used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I was out West I saw two miners playing cards in a place called Toughnut Cafe.
a feeling of delight at being entertained
From this reading They finally found their amusement rather a dull one, for neither could overreach the other.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At last one of the precious pair pushed his chair back, arose, and said:
inflected form of “arise” — come into existence; take on form or shape
From this reading At last one of the precious pair pushed his chair back, arose, and said:
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last one of the precious pair pushed his chair back, arose, and said:
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading At last one of the precious pair pushed his chair back, arose, and said:
maintain with or as if with a bet
From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
CafenounUS /kəˈfeɪ/
a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I was out West I saw two miners playing cards in a place called Toughnut Cafe.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I was out West I saw two miners playing cards in a place called Toughnut Cafe.
a game played with playing cards
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I was out West I saw two miners playing cards in a place called Toughnut Cafe.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading At last one of the precious pair pushed his chair back, arose, and said:
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading They finally found their amusement rather a dull one, for neither could overreach the other.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading They finally found their amusement rather a dull one, for neither could overreach the other.
divisible by two
From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
a boy or man
From this reading “I’ll take yer,” replied the other, a very quiet fellow.
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading They finally found their amusement rather a dull one, for neither could overreach the other.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They finally found their amusement rather a dull one, for neither could overreach the other.
set up or found
From this reading They finally found their amusement rather a dull one, for neither could overreach the other.
fust
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From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At last one of the precious pair pushed his chair back, arose, and said:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I was out West I saw two miners playing cards in a place called Toughnut Cafe.
I'll
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From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
I'm
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From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I was out West I saw two miners playing cards in a place called Toughnut Cafe.
a small worthless amount
From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
keerds
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From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
kinnounUS /kɪn/
a person having kinship with another or others
From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
immediately past
From this reading At last one of the precious pair pushed his chair back, arose, and said:
let's
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From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
minersnounUS /ˈmaɪnərz/
plural of “miner” — laborer who works in a mine
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I was out West I saw two miners playing cards in a place called Toughnut Cafe.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading They finally found their amusement rather a dull one, for neither could overreach the other.
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 “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At last one of the precious pair pushed his chair back, arose, and said:
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading They finally found their amusement rather a dull one, for neither could overreach the other.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading They finally found their amusement rather a dull one, for neither could overreach the other.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I was out West I saw two miners playing cards in a place called Toughnut Cafe.
overreachverbUS /ˈoʊvərriːtʃ/
fail by aiming too high or trying too hard
From this reading They finally found their amusement rather a dull one, for neither could overreach the other.
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading At last one of the precious pair pushed his chair back, arose, and said:
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I was out West I saw two miners playing cards in a place called Toughnut Cafe.
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I was out West I saw two miners playing cards in a place called Toughnut Cafe.
characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
From this reading At last one of the precious pair pushed his chair back, arose, and said:
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading At last one of the precious pair pushed his chair back, arose, and said:
quietadjectiveUS /ˈkwaɪət/
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading “I’ll take yer,” replied the other, a very quiet fellow.
on the contrary
From this reading They finally found their amusement rather a dull one, for neither could overreach the other.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “I’ll take yer,” replied the other, a very quiet fellow.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading At last one of the precious pair pushed his chair back, arose, and said:
cut with a saw
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I was out West I saw two miners playing cards in a place called Toughnut Cafe.
carry out
From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They finally found their amusement rather a dull one, for neither could overreach the other.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They finally found their amusement rather a dull one, for neither could overreach the other.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They finally found their amusement rather a dull one, for neither could overreach the other.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
tiredadjectiveUS /ˈtaɪərd/
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
Toughnut
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I was out West I saw two miners playing cards in a place called Toughnut Cafe.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I was out West I saw two miners playing cards in a place called Toughnut Cafe.
precisely as stated
From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I was out West I saw two miners playing cards in a place called Toughnut Cafe.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I was out West I saw two miners playing cards in a place called Toughnut Cafe.
at the time that
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I was out West I saw two miners playing cards in a place called Toughnut Cafe.
yer
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From this reading “I’m tired of this; let’s have a change—I’ll jest bet yer a even thousand that I kin take them keerds and cut the jack o’ hearts the very fust time.”
