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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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jerked meat
Beef and other kinds of fresh meat dried in the open air without salt. In Lower Canada and Newfoundl...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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making meat
on the great Western prairies, consists in cutting into thin slices the boneless parts of the buffal...
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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to trig a wheel
To stop a wheel so as to prevent its going backwards or forwards.--Bailey. Still used in New England...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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savage as a meat axe
Exceedingly hungry. This vulgar simile is often used in the Northern and Western States. "Why, you ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.