Glossary of Supposed AmericanismsJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1859 - 122 pàgines |
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Pàgina 56
... lives quite handy , is common here ; also , he is a handy fellow , for one ready and active . HANKITCHER . The handkerchief was frequently so pronounced in New England , and is now so called in the dialects of Westmoreland and ...
... lives quite handy , is common here ; also , he is a handy fellow , for one ready and active . HANKITCHER . The handkerchief was frequently so pronounced in New England , and is now so called in the dialects of Westmoreland and ...
Pàgina 69
... lives , or leef , do it as not , " meaning if there is any occasion , I am quite ready or willing to do it , and that it would not be disagreeable to me to do it . It is an old Saxon word ; one of its mean- ings is desire , inclination ...
... lives , or leef , do it as not , " meaning if there is any occasion , I am quite ready or willing to do it , and that it would not be disagreeable to me to do it . It is an old Saxon word ; one of its mean- ings is desire , inclination ...
Pàgina 72
... live under no fear of the restraints of laws or civilization . It seems to be absolutely necessary , as , without it , there would be no hope of ridding society , in new countries , of those who are a nuisance . It is a rough expression ...
... live under no fear of the restraints of laws or civilization . It seems to be absolutely necessary , as , without it , there would be no hope of ridding society , in new countries , of those who are a nuisance . It is a rough expression ...
Pàgina 75
... lives on his means . ( Hallam- shire Glossary . ) Precisely our application . MIDDLING , for tolerably well . ( Brockett . ) This word is in use as far South as Pennsylvania . " How are your folks ? " " Why , about middling , " may be ...
... lives on his means . ( Hallam- shire Glossary . ) Precisely our application . MIDDLING , for tolerably well . ( Brockett . ) This word is in use as far South as Pennsylvania . " How are your folks ? " " Why , about middling , " may be ...
Pàgina 89
... live coals , or to stir them in the grate ; we also say , rake open the fire . The first is derived from the Saxon , the last we have invented from the use of the rake . " To rake up old stories against one , " is an- other form of ...
... live coals , or to stir them in the grate ; we also say , rake open the fire . The first is derived from the Saxon , the last we have invented from the use of the rake . " To rake up old stories against one , " is an- other form of ...
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according appears applied authority ball beat Beaumont believe blow boys Britton Brock Brockett brought called Chaucer Class comes common expression corruption Craven custom defines derives Dialect doubt Dutch employed English Essex fall farmers feel fellow Fletcher's Forby frequent German given gives Grose Hallamshire Glossary hear heard this word Holloway horse hour houses implies Jennings kind known land language Latin live look manner meaning meant mentioned mind mode mouth never heard Norfolk North of England old word once origin peculiar Pennsylvania perhaps person phrase piece played preserve probably pronounced pronunciation remember Saxon seems sense settle Shakspeare side sometimes sort South speaking spell Suffolk supposed Sussex Tale term thing thou tion Tod's Johnson uncommon universal usual verb vulgar West whence Yankee
Passatges populars
Pàgina 74 - And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
Pàgina 68 - I shall mar your market, old Joan. Trash. Mar my market, thou too-proud pedlar! do thy worst, I defy thee, I, and thy stable of hobby-horses. I pay for my ground, as well as thou dost: an...
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 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 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 vi - ... ascertain, and in this century the terms have been confined almost exclusively to New England. This is the more surprising because there is proof that the New Englanders who emigrated to the Muskingum and the Ohio, in 1788, took the terms along with them.4 It was remarked by AL Elwyn in 1859, that — " The people of Ohio, who are largely derived from Yankees, are not remarkable for possessing their peculiarities. The great number of modern English and other foreigners who have mingled with the...
Pàgina 73 - A portion of a dish left by the guests, that the host may not feel himself reproached for insufficient preparation.
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 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,
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.