Some Americanisms of a Hundred Years Ago

Abstract

DURING December, 1829, an extensive list of Americanisms based largely on Pickering's early compilation appeared in The Virginia Literary Museum (Vol. I, No. 27, pp. 417ff.), a journal devoted to belles-lettres and the arts, published by the University of Virginia. The list included several terms not to be found in Pickering or other collections, and a few, when recorded elsewhere, with dissimilar definitions. Since these words are of considerable