Chapter XXX · Chapter 30

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

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

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From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

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From this reading THE DEVIL'S OCCUPASHUN GONE.--POLLYTISHUN OR JURNERLIST.-- PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.--ADDYOU.

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From this reading And you, mister, remember if I ain't no longer a typergraffickal devil, I still am, Yours trooly, Georgie.

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From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

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From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

(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 I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading And you, mister, remember if I ain't no longer a typergraffickal devil, I still am, Yours trooly, Georgie.

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

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

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

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Then he'd warnt me to act as his Privat Seckertery, cos he knowed I had his interest at hart, and was discrete enuf not to give him away.

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

From this reading Then he'd warnt me to act as his Privat Seckertery, cos he knowed I had his interest at hart, and was discrete enuf not to give him away.

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From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

move up and down repeatedly

From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive

From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

a youthful male person

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

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From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

plural of “buster” — an informal form of address for a man

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

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From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

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From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other

From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

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From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

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From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

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From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

possessive form of “devil” — (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell

From this reading THE DEVIL'S OCCUPASHUN GONE.--POLLYTISHUN OR JURNERLIST.-- PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.--ADDYOU.

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From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

constituting a separate entity or part

From this reading Then he'd warnt me to act as his Privat Seckertery, cos he knowed I had his interest at hart, and was discrete enuf not to give him away.

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From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

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From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

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From this reading Then he'd warnt me to act as his Privat Seckertery, cos he knowed I had his interest at hart, and was discrete enuf not to give him away.

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From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

a person who fells trees

From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading THE DEVIL'S OCCUPASHUN GONE.--POLLYTISHUN OR JURNERLIST.-- PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.--ADDYOU.

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

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From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

yet to be or coming

From this reading THE DEVIL'S OCCUPASHUN GONE.--POLLYTISHUN OR JURNERLIST.-- PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.--ADDYOU.

not fake or counterfeit

From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

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From this reading And you, mister, remember if I ain't no longer a typergraffickal devil, I still am, Yours trooly, Georgie.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

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From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

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From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading Then he'd warnt me to act as his Privat Seckertery, cos he knowed I had his interest at hart, and was discrete enuf not to give him away.

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

From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

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From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

destroyed or killed

From this reading THE DEVIL'S OCCUPASHUN GONE.--POLLYTISHUN OR JURNERLIST.-- PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.--ADDYOU.

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From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Then he'd warnt me to act as his Privat Seckertery, cos he knowed I had his interest at hart, and was discrete enuf not to give him away.

United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)

From this reading Then he'd warnt me to act as his Privat Seckertery, cos he knowed I had his interest at hart, and was discrete enuf not to give him away.

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From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

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From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

foreshadow or presage

From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

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

From this reading Then he'd warnt me to act as his Privat Seckertery, cos he knowed I had his interest at hart, and was discrete enuf not to give him away.

having services engaged for a fee

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Then he'd warnt me to act as his Privat Seckertery, cos he knowed I had his interest at hart, and was discrete enuf not to give him away.

a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services

From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

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

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

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From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

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From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

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From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

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From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

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

From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

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From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

having much knowledge or education

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

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From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

From this reading Then he'd warnt me to act as his Privat Seckertery, cos he knowed I had his interest at hart, and was discrete enuf not to give him away.

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From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

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From this reading THE DEVIL'S OCCUPASHUN GONE.--POLLYTISHUN OR JURNERLIST.-- PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.--ADDYOU.

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From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

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

From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

past form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading Then he'd warnt me to act as his Privat Seckertery, cos he knowed I had his interest at hart, and was discrete enuf not to give him away.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

for more time

From this reading And you, mister, remember if I ain't no longer a typergraffickal devil, I still am, Yours trooly, Georgie.

not compact or dense in structure or arrangement

From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

a terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world

From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

engage in

From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

a vaguely specified concern

From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

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

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

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From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

a form of address for a man

From this reading And you, mister, remember if I ain't no longer a typergraffickal devil, I still am, Yours trooly, Georgie.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

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From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

a form of address for a man

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

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From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

not any; not one

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Then he'd warnt me to act as his Privat Seckertery, cos he knowed I had his interest at hart, and was discrete enuf not to give him away.

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From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

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From this reading THE DEVIL'S OCCUPASHUN GONE.--POLLYTISHUN OR JURNERLIST.-- PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.--ADDYOU.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

make available or accessible, provide or furnish

From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

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From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading THE DEVIL'S OCCUPASHUN GONE.--POLLYTISHUN OR JURNERLIST.-- PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.--ADDYOU.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

being on the outside or further from a center

From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

above and across; more than

From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

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From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

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From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

plural of “plan” — a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished

From this reading THE DEVIL'S OCCUPASHUN GONE.--POLLYTISHUN OR JURNERLIST.-- PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.--ADDYOU.

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From this reading THE DEVIL'S OCCUPASHUN GONE.--POLLYTISHUN OR JURNERLIST.-- PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.--ADDYOU.

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From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

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From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

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From this reading Then he'd warnt me to act as his Privat Seckertery, cos he knowed I had his interest at hart, and was discrete enuf not to give him away.

To recall to mind.

From this reading And you, mister, remember if I ain't no longer a typergraffickal devil, I still am, Yours trooly, Georgie.

a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories

From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

an established ceremony prescribed by a religion

From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

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From this reading Then he'd warnt me to act as his Privat Seckertery, cos he knowed I had his interest at hart, and was discrete enuf not to give him away.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

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From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

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From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

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From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

be standing; be upright

From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

not in physical motion

From this reading And you, mister, remember if I ain't no longer a typergraffickal devil, I still am, Yours trooly, Georgie.

a quantity of money

From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

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

From this reading THE DEVIL'S OCCUPASHUN GONE.--POLLYTISHUN OR JURNERLIST.-- PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.--ADDYOU.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Then he'd warnt me to act as his Privat Seckertery, cos he knowed I had his interest at hart, and was discrete enuf not to give him away.

a special situation

From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

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

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

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From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

up to a particular time

From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

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

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

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From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

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From this reading And you, mister, remember if I ain't no longer a typergraffickal devil, I still am, Yours trooly, Georgie.

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From this reading And you, mister, remember if I ain't no longer a typergraffickal devil, I still am, Yours trooly, Georgie.

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

From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

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

From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

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From this reading Then he'd warnt me to act as his Privat Seckertery, cos he knowed I had his interest at hart, and was discrete enuf not to give him away.

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

From this reading I aint no devil no more, cos this mornin Mr. Gilley informed me that I was gettin too big for my persishun, and he'd hired a nuther boy to act as the _Busters_ Devil.

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From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading I'll think over the matter, Mr. Diry, and if I can't get a situashun as a Washinton gossipper or a job on the _Herald_, to rite up the abberiginies of Cannadey, I may go on to Albanie, and rite up all the triks of the pollytishuns, jest to keep myself in pracktiss til we go outer offis.

male sheep especially a castrated one

From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

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From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

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From this reading I must close, Mr. Diry, cos I'm goin down to the hotel to intervue Curnel Bob, Ingysoll, and see if a feller like me wuldn't stand sum sho to make munny and a big name, if he was to start out as a “genuine devil” brok loose from Haydies.

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From this reading He sez I can fuie round and act in the cuppaserty of missellaneus reporter, and rite up eny thing I think wurth wile, till it was time for us to go to Albanie and get inaugerated.

but in spite of that

From this reading I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading And you, mister, remember if I ain't no longer a typergraffickal devil, I still am, Yours trooly, Georgie.

the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to

From this reading And you, mister, remember if I ain't no longer a typergraffickal devil, I still am, Yours trooly, Georgie.