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Jacobs, Joseph
(b. 1854) Writer on folk-lore and Jewish history. English Fairy Tales (1890), Celtic Fairy Tales (1...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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well-in
adj. answering to `well off,' `well todo,' `wealthy'; and ordinarily used, in Australia, instead of...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to drive well
A Southern phrase, thus explained by Mr. Lavis: This gentleman applied for a situation as teacher in...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Jacobs, William Wymark
(b. 1863) Novelist. Many Cargoes (1896), The Skipper's Wooing (1897), A Master of Craft (1900), At ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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well-to-do
In a state of ease as to pecuniary circumstances; well off.--Holloway. In speaking of the emigratio...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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well to live
To be in easy circumstances; to live comfortably. I wanted to see how these Northerners could buy o...
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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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose