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Informal English: Puncture Ladies, Egg Harbors, Mississippi Marbles, and Other Curious Words and Phrases of North America,Used
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Gleaned from antiquated dictionaries, dialect glossaries, studies of folklore, nautical lexicons, historical writings, letters, novels, and miscellaneous sources, Informal English offers a captivating treasure trove of linguistic oddities that will not only entertain but also shed light on America's colloquial past. Among the gems are:Surfacecoal: cow dung, widely used for fuel in TexasBoneorchard: in the Southwest slang for a cemeteryChawswizzled: "confounded" in Nebraskan idiom. "I'll be chawswizzled!"Leatherears: to Cape Cod inhabitants, a person of slow comprehensionPuncture lady: a southwestern expression for a woman who prefers to sit on the sidelines at a dance and gossip rather than dance, often puncturing someone's reputationWhether the entries are unexpected twists on familiarsounding expressions or based on curious old customs, this wideranging assortment of vernacular Americanisms will amaze and amuse even the most hardboiled curmudgeon.
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