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A Vocabulary; Or, Collection of Words and Phrases: Which Have Been Supposed to be Peculiar to the United States of America choose

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[US] J. Pickering Vocab. 119: The verb to jockey, signifying ’to cheat, to trick’.
at jockey, v.
[US] J. Pickering Vocab. 129: The verb to mad, [...] to make angry, is in use in many parts of this country.
at mad, v.
[US] J. Pickering Vocab. 167: Englishmen notice our use of rugged, in this sense, as a peculiarity; in expressions of this kind — a rugged, i.e., robust child; rugged health [DA].
at rugged, adj.
[US] J. Pickering Vocab. 174: To Slat. To throw down with violence, to dash against.
at slat, v.
[US] J. Pickering Vocab. 185: To Swop or Swap, ‘to exchange’.
at swap, v.
[US] J. Pickering Vocab. 191: Ugly. Ill-tempered, bad [...] Ex. ‘He is an ugly fellow’.
at ugly, adj.
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