An American Glossary
Download or Read eBook An American Glossary PDF written by Richard Hopwood Thornton and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Richard Hopwood Thornton |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 448 |
| Release | : 1912 |
| ISBN-10 | : CORNELL:31924087965905 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis An American Glossary by : Richard Hopwood Thornton
Book excerpt: In this compilation are included: forms of speech now obsolete or provincial in England which survive in the U.S.; words and phrases of distinctly American origin; nouns which indicate quadrupeds, birds, trees, articles of food, etc. that are distinctly American; names of persons, classes of persons, and of places; words which have assumed new meanings; words and phrases with earlier American examples than in English writers.
