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Glossary of Supposed Americanisms

Glossary of Supposed Americanisms

Elwyn, Alfred Langdon

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1154004856
ISBN13: 9781154004854
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 30
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.06 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859. Excerpt: ... sik; they have now approached nearer the more refined word such, by using sich and sich-like. I never seed exactly sich a kind of man afore; I guess there is no good in sich-like sort of folks. Sit. To sit a woman; to keep company with her; to court, or to sit up with her during the night. This, according to the Craven Glossary, is the mode of paying one's addresses in that obscure quarter of Yorkshire. They have the same custom in Chester County, Pennsylvania. To come on a Sunday afternoon and stay till the next morning, is the fashion there; whether it exists anywhere else, I do not know. Their reason for doing so is obvious, and a very good one. The incessant duties of the rest of the week prevent them from meeting, except on Sunday. It is their day of general worship at the different shrines. In Virginia, and perhaps other Southern States, I am told that the slaves walk twelve miles to visit their lady-love, and this after their usual work in the fields, yet are ready on the following morning for their daily tasks. Sixes And Sevens, in a state of confusion; in disorder. (Brockett.) It is strange that this should be supposed peculiar to the North of England, as it is heard wherever English is spoken. Skillet. The utensil, a small, shallow iron pot, with a long handle, to which we give this name, is not the same as its English relative. In Suffolk, it is an article for skimming milk; in Northamptonshire, a brass kettle, without a lid; though, in East Anglia, it is a pot of brass or iron, with a long handle, and probably the same as ours. Shakspeare has the word, and Skelton. Skinflint, a niggardly, close-fisted person. (Brockett.) A character not as common here as in England, though one is called skinflint in this country who would be thought genero...

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