Early American
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adjective
(of furniture, buildings, utensils, etc.) built or made in the U.S. in the colonial period or somewhat later.
built or made in imitation of works of this period.
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Origin of Early American
First recorded in 1890–95
Words nearby Early American
earlock, earl palatine, earlship, early, early adopter, Early American, early bird, early bird catches the worm, early blight, Early Christian, early closing
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