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• Worth

  ·adj Valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while. II. Worth ·adj Deserving of; — in a good o...

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• You

  (dat. & obj.) The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indic...

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• Present worth

  ·add. ·- The principal which, drawing interest at a given rate, will amount to the given sum at the ...

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• you don't!

  for you don't say so; really! indeed! as, 'Mr. A threw a back somerset out of a three-story window. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bord you

  A saying of a man waiting, to one who is drinking, meaning that he claims the next turn. ...

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• you, sir!

  The irritating mode in which some officers address the seamen. The late Lord Collingwood never permi...

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• how fare you?

  This is a common expression in those parts of New England for 'How do you do?.' It is pronounced sho...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• hither and you

  here and there, backwards and forwards. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• thank god thank you

  a reply after grace is said after dinner, and addressed to the host. North. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• thank you for them

  an answer to an enquiry after absent friends. North. They are very well, I thank you for them. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• do you hear there?

  An inquiry following an order, but very often needlessly. ...

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• what water have you?

  The question to the man sounding, as to the depth of water which the lead-line gives. ...

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• woe worth thee! woe betide thee!

  execrations. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• any how you can fix it

  At any rate whatever. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• born under a threepenny halfpenny planet, never to be worth a groat

  Said of any person remarkably unsuccessful in his attempts or profession. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose