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like
for as. As in the phrase, 'like I do,' for as I do. Not peculiar to America. Each Indian carfied a ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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like
1) in the common use of LIKELY, i. e. well- looking " A good like horse." Derb. 2) "Every like," i....
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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swag-like
adv. in the fashion of a swag. 1890. `The Argus,' Aug. 2, p. 4, col. 2: «He strapped the whole lo...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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every-day
Common; usual. Men of genius forget things of common concern, which make no slight impression on ev...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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like mad
A common simile, in England and America. A bear enrag'd at the stinging of a bee, ran like mad into...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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every now and then
Repeatedly, at intervals. This phrase is common with us, and is used also in England. [The young wo...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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every once in a while
A singular though very common expression, signifying the same as every now and then. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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finish. the finish; a small coffee-house in coven garden, market, opposite russel-street, open very early in the morning, and therefore resorted to by debauchees shut out of every other house: it is also called carpenter's coffee- house.
Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the com...