A new dictionary of Americanisms
Subtitle: being a glossary of words supposed to be peculiar to the United States and the Dominion of Canada
By: by Sylva Clapin ...
Contributors: Aubrey, William Hickman Smith, 1848?-1916.; Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902.; Tylor, Edward Burnett, Sir, 1832-1917.; Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929.
Publisher: L. Weiss & Co.
Published: 1902
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 581
Subjects: Americanisms -- Dictionaries; English language -- North America -- Slang -- Dictionaries; English language -- United States -- Dictionaries; English language -- Canada -- Dictionaries; Canadianisms -- Dictionaries
Notes: Appendices: I. Foreign words, either used in their original integrity, or derived from foreign languages, which may be classed as Americanisms. II. Substantives classed according to analogy. III. Reprints from English and American periodicals: 1. Americanisms, by Dr. Aubrey (Leisure hour) 2. Wild flowers of English speech in America, by Edward Eggleston (The Century magazine) 3. The philology of slang, by E. B. Tylor (Macmillan's magazine) 4. The function of slang, by Brander Matthews (Harper's monthly)