Chapter XXIV · Chapter 24

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

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

possessing life

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

(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've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

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

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

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From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

plural of “apple” — fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

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

From this reading "I don't say as it isn't nice to have company.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

the amount that many barrels might hold

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

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

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

for the reason that

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

in addition to; as well as

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

plural of “blessing” — the formal act of approving

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

brought into existence

From this reading "I never saw so much company in my born days and constant setting wears out chairs and constant rocking wears out rugs.

the lower side of anything

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

to strive with determination

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

a seat for one person, with a support for the back

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back

From this reading "I never saw so much company in my born days and constant setting wears out chairs and constant rocking wears out rugs.

a beverage made from juice pressed from apples

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading "I never saw so much company in my born days and constant setting wears out chairs and constant rocking wears out rugs.

unvarying in nature

From this reading "I never saw so much company in my born days and constant setting wears out chairs and constant rocking wears out rugs.

the child of your aunt or uncle

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

plural of “cousin” — the child of your aunt or uncle

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading "I never saw so much company in my born days and constant setting wears out chairs and constant rocking wears out rugs.

dearly loved

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

reach, make, or come to a decision about something

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

made known or openly avowed

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

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

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

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

From this reading "I don't say as it isn't nice to have company.

at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

plural of “equal” — a person who is of equal standing with another in a group

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

regard something as probable or likely

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

mat together and make felt-like

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

your parents

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

the mother of your father or mother

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

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

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

plural of “ham” — meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

plural of “hole” — an opening into or through something

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

curved down like an eagle's beak

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

possessive form of “husband” — a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

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

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

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

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

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

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

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

From this reading "I don't say as it isn't nice to have company.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

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

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

plural of “jowl” — the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

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

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

the quantity contained in a keg

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

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

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

being the only one; single and isolated from others

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

joined in matrimony

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

the act of mixing together

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading "I never saw so much company in my born days and constant setting wears out chairs and constant rocking wears out rugs.

meat from a mature domestic sheep

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "I never saw so much company in my born days and constant setting wears out chairs and constant rocking wears out rugs.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading "I never saw so much company in my born days and constant setting wears out chairs and constant rocking wears out rugs.

pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance

From this reading "I don't say as it isn't nice to have company.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

plural of “onion” — the bulb of an onion plant

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading "I never saw so much company in my born days and constant setting wears out chairs and constant rocking wears out rugs.

plural of “pass” — (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

deserving or inciting pity

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

plural of “potato” — an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

superlative of “pretty” — pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

one of four equal parts

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

the sound of a bell ringing

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

-ing form of “rock” — move back and forth or sideways

From this reading "I never saw so much company in my born days and constant setting wears out chairs and constant rocking wears out rugs.

plural of “rug” — floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

plural of “sake” — a reason for wanting something done

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

cut with a saw

From this reading "I never saw so much company in my born days and constant setting wears out chairs and constant rocking wears out rugs.

express in words

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

the act of causing something to go (especially messages)

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

the context and environment in which something is set

From this reading "I never saw so much company in my born days and constant setting wears out chairs and constant rocking wears out rugs.

plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

being or characteristic of a single thing or person

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading "I never saw so much company in my born days and constant setting wears out chairs and constant rocking wears out rugs.

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

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

comparatives of “soon” or “early”

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

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

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

a special situation

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

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

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

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

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

a source of difficulty

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

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From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

plural of “wear” — impairment resulting from long use

From this reading "I never saw so much company in my born days and constant setting wears out chairs and constant rocking wears out rugs.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

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

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

From this reading "What do they expect Miss Ann to do with a bushel of winter onions and a barrel of potatoes and a keg of cider and a barrel of flour and six sides of bacon, two jowls and three hams, besides two barrels of apples and a hind quarter of the prettiest mutton I've seen for many a day?

in the company of; together with

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

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

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

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

From this reading I've been lonesome, in a way, all my life, because my mother and father weren't much hands at mixing, feeling themselves to be kind of different from the folks here in Kentucky, and then I married young, and trouble came early, and my poor dear husband's father wasn't the kind to attract the kind of people my mother felt were our equals--but now, sakes alive, never a day passes but it isn't cousin this and cousin that, coming to call or ringing the 'phone or sending some kind of present to Miss Ann.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.

the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to

From this reading Blessings Begin to Flow "Well, I say it's a good thing these cousins of yours didn't decide sooner to recognize you, Judy, because if they had we wouldn't have had a single chair with a bottom left in it and the hooked rugs your Grandmother Knight brought to Kentucky would have been nothing but holes," declared Mrs. Buck.