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What is the meaning of "burke a school" in Anticipations?
In Anticipations (1901), chapter 9, in the middle of a long passage, H. G. Wells wrote (referring to a personification of Jewish people):
... He is a remnant and legacy of mediævalism, a ...
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What is the meaning of "to have" in old cartoons?
In old cartoons, particularly "Little Red Riding Rabbit" of Looney Tunes, characters say "to have" with a meaning that seems different to the modern sense. For example, in the said ...
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What did the word "Ade" mean in the English of a hundred years ago?
Saw this in the news today and think I see the word Ade, but have never seen it before. Is it Ade? Or Ode? Wde? What does it mean? Is it an abbreviation?
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What does Scandinavian Home mean? Late XIX, early XX century. Great Britain
Joseph Conrad, "The Nigger Of The "Narcissus": A Tale Of The Forecastle":
the two young Norwegians looked tidy, meek, and altogether of a promising material for the kind ladies who patronise the ...
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