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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
'taint
'twa'n't
"old hunkers"
a dead set
a hard row to hoe
by fits and starts
by a long shot
like a thousand of brick
not by a jugfull
on a pinch
on the fence
the blues
the clean thing
the cut of his jib
the executive
the go
the go by
the jig is up
the upper ten thousand
to allot upon
to allow
to amalgamate
to americanize
to ape one's betters
to appreciate
to approbate
to argufy
to axe
to back out
to bamboozle
to bark off squirrels
to bark one's shins
to bark up the wrong tree
to be among the missing
to be driving at
to be on one's taps
to bear a hand
to beat
to beat all hollow
to blaze away
to blink
to blow
to blow over
to blow up
to bluff off
to blurt out
to bolt
to boo-hoo
to boose
to boost
to boot
to bouge
to break up land
to bridge
to brisk up
to brush up
to buckle-to
to bundle
to bunt
to calculate
to calk
to cant
to cap
to cap the climax
to capsize
to captivate
to carry a horse to water
to carry on
to cascade
to catch a tartar
to catch a weasel asleep
to cave in
to chalk out
to chaw
to chaw up
to chirk
to chirrup
to chisel
to chock
to choke off
to chomp
to chouse
to chuck
to circulate
to citizenize
to clap
clap down
to clear out
to conduct
to consociate
to convene
to corner
to cotton to
to count
to cow
to crack up
to cradle
to crunch
craunch
to cry
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