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Shorty McCabe
Shorty McCabe

Chapter XI

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No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.
As Sadie's generally on hand to help out, I'm ready to stand for it.
Anyways, I've bought a fam'ly ticket and laid in a stock of fancy groceries.
The Maje?
Oh, him and me made it up handsome.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Shorty McCabe

Chapter XI

Reading 1/51 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.
Line 2
As Sadie's generally on hand to help out, I'm ready to stand for it.
Line 3
Anyways, I've bought a fam'ly ticket and laid in a stock of fancy groceries.
Line 4
The Maje?
Line 5
Oh, him and me made it up handsome.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.”

Hand noun US /hand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “As Sadie's generally on hand to help out, I'm ready to stand for it.”

Handsome noun US /ˈhandsome/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Oh, him and me made it up handsome.”

Help noun US /help/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “As Sadie's generally on hand to help out, I'm ready to stand for it.”

Stand noun US /stand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “As Sadie's generally on hand to help out, I'm ready to stand for it.”

All words in this reading · 58

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adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

ain't

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

Anyways

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From this reading Anyways, I've bought a fam'ly ticket and laid in a stock of fancy groceries.

AsconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading As Sadie's generally on hand to help out, I'm ready to stand for it.

Aunt

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

bought

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From this reading Anyways, I've bought a fam'ly ticket and laid in a stock of fancy groceries.

carts

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

collection

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

Cottage

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

doll

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

down

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

fam'ly

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From this reading Anyways, I've bought a fam'ly ticket and laid in a stock of fancy groceries.

fancy

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From this reading Anyways, I've bought a fam'ly ticket and laid in a stock of fancy groceries.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

gang

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

generally

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From this reading As Sadie's generally on hand to help out, I'm ready to stand for it.

got

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

groceries

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From this reading Anyways, I've bought a fam'ly ticket and laid in a stock of fancy groceries.

hand

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From this reading As Sadie's generally on hand to help out, I'm ready to stand for it.

handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Oh, him and me made it up handsome.

helpnounUS /help/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading As Sadie's generally on hand to help out, I'm ready to stand for it.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Oh, him and me made it up handsome.

I'd

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

I'm

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From this reading As Sadie's generally on hand to help out, I'm ready to stand for it.

I've

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From this reading Anyways, I've bought a fam'ly ticket and laid in a stock of fancy groceries.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

introducin

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

job

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

laid

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From this reading Anyways, I've bought a fam'ly ticket and laid in a stock of fancy groceries.

like

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

looks

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

made

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From this reading Oh, him and me made it up handsome.

Maje

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From this reading The Maje?

market

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading Oh, him and me made it up handsome.

Melie's

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

new

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

Nightingale

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Anyways, I've bought a fam'ly ticket and laid in a stock of fancy groceries.

Oh

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From this reading Oh, him and me made it up handsome.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading As Sadie's generally on hand to help out, I'm ready to stand for it.

out

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From this reading As Sadie's generally on hand to help out, I'm ready to stand for it.

Pinckney

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

ready

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From this reading As Sadie's generally on hand to help out, I'm ready to stand for it.

Sadie's

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From this reading As Sadie's generally on hand to help out, I'm ready to stand for it.

society

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

stand

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From this reading As Sadie's generally on hand to help out, I'm ready to stand for it.

steady

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

stock

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From this reading Anyways, I've bought a fam'ly ticket and laid in a stock of fancy groceries.

Sunday

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From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

ticket

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From this reading Anyways, I've bought a fam'ly ticket and laid in a stock of fancy groceries.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading No, Nightingale Cottage ain't in the market, and it looks like I'd got a steady job introducin' Aunt 'Melie's doll collection to society; for Pinckney carts down a new gang every Sunday.

up

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From this reading Oh, him and me made it up handsome.