![]() ![]() Puncture 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 reputation.Leather-ears: to Cape Cod inhabitants, a person of slow comprehension.Chawswizzled: "confounded" in Nebraskan idiom.Bone-orchard: in the Southwest slang for a cemetery.Surface-coal: cow dung, widely used for fuel in Texas. ![]() About the Book Gleaned from dictionaries, dialect glossaries, etymological treatises, folklore, nautical lexicons, historical writings, notes, novels, and miscellaneous lexicography, "Informal English" offers a captivating, readable treasure trove of about 2,500 words.īook Synopsis 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. ![]()
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