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Amer.

American  

abbreviation

  1. America.

  2. Also Amer American.

Amer. British  

abbreviation

  1. America(n)

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Book of trades, or library of the useful arts. 1st Amer. ed.

From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Welsh, Peter C.

Major J. K., 417; at Amer. conv. of '86, 418.Hughes,

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted

Rev. Louis A., sp. at Amer. conv. of '86, 421; in R. I., 910;in Vt., 957.Barber,

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted

At any rate the words for horse-dealer in all languages, from the Lat. mango to the Amer. horse-swapper, mean swindler and worse things.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

Queen, compared to Amer. women, 160; 162; rec.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted

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