used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
AaronnounUS /ˈerən/
United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934)
From this reading This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
ain't
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From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
CalvinnounUS /ˈkælvən/
United States chemist noted for discovering the series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis (1911-)
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
can't
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From this reading I can't tell you how, but some way of it, it come over me in a flash who the feller was.
cartnounUS /kɑːrt/
a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
rid of obstructions
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
fellernounUS /ˈfelər/
a person who fells trees
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading I can't tell you how, but some way of it, it come over me in a flash who the feller was.
your parents
From this reading This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
foregoingadjectiveUS /fɔːrˈɡoʊɪŋ/
especially of writing or speech; going before
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
hangin
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From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
hossy
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From this reading This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
how
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From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I can't tell you how, but some way of it, it come over me in a flash who the feller was.
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
resulting from one's intentions
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I can't tell you how, but some way of it, it come over me in a flash who the feller was.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
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 This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
for more time
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
mornin
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From this reading This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
mud-scow
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From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I can't tell you how, but some way of it, it come over me in a flash who the feller was.
ParksnounUS /pɑːrks/
United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913)
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
a separate part of a whole
From this reading This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
plural of “shoulder” — the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I can't tell you how, but some way of it, it come over me in a flash who the feller was.
standin
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From this reading This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
past form of “stay” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
Tarbox's
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From this reading This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
express in words
From this reading I can't tell you how, but some way of it, it come over me in a flash who the feller was.
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
in or at that place or location
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
there's
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From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading MERRY CHRISTMAS "But that ain't the end of the story, Miss Hands!" said Calvin Parks, after telling as much as he thought proper of the foregoing events.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
warn't
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From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I can't tell you how, but some way of it, it come over me in a flash who the feller was.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading I can't tell you how, but some way of it, it come over me in a flash who the feller was.
at the time that
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
which person or people
From this reading I can't tell you how, but some way of it, it come over me in a flash who the feller was.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading This mornin' I stopped down along a piece to wish Merry Christmas to Aaron Tarbox's folks, and I left hossy standin' while I ran into the house.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I stayed longer than I intended--you know how 'tis when there's children hangin' round--and when I come out, you may call me mate to a mud-scow if there warn't a feller with his head and shoulders clear inside the back of my cart.
