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geewhillikins
geewhillikins, int. orig. U.S. (dʒiːˈwɪlɪkɪnz) Also ge-, je-, -whil(l)iken(s), -whil(l)ikin(s), -whit(t)aker(s). [Perh. a fanciful substitute for Jerusalem!, but cf. next.] = gee int.21851 ‘A. Missourian’ in T. A. Burke Polly Peablossom's Wedding, etc. 52 Jewhilliken, how he could whip er nigger! 18...
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jewhilliken(s)
jewhil(l)iken(s), -kin(s) varr. geewhillikins.
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gee
▪ I. gee, n.1 north. and Sc. (giː) A fit of bad temper or sullenness; usually in phrase to take the gee: to take offence, become sulky.a 1605 Montgomerie Sonn. xxv. 9 Ȝe knau ill guiding genders mony gees And specially in poets. ? 17.. Song in Herd Collect. Scot. Songs (1829) 5 Lang or e'er that I c...
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem (dʒəˈruːsələm) The city in Palestine (Israel) so called; the Holy City. 1. Hence attrib. or ellipt. in the following, among other uses: Jerusalem cherry = winter cherry 1 b; Jerusalem jump (see quot.); Jerusalem letters, letters or symbols tattooed on the arm or body, such as pilgrims or v...
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outer
▪ I. outer, a. (n.1) (ˈaʊtə(r)) Forms: 5–6 outter, (6 outar), 5, 7– outer. [A new comparative formed immediately on out, instead of the inherited form utter from OE. {uacu}terra, uttra, which had ceased to show relationship to out; cf. late, latter, later. Occasional examples of outer, outter occur ...
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though
though, adv. and conj. (ðəʊ) Forms: see below. [OE. had ðéah, þéah, þéh, corresp. to Goth. þauh (= þau ‘in that case’ + h = L. -que ‘also’), OFris. thâch (Saterl. dach); OS. thôh (MDu., Du., LG. doch), OHG. doh (shortened fr. dôh), ON. þó (contr. fr. *þauh), MSw., MDa. þo, tho. Of the numerous ME. f...
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pepper
▪ I. pepper, n. (ˈpɛpə(r)) Forms: 1 pipor, piper, 4 peopur, 4–5 pepir, (5 pepyr(e, -ur, pepre), 4–6 piper, 4–8 peper, 6– pepper. [OE. pipor = OLG. *pipar, MLG., MDu. pēper (LG. and Du. peper), OHG. pfeffar, MHG. and Ger. pfeffer, ON. piparr (Norw. pipar, Sw. peppar, ODa. piberr, Da. peber); Com. WGe...
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