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I
I, i, the ninth letter of the Latin alphabet, a vowel; for even the old grammarians distinguished it...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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James I., King of Scotland
(1394-1437) Poet, the third s. of Robert III., was b. at Dunfermline. In 1406 he was sent for safet...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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i dad!
An exclamation used in the Western States. "I dad! if I didn't snatch up Ruff and kiss him." Here t...
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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i vum!
An exclamation often heard in New England. "I vum," said he, "I'm sorry; what's the matter?"--Marga...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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don't
The proper colloquial contraction for do not; and which should therefore be used only in the first p...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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i swamp it!
An interjection of the same meaning as I swan! which see. Had that darn'd old vessel--that frigate ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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as
as, assis, m. (nom. assis, Don. ad Ter. Phorm. 43, and Schol. ad Pers. 2, 59; old form assārĭus, ii,...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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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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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.
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know-nothing
Utterly ignorant. Ex. 'A poor know-nothing creature, i. e. one exceedingly ignorant.--Norfolk Glossa...
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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as good as go
In the phrase, I'd as good's go to New York, instead of "I might as well go to New York." "I'd as go...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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as good's go
In the phrase, I'd as good's go to New York, instead of "I might as well go to New York." "I'd as go...
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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to know b from a
bull's foot. It is a common phrase to say, "He does not know B from a bull's foot," meaning that a p...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cold as presbyterian charity
I know not the origin of this saying, and am not aware that there is less charity in this sect than ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sick as a dog
A common expression, meaning very sick at the stomach. He that saieth he is dog sick, or sick as a ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hearty as a buck
A hunter's phrase, now in very common use. Well, how d'ye do, any how? So, so, middlin'. I'm heart...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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poor as job's turkey
A common simile. The professor is as poor as Job's turkey, if it wasn't for that powerful salary th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sick as a horse
'I'm as sick as a horse,' is a vulgar phrase which is used when a person is exceedingly sick. As a h...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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slick as a whistle
A proverbial simile, in common use throughout the United States. To do anything as slick as a whistl...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sure as a gun
Absolutely certain. A common colloquial expression.--Brockett. There's luck, says auld Lizzy, in fa...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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crooked as a virginia fence
A phrase applied to anything very crooked; and figuratively to persons of a stub-born temper, who ar...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dead as a door nail
Utterly, completely dead. The figure is that of a nail driven into wood, and, therefore, perfectly i...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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if so be as how
A vulgar expression used by uneducated people in the interior parts of this country and in England. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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mad as a march hare
A common simile, used alike in England and America. The whole's to be fourpence a quart-- 'Odswing...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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savage as a meat axe
Exceedingly hungry. This vulgar simile is often used in the Northern and Western States. "Why, you ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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straight as a loon's leg
is a common simile in New England. They were puzzled with the accounts; but I saw through it in a m...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.