wharves

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

plur. of wharf. Mr. Pickering notices this form of the plural of wharf, as peculiar to Americans. The


English say wharfs. In the Colony and Province Laws of Massachusetts, Mr. Pickering says he has observed the plural wharfs (or wharfes) as late as the year 1735; but after that period the form wharves is used.

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