A General Dictionary of Provincialisms ...J. R. Smith, 1840 - 194 páginas |
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... prep . Near . [ Naer , Dan . ] Neaf , s . The fist . [ Naeve , Dan . ] Nick , s . Prod , s . Raun , s . The Devil . [ Nicken , Dan . ] A goad . [ Prod , Dan . ] Fish - roe . [ Raun , Dan . ] Scratt , Oud Scratt , s . The Devil ...
... prep . Near . [ Naer , Dan . ] Neaf , s . The fist . [ Naeve , Dan . ] Nick , s . Prod , s . Raun , s . The Devil . [ Nicken , Dan . ] A goad . [ Prod , Dan . ] Fish - roe . [ Raun , Dan . ] Scratt , Oud Scratt , s . The Devil ...
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... prep . Strang . Strang . Strong , adj . Fra . Fra . Fro , adv . Tao . Taa . Thrang . Thrang . Toe , s . Throng , s . I shall now proceed to the consideration of words of Norman or French etymon . As the Normans were the last race of ...
... prep . Strang . Strang . Strong , adj . Fra . Fra . Fro , adv . Tao . Taa . Thrang . Thrang . Toe , s . Throng , s . I shall now proceed to the consideration of words of Norman or French etymon . As the Normans were the last race of ...
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... preparatory to the next deal . Scarlet Likeness . The scarlet lychnis , a flower . Shallow - Church . Shadoxhurst , the name of a village near Ashford , Kent . Shepherd's - Well . Sibbald's Wold , a village near Dover , Kent . In ...
... preparatory to the next deal . Scarlet Likeness . The scarlet lychnis , a flower . Shallow - Church . Shadoxhurst , the name of a village near Ashford , Kent . Shepherd's - Well . Sibbald's Wold , a village near Dover , Kent . In ...
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... prep . [ Scotch . ] Above . Craven . Yorkshire . ABOUT , prep . Near to . Suff . Norf . Suss . As " is that horse worth twenty pounds ? " " No ! nothing about it . " ABROOD , adv . When a hen is sitting on her eggs she is said to be ...
... prep . [ Scotch . ] Above . Craven . Yorkshire . ABOUT , prep . Near to . Suff . Norf . Suss . As " is that horse worth twenty pounds ? " " No ! nothing about it . " ABROOD , adv . When a hen is sitting on her eggs she is said to be ...
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... prep . Against . South . North . Corruption of against . AGEN , prep . SAgainst . Sussex . To AGE , v . n . To grow old , as " he ages very much , that is he grows old very fast . " Suff . Norf . E. Suss . To AGGRAVATE , v . a . To ...
... prep . Against . South . North . Corruption of against . AGEN , prep . SAgainst . Sussex . To AGE , v . n . To grow old , as " he ages very much , that is he grows old very fast . " Suff . Norf . E. Suss . To AGGRAVATE , v . a . To ...
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Términos y frases comunes
applied Bailey beer Belg Berks bird blow bread Brit called cask cattle cheese Cheshire cloth coarse common corn Corruption counties Craven Craven Dialect Cumb Derby derived Devon Dillo dirty ditch Ditto dress drink dung East Sussex Essex Exmoor fasten fellow Fenning fire Forby Germ Glouc Goth grass Grose ground Hampshire Hants head heap hedge hence hole horse horse's idle implying intj iron Kent Lanc land Linc liquor means milk noise Norf North Northumb pass peas Perhaps person piece plough prep probably pron rain Rennet Scotch sheep signifies Somerset South stick stone straw Suff Suss Teut thick thing titmouse tree v. a. To beat v. a. To throw vessel walk Warw Welch West wheel whence wind wood wooden word York young
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