Chapter IV · Admeh Drake

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

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

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From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

(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 expeck yer cut off yer own nose, all right,” said Coffee John.

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

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

From this reading The more you show ’em up, the more the people come to be gulled.

a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

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From this reading ’Uman nychur is certingly rum.

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans

From this reading “I expeck yer cut off yer own nose, all right,” said Coffee John.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

separate with or as if with an instrument

From this reading “I expeck yer cut off yer own nose, all right,” said Coffee John.

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

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From this reading I see their notices in the dyly pypers, an’ it feerly mykes a man sick.

a quad with a square body

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

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

From this reading “I expeck yer cut off yer own nose, all right,” said Coffee John.

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

From this reading I see their notices in the dyly pypers, an’ it feerly mykes a man sick.

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

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

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

From this reading The more you show ’em up, the more the people come to be gulled.

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

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

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

From this reading “I expeck yer cut off yer own nose, all right,” said Coffee John.

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From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

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

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

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

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

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

From this reading ’Uman nychur is certingly rum.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading “I expeck yer cut off yer own nose, all right,” said Coffee John.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading I see their notices in the dyly pypers, an’ it feerly mykes a man sick.

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

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

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

From this reading The more you show ’em up, the more the people come to be gulled.

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

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From this reading I see their notices in the dyly pypers, an’ it feerly mykes a man sick.

the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals

From this reading “I expeck yer cut off yer own nose, all right,” said Coffee John.

plural of “notice” — an announcement containing information about an event

From this reading I see their notices in the dyly pypers, an’ it feerly mykes a man sick.

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From this reading ’Uman nychur is certingly rum.

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

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

From this reading “I expeck yer cut off yer own nose, all right,” said Coffee John.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading “I expeck yer cut off yer own nose, all right,” said Coffee John.

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

From this reading The more you show ’em up, the more the people come to be gulled.

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

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

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

From this reading I see their notices in the dyly pypers, an’ it feerly mykes a man sick.

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

precisely, exactly

From this reading “I expeck yer cut off yer own nose, all right,” said Coffee John.

liquor distilled from fermented molasses

From this reading ’Uman nychur is certingly rum.

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading “I expeck yer cut off yer own nose, all right,” said Coffee John.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading I see their notices in the dyly pypers, an’ it feerly mykes a man sick.

third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading The more you show ’em up, the more the people come to be gulled.

a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading I see their notices in the dyly pypers, an’ it feerly mykes a man sick.

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

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

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

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading I see their notices in the dyly pypers, an’ it feerly mykes a man sick.

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

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

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

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

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

From this reading ’Uman nychur is certingly rum.

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

From this reading The more you show ’em up, the more the people come to be gulled.

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

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

in the company of; together with

From this reading “If the sperits of the dead do return, an’ I was to come along with ’em, it seems to me I’d plye Mrs. ’Iggin’s gyme, an’ run abart a million o’ shyster ghost-raisers art o’ business in this city.

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

From this reading “I expeck yer cut off yer own nose, all right,” said Coffee John.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading The more you show ’em up, the more the people come to be gulled.