used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
a-goin
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From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
AlfrednounUS /ˈælfrəd/
king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)
From this reading Lin was always an appreciative audience for Alfred.
Alfurd
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From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Lin was always an appreciative audience for Alfred.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Lin was always an appreciative audience for Alfred.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
antik
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From this reading Why, he kin sing eny song and do ent cut-up antik eny of 'em kin.
appreciativeadjectiveUS /əˈpriːʃieɪtɪv/
feeling or expressive of gratitude
From this reading Lin was always an appreciative audience for Alfred.
a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
From this reading Lin was always an appreciative audience for Alfred.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
a youthful male person
From this reading He's the cutest boy I ever seed.
circusnounUS /ˈsɜːrkəs/
a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
clownnounUS /klaʊn/
a rude or vulgar fool
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
CongressmannounUS /ˈkɑːŋɡrəsmən/
a member of the United States House of Representatives
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
cut-upnoun
someone who plays practical jokes on others
From this reading Why, he kin sing eny song and do ent cut-up antik eny of 'em kin.
cutestadjectiveUS /ˈkjuːtɪst/
superlative of “cute” — attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
From this reading He's the cutest boy I ever seed.
DawsonnounUS /ˈdɔːsən/
a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
devilishness
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From this reading They'll never whup his devilishness out of him."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Why, he kin sing eny song and do ent cut-up antik eny of 'em kin.
a quad with a square body
From this reading Why, he kin sing eny song and do ent cut-up antik eny of 'em kin.
ent
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From this reading Why, he kin sing eny song and do ent cut-up antik eny of 'em kin.
eny
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From this reading Why, he kin sing eny song and do ent cut-up antik eny of 'em kin.
at any time
From this reading He's the cutest boy I ever seed.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Lin was always an appreciative audience for Alfred.
gits
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From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Why, he kin sing eny song and do ent cut-up antik eny of 'em kin.
He's
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From this reading He's the cutest boy I ever seed.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading They'll never whup his devilishness out of him."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading He's the cutest boy I ever seed.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
kinnounUS /kɪn/
a person having kinship with another or others
From this reading Why, he kin sing eny song and do ent cut-up antik eny of 'em kin.
LinnounUS /lɪn/
United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959)
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
Litt
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From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading They'll never whup his devilishness out of him."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Why, he kin sing eny song and do ent cut-up antik eny of 'em kin.
many times at short intervals
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
past form of “remark” — make mention of
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
seednounUS /siːd/
a small hard fruit
From this reading He's the cutest boy I ever seed.
deliver by singing
From this reading Why, he kin sing eny song and do ent cut-up antik eny of 'em kin.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
a short musical composition with words
From this reading Why, he kin sing eny song and do ent cut-up antik eny of 'em kin.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
They'll
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From this reading They'll never whup his devilishness out of him."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lin was always an appreciative audience for Alfred.
at the time that
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
whup
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From this reading They'll never whup his devilishness out of him."
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, he kin sing eny song and do ent cut-up antik eny of 'em kin.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
won't
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From this reading Lin often remarked: "Alfurd will come to town some day a real clown in a circus and the whole country will turn out to see him, and Litt Dawson (the Congressman) won't be so much when Alfurd gits a-goin'.
