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see
1) for saw (preterite of to see.) I see him yesterday, for I saw him. This corruption is common amon...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Home, John
(1722-1808) Dramatist, s. of the Town-Clerk of Leith, where he was b., ed. there and at Edin., and ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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to see the elephant
is a South-western phrase, and means, generally, to undergo any disappointment of high-raised expect...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Kames, Henry Home, Lord
(1696-1782) Miscellaneous writer, s. of Geo. H., of Kames, Berwickshire, was admitted an advocate i...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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to see how the cat jumps
A metaphorical expression meaning, to discover the secrets or designs of others. We also say, in th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.