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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

for into. Mr. Colman, in remarking upon the prevalence of this inaccuracy in New York, says: "We get in the stage, and have the rheumatism into our knees."--N. Y. Evening Post, Jan. 6, 1814. An observing English friend at Philadelphia also speaks of its frequent use there in the following terms: "The preposition into is almost unknown here. They say, 'When did you come in town?' 'I met him riding in town.'"--Pickering.

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