used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ONE mornin’ we wuz all a settin’ out on the big piazza, for it wuz a cloudless day, and it wuz exceedingly pleasant out there.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I bought it at Loontown, at a expense of over seventy-five cents, and dressed it myself, with a little of Philury’s help about the boddist waist.
(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 ONE mornin’ we wuz all a settin’ out on the big piazza, for it wuz a cloudless day, and it wuz exceedingly pleasant out there.
amiable-lookin
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From this reading It wuz a very good and amiable-lookin’ doll when we had got it all trimmed off, and Snow thought her eyes on it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ONE mornin’ we wuz all a settin’ out on the big piazza, for it wuz a cloudless day, and it wuz exceedingly pleasant out there.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I bought it at Loontown, at a expense of over seventy-five cents, and dressed it myself, with a little of Philury’s help about the boddist waist.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading ONE mornin’ we wuz all a settin’ out on the big piazza, for it wuz a cloudless day, and it wuz exceedingly pleasant out there.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
boddist
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From this reading I bought it at Loontown, at a expense of over seventy-five cents, and dressed it myself, with a little of Philury’s help about the boddist waist.
inflected form of “buy” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading I bought it at Loontown, at a expense of over seventy-five cents, and dressed it myself, with a little of Philury’s help about the boddist waist.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Its dress wuz pink cambrick trimmed heavy with white linen lace—it wuz some I had on a nightcap, but it wuz so firm it had wore the nightcap out.
cambrick
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From this reading Its dress wuz pink cambrick trimmed heavy with white linen lace—it wuz some I had on a nightcap, but it wuz so firm it had wore the nightcap out.
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
centsnounUS /sents/
plural of “cent” — a fractional monetary unit of several countries
From this reading I bought it at Loontown, at a expense of over seventy-five cents, and dressed it myself, with a little of Philury’s help about the boddist waist.
plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
cloudlessadjectiveUS /ˈklaʊdləs/
free from clouds
From this reading ONE mornin’ we wuz all a settin’ out on the big piazza, for it wuz a cloudless day, and it wuz exceedingly pleasant out there.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading ONE mornin’ we wuz all a settin’ out on the big piazza, for it wuz a cloudless day, and it wuz exceedingly pleasant out there.
dollnounUS /dɑːl/
a small replica of a person; used as a toy
From this reading It wuz a very good and amiable-lookin’ doll when we had got it all trimmed off, and Snow thought her eyes on it.
dollynounUS /ˈdɑːli/
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
put on clothes
From this reading Its dress wuz pink cambrick trimmed heavy with white linen lace—it wuz some I had on a nightcap, but it wuz so firm it had wore the nightcap out.
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
From this reading I bought it at Loontown, at a expense of over seventy-five cents, and dressed it myself, with a little of Philury’s help about the boddist waist.
to an extreme degree
From this reading ONE mornin’ we wuz all a settin’ out on the big piazza, for it wuz a cloudless day, and it wuz exceedingly pleasant out there.
expensenounUS /ɪkˈspens/
amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
From this reading I bought it at Loontown, at a expense of over seventy-five cents, and dressed it myself, with a little of Philury’s help about the boddist waist.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
From this reading Its dress wuz pink cambrick trimmed heavy with white linen lace—it wuz some I had on a nightcap, but it wuz so firm it had wore the nightcap out.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ONE mornin’ we wuz all a settin’ out on the big piazza, for it wuz a cloudless day, and it wuz exceedingly pleasant out there.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading It wuz a very good and amiable-lookin’ doll when we had got it all trimmed off, and Snow thought her eyes on it.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading It wuz a very good and amiable-lookin’ doll when we had got it all trimmed off, and Snow thought her eyes on it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading Its dress wuz pink cambrick trimmed heavy with white linen lace—it wuz some I had on a nightcap, but it wuz so firm it had wore the nightcap out.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading I bought it at Loontown, at a expense of over seventy-five cents, and dressed it myself, with a little of Philury’s help about the boddist waist.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ONE mornin’ we wuz all a settin’ out on the big piazza, for it wuz a cloudless day, and it wuz exceedingly pleasant out there.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its dress wuz pink cambrick trimmed heavy with white linen lace—it wuz some I had on a nightcap, but it wuz so firm it had wore the nightcap out.
laceverbUS /leɪs/
spin, wind, or twist together
From this reading Its dress wuz pink cambrick trimmed heavy with white linen lace—it wuz some I had on a nightcap, but it wuz so firm it had wore the nightcap out.
linennounUS /ˈlɪnən/
a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant
From this reading Its dress wuz pink cambrick trimmed heavy with white linen lace—it wuz some I had on a nightcap, but it wuz so firm it had wore the nightcap out.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
Loontown
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From this reading I bought it at Loontown, at a expense of over seventy-five cents, and dressed it myself, with a little of Philury’s help about the boddist waist.
mornin
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From this reading ONE mornin’ we wuz all a settin’ out on the big piazza, for it wuz a cloudless day, and it wuz exceedingly pleasant out there.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I bought it at Loontown, at a expense of over seventy-five cents, and dressed it myself, with a little of Philury’s help about the boddist waist.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
nightcapnoun
an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime; often alcoholic
From this reading Its dress wuz pink cambrick trimmed heavy with white linen lace—it wuz some I had on a nightcap, but it wuz so firm it had wore the nightcap out.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I bought it at Loontown, at a expense of over seventy-five cents, and dressed it myself, with a little of Philury’s help about the boddist waist.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading It wuz a very good and amiable-lookin’ doll when we had got it all trimmed off, and Snow thought her eyes on it.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ONE mornin’ we wuz all a settin’ out on the big piazza, for it wuz a cloudless day, and it wuz exceedingly pleasant out there.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ONE mornin’ we wuz all a settin’ out on the big piazza, for it wuz a cloudless day, and it wuz exceedingly pleasant out there.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading ONE mornin’ we wuz all a settin’ out on the big piazza, for it wuz a cloudless day, and it wuz exceedingly pleasant out there.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I bought it at Loontown, at a expense of over seventy-five cents, and dressed it myself, with a little of Philury’s help about the boddist waist.
Philury's
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From this reading I bought it at Loontown, at a expense of over seventy-five cents, and dressed it myself, with a little of Philury’s help about the boddist waist.
piazzanounUS /piˈæzə/
a public square with room for pedestrians
From this reading ONE mornin’ we wuz all a settin’ out on the big piazza, for it wuz a cloudless day, and it wuz exceedingly pleasant out there.
a light shade of red
From this reading Its dress wuz pink cambrick trimmed heavy with white linen lace—it wuz some I had on a nightcap, but it wuz so firm it had wore the nightcap out.
playin
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From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading ONE mornin’ we wuz all a settin’ out on the big piazza, for it wuz a cloudless day, and it wuz exceedingly pleasant out there.
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
settin
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From this reading ONE mornin’ we wuz all a settin’ out on the big piazza, for it wuz a cloudless day, and it wuz exceedingly pleasant out there.
seventy-fiveadjectiveUS /ˈsevəntifaɪv/
being five more than seventy
From this reading I bought it at Loontown, at a expense of over seventy-five cents, and dressed it myself, with a little of Philury’s help about the boddist waist.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Its dress wuz pink cambrick trimmed heavy with white linen lace—it wuz some I had on a nightcap, but it wuz so firm it had wore the nightcap out.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Its dress wuz pink cambrick trimmed heavy with white linen lace—it wuz some I had on a nightcap, but it wuz so firm it had wore the nightcap out.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ONE mornin’ we wuz all a settin’ out on the big piazza, for it wuz a cloudless day, and it wuz exceedingly pleasant out there.
in or at that place or location
From this reading ONE mornin’ we wuz all a settin’ out on the big piazza, for it wuz a cloudless day, and it wuz exceedingly pleasant out there.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading It wuz a very good and amiable-lookin’ doll when we had got it all trimmed off, and Snow thought her eyes on it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
trimmedadjectiveUS /trɪmd/
made neat and tidy by trimming
From this reading Its dress wuz pink cambrick trimmed heavy with white linen lace—it wuz some I had on a nightcap, but it wuz so firm it had wore the nightcap out.
precisely as stated
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
From this reading I bought it at Loontown, at a expense of over seventy-five cents, and dressed it myself, with a little of Philury’s help about the boddist waist.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading ONE mornin’ we wuz all a settin’ out on the big piazza, for it wuz a cloudless day, and it wuz exceedingly pleasant out there.
at the time that
From this reading It wuz a very good and amiable-lookin’ doll when we had got it all trimmed off, and Snow thought her eyes on it.
a Caucasian
From this reading Its dress wuz pink cambrick trimmed heavy with white linen lace—it wuz some I had on a nightcap, but it wuz so firm it had wore the nightcap out.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Snow wuz a settin’ to one side a playin’ with her little dolly that I had carried down to her—a nice one, with real hair, and very round blue eyes and red cheeks.
inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in
From this reading Its dress wuz pink cambrick trimmed heavy with white linen lace—it wuz some I had on a nightcap, but it wuz so firm it had wore the nightcap out.
wuz
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From this reading ONE mornin’ we wuz all a settin’ out on the big piazza, for it wuz a cloudless day, and it wuz exceedingly pleasant out there.
