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tell
A saying; generally, however, a good one, or a complimentary one. A young lady will say to another, ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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do
do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre (also in a longer form, dănunt = dant, Pac., Naev., and Caecil. ap. Non. 97, 1...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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to hear tell
To hear a report of; to hear of. The expression is frequently heard among illiterate people in famil...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to tell on
To tell of; to tell about. "Well," says the Gineral, "I am glad I didn't understand him, for now it...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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tell apart
To distinguish; as, 'Their resemblance was so striking, that I could not tell them apart.' We also u...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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do don't
for do not or don't, is a common expression in Georgia, and not by any means confined to the uneduca...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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well-to-do
In a state of ease as to pecuniary circumstances; well off.--Holloway. In speaking of the emigratio...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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die nor do
He'll neither DIE NOR DO ; spoken of a person in a lingering illness. See DAW, in Ray's Words. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose