go to dinner, that's belly hour.
Pàgina 86 - Yes, sir, for every part has his hour: we wake at six and look about us, that's eye-hour; at seven we should pray, that's knee-hour; at eight walk, that's leg-hour; at nine gather flowers and pluck a rose,' that's nose-hour; at ten we drink, that's mouth-hour; at eleven lay about us for victuals, that's hand-hour; at twelve go to dinner, that's belly-hour.
Pàgina 49 - Madam, he sets us light, that serv'd in court, In place of credit, in his father's days : If we but enter presence of his grace, Our payment is a frown, a scoff, a frump...
Pàgina 73 - A portion of a dish left by the guests, that the host may not feel himself reproached for insufficient preparation.
Pàgina 102 - Norweg. sleip, adj., slippery, sleip, sb., a smooth piece of timber for dragging anything over, esp. • used of pieces of timber used for the foundation of a road, the same as North. E. slab, ' the outside plank of a piece of timber, when sawn into boards,