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be
(Ang. Sax. beo, 1st person sing. and 1st, 2d, and 3d plur. See Rask's Gram. p. 84), instead of am an...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to be driving at
'What are you driving at?' that is, what are you about? what object have you in view? A colloquial e...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to be among the missing
To be absent, to leave, to run away. There comes old David for my militia fine; I don't want to see...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to be on one's taps
is to be always ready on one's feet, literally on one's shoes; a metaphor borrowed from the shoemake...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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if so be as how
A vulgar expression used by uneducated people in the interior parts of this country and in England. ...
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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not born in the woods to be scared by an owl
Too much used to danger, or threats, to be easily frightened. I just puts my finger to my nose, and...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.