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... meaning of the word bully to give the first push to the ball a usual one ? It is not given in ' H.E.D. ' D. M. R. through th ' wayter for , when tha ' knows I'm witchelt ? " Is the word still in use in any part of England , and is there ...
... meaning of the word bully to give the first push to the ball a usual one ? It is not given in ' H.E.D. ' D. M. R. through th ' wayter for , when tha ' knows I'm witchelt ? " Is the word still in use in any part of England , and is there ...
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... meaning is preserved in Alderley Edge , co . Chester , Weston - under - Edge , Aston - under - Edge , and Wootton - under - Edge , co . Gloucester , in addition to the instances given in the N.E.D. Cf. also Edgehill , co . Warwick . For ...
... meaning is preserved in Alderley Edge , co . Chester , Weston - under - Edge , Aston - under - Edge , and Wootton - under - Edge , co . Gloucester , in addition to the instances given in the N.E.D. Cf. also Edgehill , co . Warwick . For ...
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... meaning that he had dressed himself in cricketing or boating flannels . As this is the first time I have noticed this expression in any work of literary pretensions it may be worth while recording it in the pages of ' N. & Q ...
... meaning that he had dressed himself in cricketing or boating flannels . As this is the first time I have noticed this expression in any work of literary pretensions it may be worth while recording it in the pages of ' N. & Q ...
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... meaning of the the disease is known among Welsh miners . word ? It is not given in the ' H.E.D. D. M. R. WILLIAM CECIL , LORD BURLEIGH . - What authorities can I consult , other than Froude's and Lingard's histories , ' Dict . Nat ...
... meaning of the the disease is known among Welsh miners . word ? It is not given in the ' H.E.D. D. M. R. WILLIAM CECIL , LORD BURLEIGH . - What authorities can I consult , other than Froude's and Lingard's histories , ' Dict . Nat ...
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... meaning , my friend , married to a Yorkshire lady , said it was a Yorkshire expression for a hare coursed by lurchers on a Sunday , and that these hares were considered very tender . C. R. T. MISS ADELAIDE KEMBLE . - In Cruikshank's ...
... meaning , my friend , married to a Yorkshire lady , said it was a Yorkshire expression for a hare coursed by lurchers on a Sunday , and that these hares were considered very tender . C. R. T. MISS ADELAIDE KEMBLE . - In Cruikshank's ...
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