Chapter I · Chapter 1

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From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

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From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

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From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

later than; following

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

in the past

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

lacking funds

From this reading She broke off with a laugh relevant to some happy thought.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading BY LIDA CALVERT OBENCHAIN.

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From this reading BY LIDA CALVERT OBENCHAIN.

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

third-person singular of “complete” — come or bring to a finish or an end

From this reading Its publication in this present volume completes the set of stories told by "Aunt Jane of Kentucky."

a place off to the side of an area

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

growing or occurring in many parts of the world

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

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From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

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From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

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From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading She broke off with a laugh relevant to some happy thought.

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Its publication in this present volume completes the set of stories told by "Aunt Jane of Kentucky."

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

the month following June and preceding August

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses

From this reading Its publication in this present volume completes the set of stories told by "Aunt Jane of Kentucky."

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

immediately past

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

the sound of laughing

From this reading She broke off with a laugh relevant to some happy thought.

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From this reading BY LIDA CALVERT OBENCHAIN.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

immediately following in time or order

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

coming next after the eighteenth in position

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

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From this reading BY LIDA CALVERT OBENCHAIN.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading She broke off with a laugh relevant to some happy thought.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading Its publication in this present volume completes the set of stories told by "Aunt Jane of Kentucky."

(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

a copy of a printed work offered for distribution

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

prepared and printed for distribution and sale

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

From this reading She broke off with a laugh relevant to some happy thought.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

a reason for wanting something done

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

the month following August and preceding October

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Its publication in this present volume completes the set of stories told by "Aunt Jane of Kentucky."

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She broke off with a laugh relevant to some happy thought.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading She broke off with a laugh relevant to some happy thought.

make square

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

be standing; be upright

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

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From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

a special situation

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Published, September, 1916 (The last of the "Aunt Jane" stories) This story, the nineteenth and last of the "Aunt Jane" stories, appeared in the _Cosmopolitan_, July 1910, after the publication of _The Land of Long Ago_.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading She broke off with a laugh relevant to some happy thought.

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading Its publication in this present volume completes the set of stories told by "Aunt Jane of Kentucky."

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

employed in accomplishing something

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

From this reading Its publication in this present volume completes the set of stories told by "Aunt Jane of Kentucky."

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

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From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

look attentively

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

at the time that

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."

in the company of; together with

From this reading She broke off with a laugh relevant to some happy thought.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading "I hear there's goin' to be a circus in town next week," said Aunt Jane, "and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us."