used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Johnny Beedle, you’ll never handle sich a drumstick as your father did, if you live to the age of Methuseler.
how long something has existed
From this reading “Johnny Beedle, you’ll never handle sich a drumstick as your father did, if you live to the age of Methuseler.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
alongsideadverbUS /əˈlɔːŋˈsaɪd/
side by side
From this reading But scull your chair round close alongside er me, so you can hear.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
arter
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From this reading Now, what have you come arter?”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Johnny Beedle, you’ll never handle sich a drumstick as your father did, if you live to the age of Methuseler.
Beedle
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From this reading “Johnny Beedle, you’ll never handle sich a drumstick as your father did, if you live to the age of Methuseler.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But scull your chair round close alongside er me, so you can hear.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading But scull your chair round close alongside er me, so you can hear.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading But scull your chair round close alongside er me, so you can hear.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading But scull your chair round close alongside er me, so you can hear.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
d'ye
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From this reading What d’ye think of that, ha?
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Johnny Beedle, you’ll never handle sich a drumstick as your father did, if you live to the age of Methuseler.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
drumsticknounUS /ˈdrʌmstɪk/
the lower joint of the leg of a fowl
From this reading “Johnny Beedle, you’ll never handle sich a drumstick as your father did, if you live to the age of Methuseler.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “Johnny Beedle, you’ll never handle sich a drumstick as your father did, if you live to the age of Methuseler.
gillnounUS /ɡɪl/
a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading What d’ye think of that, ha?
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
From this reading “Johnny Beedle, you’ll never handle sich a drumstick as your father did, if you live to the age of Methuseler.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Now, what have you come arter?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading But scull your chair round close alongside er me, so you can hear.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Johnny Beedle, you’ll never handle sich a drumstick as your father did, if you live to the age of Methuseler.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “Johnny Beedle, you’ll never handle sich a drumstick as your father did, if you live to the age of Methuseler.
ketchnounUS /ketʃ/
a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “Johnny Beedle, you’ll never handle sich a drumstick as your father did, if you live to the age of Methuseler.
losin
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From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But scull your chair round close alongside er me, so you can hear.
Methuseler
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From this reading “Johnny Beedle, you’ll never handle sich a drumstick as your father did, if you live to the age of Methuseler.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “Johnny Beedle, you’ll never handle sich a drumstick as your father did, if you live to the age of Methuseler.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now, what have you come arter?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Johnny Beedle, you’ll never handle sich a drumstick as your father did, if you live to the age of Methuseler.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading But scull your chair round close alongside er me, so you can hear.
rumnounUS /rʌm/
liquor distilled from fermented molasses
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
scullnounUS /skʌl/
a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
From this reading But scull your chair round close alongside er me, so you can hear.
sich
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From this reading “Johnny Beedle, you’ll never handle sich a drumstick as your father did, if you live to the age of Methuseler.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But scull your chair round close alongside er me, so you can hear.
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
carry out
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What d’ye think of that, ha?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Johnny Beedle, you’ll never handle sich a drumstick as your father did, if you live to the age of Methuseler.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading What d’ye think of that, ha?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Johnny Beedle, you’ll never handle sich a drumstick as your father did, if you live to the age of Methuseler.
tossverbUS /tɔːs/
throw or toss with a light motion
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
tunenounUS /tuːn/
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What d’ye think of that, ha?
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
whirlin
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From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He would toss up his drumstick, and while it was whirlin’ in the air, take off a gill er rum, and then ketch it as it come down, without losin’ a stroke in the tune.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Johnny Beedle, you’ll never handle sich a drumstick as your father did, if you live to the age of Methuseler.
you'll
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From this reading “Johnny Beedle, you’ll never handle sich a drumstick as your father did, if you live to the age of Methuseler.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Johnny Beedle, you’ll never handle sich a drumstick as your father did, if you live to the age of Methuseler.
