used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There's that nice McCarthy boy frettin' his heart out because you haven't treated him nicely, and Swanson worryin' about something.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "Now, there's Willie," continued Mrs. Clancy, ignoring the protest, "goin' round with a grouch on all the time like he could bite nails in two.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
ampleadjectiveUS /ˈæmpəl/
more than enough in size or scope or capacity
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
BaitsnounUS /beɪts/
plural of “bait” — anything that serves as an enticement
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
BaldwinnounUS /ˈbɔːldwən/
United States author who was an outspoken critic of racism (1924-1987)
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
for the reason that
From this reading There's that nice McCarthy boy frettin' his heart out because you haven't treated him nicely, and Swanson worryin' about something.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
Betty
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From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
biteverbUS /baɪt/
to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
From this reading "Now, there's Willie," continued Mrs. Clancy, ignoring the protest, "goin' round with a grouch on all the time like he could bite nails in two.
blamedadjectiveUS /bleɪmd/
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
a youthful male person
From this reading There's that nice McCarthy boy frettin' his heart out because you haven't treated him nicely, and Swanson worryin' about something.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
Clancy
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From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
without stop or interruption
From this reading "Now, there's Willie," continued Mrs. Clancy, ignoring the protest, "goin' round with a grouch on all the time like he could bite nails in two.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Now, there's Willie," continued Mrs. Clancy, ignoring the protest, "goin' round with a grouch on all the time like he could bite nails in two.
don't
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From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
ejaculated
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From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
envelopedverbUS /enˈveləpt/
past form of “envelop” — enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
at any time
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
something many people believe that is false
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
fannedadjectiveUS /fænd/
especially spread in a fan shape
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
floweredadjectiveUS /ˈflaʊərd/
resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
past form of “fold” — bend or lay so that one part covers the other
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
frettin
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From this reading There's that nice McCarthy boy frettin' his heart out because you haven't treated him nicely, and Swanson worryin' about something.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
goin
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From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
grouchnounUS /ɡraʊtʃ/
a bad-tempered person
From this reading "Now, there's Willie," continued Mrs. Clancy, ignoring the protest, "goin' round with a grouch on all the time like he could bite nails in two.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
haven't
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From this reading There's that nice McCarthy boy frettin' his heart out because you haven't treated him nicely, and Swanson worryin' about something.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Now, there's Willie," continued Mrs. Clancy, ignoring the protest, "goin' round with a grouch on all the time like he could bite nails in two.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading There's that nice McCarthy boy frettin' his heart out because you haven't treated him nicely, and Swanson worryin' about something.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There's that nice McCarthy boy frettin' his heart out because you haven't treated him nicely, and Swanson worryin' about something.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There's that nice McCarthy boy frettin' his heart out because you haven't treated him nicely, and Swanson worryin' about something.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
ignoringverbUS /ˌɪɡˈnɔːrɪŋ/
-ing form of “ignore” — refuse to acknowledge
From this reading "Now, there's Willie," continued Mrs. Clancy, ignoring the protest, "goin' round with a grouch on all the time like he could bite nails in two.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
kimononounUS /kəˈmoʊnə/
a loose robe; imitated from robes originally worn by Japanese
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
plural of “land” — the land on which real estate is located
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
lapverbUS /læp/
lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Now, there's Willie," continued Mrs. Clancy, ignoring the protest, "goin' round with a grouch on all the time like he could bite nails in two.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
looselyadverbUS /ˈluːsli/
in a relaxed manner; not rigid
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
McCarthynounUS /məˈkɑːrθi/
United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)
From this reading There's that nice McCarthy boy frettin' his heart out because you haven't treated him nicely, and Swanson worryin' about something.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
nailsnounUS /neɪlz/
plural of “nail” — horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
From this reading "Now, there's Willie," continued Mrs. Clancy, ignoring the protest, "goin' round with a grouch on all the time like he could bite nails in two.
a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading There's that nice McCarthy boy frettin' his heart out because you haven't treated him nicely, and Swanson worryin' about something.
nicelyadverbUS /ˈnaɪsli/
in a nice way
From this reading There's that nice McCarthy boy frettin' his heart out because you haven't treated him nicely, and Swanson worryin' about something.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now, there's Willie," continued Mrs. Clancy, ignoring the protest, "goin' round with a grouch on all the time like he could bite nails in two.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading There's that nice McCarthy boy frettin' his heart out because you haven't treated him nicely, and Swanson worryin' about something.
pennantnounUS /ˈpenənt/
the award given to the champion
From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
petticoatnounUS /ˈpetikoʊt/
undergarment worn under a skirt
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
protestnounUS /ˈproʊtest/
a formal and solemn declaration of objection
From this reading "Now, there's Willie," continued Mrs. Clancy, ignoring the protest, "goin' round with a grouch on all the time like he could bite nails in two.
precisely, exactly
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading "Now, there's Willie," continued Mrs. Clancy, ignoring the protest, "goin' round with a grouch on all the time like he could bite nails in two.
an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
destroyed physically or morally
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
rustlin
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From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
skirtsnounUS /skɜːrts/
plural of “skirt” — cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There's that nice McCarthy boy frettin' his heart out because you haven't treated him nicely, and Swanson worryin' about something.
stoolnounUS /stuːl/
a simple seat without a back or arms
From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
SwansonnounUS /ˈswɑːnsən/
United States actress in many silent films (1899-1983)
From this reading There's that nice McCarthy boy frettin' his heart out because you haven't treated him nicely, and Swanson worryin' about something.
TabornounUS /ˈteɪbər/
a small drum with one head of soft calfskin
From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
that's
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From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
there's
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From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "Now, there's Willie," continued Mrs. Clancy, ignoring the protest, "goin' round with a grouch on all the time like he could bite nails in two.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
TrapnounUS /træp/
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent
From this reading There's that nice McCarthy boy frettin' his heart out because you haven't treated him nicely, and Swanson worryin' about something.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading "Now, there's Willie," continued Mrs. Clancy, ignoring the protest, "goin' round with a grouch on all the time like he could bite nails in two.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
William
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From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
Willie
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From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading _Baldwin Baits a Trap_ "Willie says that one petticoat will ruin the best ball club that ever lived, but lands knows that if some of us women don't get busy right away there's one ball club that's goin' to be ruined without any rustlin' skirts to be blamed."
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Mrs. William Clancy, her ample form loosely enveloped in a huge, flowered kimono, dropped her fancy work into her lap and fanned herself with a folded newspaper.
worryin
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From this reading There's that nice McCarthy boy frettin' his heart out because you haven't treated him nicely, and Swanson worryin' about something.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why, Mother Clancy," ejaculated Betty Tabor, sitting on a stool by the window of the Clancy apartment, "one would think to hear you talk that we had lost the pennant already."
