used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
appetitenounUS /ˈæpətaɪt/
a feeling of craving something
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading It is a great country, Young Dan, and a grand season of the year for him who has wild blood in his veins and unimpaired organs of digestion.
buckwheatnounUS /ˈbʌkwiːt/
a member of the genus Fagopyrum; annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The letter, which came from Mr. Tangler’s office in a distant city, ran as follows:
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
past form of “cause” — give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading The letter, which came from Mr. Tangler’s office in a distant city, ran as follows:
CLAWSnounUS /klɔːz/
plural of “claw” — sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
coalnounUS /koʊl/
fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading It is a great country, Young Dan, and a grand season of the year for him who has wild blood in his veins and unimpaired organs of digestion.
Dan
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
dearly loved
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
recognizable; marked
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
digestionnounUS /daɪˈdʒestʃən/
the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat
From this reading It is a great country, Young Dan, and a grand season of the year for him who has wild blood in his veins and unimpaired organs of digestion.
separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
From this reading The letter, which came from Mr. Tangler’s office in a distant city, ran as follows:
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
eatsnounUS /iːts/
informal terms for a meal
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
enviouslyadverbUS /ˈenviəsli/
with jealousy; in an envious manner
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
EvansnounUS /ˈevənz/
United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971)
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
expensiveadjectiveUS /ɪkˈspensɪv/
high in price or charging high prices
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
fatteningadjectiveUS /ˈfætənɪŋ/
subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
people in general (often used in the plural)
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
third-person singular of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading The letter, which came from Mr. Tangler’s office in a distant city, ran as follows:
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
many times at short intervals
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
frocknounUS /frɑːk/
a long, loose outer garment
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
frostnounUS /frɔːst/
ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
frozenadjectiveUS /ˈfroʊzən/
turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
fryingnounUS /ˈfraɪɪŋ/
cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
furnacenounUS /ˈfɜːrnəs/
an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
Government'snounUS /ˈɡʌvərmənts/
possessive form of “government” — the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading It is a great country, Young Dan, and a grand season of the year for him who has wild blood in his veins and unimpaired organs of digestion.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading It is a great country, Young Dan, and a grand season of the year for him who has wild blood in his veins and unimpaired organs of digestion.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
hatsnounUS /hæts/
plural of “hat” — headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
hireverbUS /ˈhaɪər/
engage or hire for work
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
in place of, or as an alternative to
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is a great country, Young Dan, and a grand season of the year for him who has wild blood in his veins and unimpaired organs of digestion.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
JoshverbUS /dʒɑːʃ/
be silly or tease one another
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
know-it-allnoun
someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
lady-like
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
indicating the most important performer or role
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
lumberwoods
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
a form of address for a man
From this reading The letter, which came from Mr. Tangler’s office in a distant city, ran as follows:
water soaked soil; soft wet earth
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
in such a manner as could not be otherwise
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
not any; not one
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
From this reading The letter, which came from Mr. Tangler’s office in a distant city, ran as follows:
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
and nothing more
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
organsnounUS /ˈɔːrɡənz/
edible viscera of a butchered animal
From this reading It is a great country, Young Dan, and a grand season of the year for him who has wild blood in his veins and unimpaired organs of digestion.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
overlookedadjectiveUS /ˈoʊvərlʊkt/
not taken into account
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
OxbownounUS /ˈɑːksboʊ/
the land inside an oxbow bend in a river
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
pancakesnounUS /ˈpænkeɪks/
plural of “pancake” — a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
pasturenounUS /ˈpæstʃər/
a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
plural of “plan” — a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
porknounUS /pɔːrk/
meat from a domestic hog or pig
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
ProngsnounUS /prɔːŋz/
plural of “prong” — a pointed projection
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
punkin
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From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading The letter, which came from Mr. Tangler’s office in a distant city, ran as follows:
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
past form of “remark” — make mention of
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
sausagesnounUS /ˈsɔːsɪdʒɪz/
plural of “sausage” — highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
an educational institution
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading It is a great country, Young Dan, and a grand season of the year for him who has wild blood in his veins and unimpaired organs of digestion.
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
be seated
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
make steady
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
swamper
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
swampsnounUS /swɑːmps/
plural of “swamp” — low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
Tangler
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
Tangler's
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The letter, which came from Mr. Tangler’s office in a distant city, ran as follows:
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
THIEFnounUS /θiːf/
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
closely constrained or constricted or constricting
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
TodnounUS /tɑːd/
a unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
hard to endure
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
turkeysnounUS /ˈtɜːrkiz/
plural of “turkey” — large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
unimpairedadjectiveUS /ˌʌnɪmˈperd/
not damaged or diminished in any respect
From this reading It is a great country, Young Dan, and a grand season of the year for him who has wild blood in his veins and unimpaired organs of digestion.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
veinsnounUS /veɪnz/
plural of “vein” — a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
From this reading It is a great country, Young Dan, and a grand season of the year for him who has wild blood in his veins and unimpaired organs of digestion.
precisely as stated
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
at the time that
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The letter, which came from Mr. Tangler’s office in a distant city, ran as follows:
which person or people
From this reading It is a great country, Young Dan, and a grand season of the year for him who has wild blood in his veins and unimpaired organs of digestion.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading I should like fine to be away up beyond the Prongs this very morning, putting an edge to an appetite, instead of sitting here at this expensive desk trying to look like the only real know-it-all in the Government’s service; but now that I have a wife who needs two new hats and an evening frock, and a furnace that eats up coal, I must sit in tight and steady to this lady-like job.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading It is a great country, Young Dan, and a grand season of the year for him who has wild blood in his veins and unimpaired organs of digestion.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
woodcocknounUS /ˈwʊdkɑːk/
game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading A THIEF WITH CLAWS Young Dan Evans was done with school; and he had almost decided to hire out with Josh Tod, as a “swamper” in the lumberwoods, when a letter from Uncle Bill Tangler caused him to change his plans for the winter.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Dear Young Dan: Now that the frost is on the punkin (as a leading poet has remarked) and the swamps back of your pasture are frozen so hard that no woodcock can stick his bill into the mud any more this year (a fact overlooked by said leading poet) and folk on the Oxbow are frying fresh pork with their buckwheat pancakes and making sausages and fattening turkeys, my thoughts are with you frequently and enviously.
