10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BETTERMOST»
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The English dialect dictionary
t'lrs.l They're bettermy folks. e.Yka-1, m.Yks.|, ne.1.an.1 Not. The bettermy sort of
folk, N. 6-." (1890) 1th S. x.';la. n.Ltn.I She's gotten her bettermore behaaviour on
tn-daay wi' her Sunda' goon. KenJ Stir.1 Hettamy kind 0' folks. BETTERMOST ...
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BARTLETT'S DICTIONARY OF AMERICANISMS
160." Bettermost. The best. The word, which is provincial in England, is used in
New England. The bettermost cow, an expression we do not find in Shakspeare
or Milton. — Mrs. Kirkland. Sometimes is heard the expression bettermost best ;
as, ...
JOHN RUSSELL BARTLETT, 1859
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Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases ...
Bettermost. The best. The word, which is provincial in England, is used in New
England. , The bettermost cow, an expression we do not find in Shakspearc or
Milton. — Mrs. Kirkland. Sometimes is heard the expression bettermost best ; as,
...
John Russell Bartlett, 1860
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Dictionary of Americanisms, 2nd ed. enlarged
Bettermost. The best. The word, which is provincial in England, is used in New
England. * The bettermost cow, an expression we do not find in Shakspeare or
Milton. — Mrs. Kirkland. Sometimes is heard the expression bettermost best ; as,
...
John Russell Bartlett, 1859
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Plan of Parliamentary Reform: In the Form of a Catechism, ...
Note well, this from among the bettermost sort : what would be to be expected
from the ordinary sort? — Answer. Exactly what we are now experiencing. —
These portraits from a partial pencil, — what if from an impartial one ? Walk in
and see ...
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Plan of parliamentary reform, in the form of a catechism. ...
Note well, this from among the bettermost sort : what would be to be expected
from the ordinary sort? — Answer. Exactly what we are now experiencing. —
These portraits from a partial pencil, — what if from an impartial one ? Walk in
and see ...
Jeremy Bentham, George Wilson Meadley, 1817
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The History of the Noble House of Stourton, of Stourton, in ...
William Carent had given him by William Westbury, under his will, the testator's
best standing cup of silver, with its cover, of the weight of xlvj ounces, one
standing cup of gilt, with its cover, one powder box of silver and gilt, two
bettermost silver ...
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... plighted, ..promised betrothing n syn ENGAGEMENT 2, betrothal, betrothment,
espousal, troth betrothment n syn ENGAGEMENT 2, betrothal, betrothing,
espousal, troth better adj 1 syn BEST, ||bettermost, greater, largest, most 2 more
worthy ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
But the sample afforded by this triad is a favourable sample; the King, a
bettermost kind of king; the Peer and war-minister, a bettermost kind of Peer and
mi. nister: the Bishop, abettermost kind of bishop: all agreeing in this, viz. that
when a king ...
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The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Now First Collected
But the sample afl'orded by this triad is a favourable sample: the King, a
bettermost kind of king; the Peer and war-minister, a bettermost kind of Peer and
mi. iiister : the Bishop, a betterth kind of bishop: all agreeing in this, viz. that when
a kin is ...
Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring, 1839
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