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Adam-and-Eve n 2 • esp ME
aftergrass n • chiefly neME, nPA, and settlement areas
bait iron n, v • ME
baker-sheet n • ME
bange v • NEng, esp ME
barn chamber n • chiefly NEng, esp ME, NH
barvel n • NEng, esp coastal ME
basket n 1 • ME
baster n • ME
basting big adj phr • chiefly ME
bean hole n • chiefly ME, Gt Lakes
becket n • chiefly ME
bet n1, v (pronc) • NEng, esp ME
bogan n • chiefly nME
borrow v A1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl and NEng, esp ME
breezen v • chiefly ME
brim n 2 • ME
brow n, v • ME
bunk-and-toggle fence n • esp ME
cohooter n • cME
coon cat n 1 • NEng, esp ME
counter n1 1 • ME
cow yard tar n • ME
crawm n • sME, seNH
critter n (pronc) • esp in ME
culch n 2 • chiefly eNEng, esp ME
cusk n 2 • NEast, esp ME
deacon seat n 2 • chiefly Nth, esp ME
deaf adj B1c • chiefly NEng, esp ME, MA
deepwater adj • esp coastal ME
dingle n2 • chiefly ME
dozy adj • chiefly NEast, esp ME
drain v, n1 C5 • ME
draw water v phr 2 • esp ME
drop a stitch v phr • ME, MA
dry-ki n • chiefly Nth, esp ME
eighteen-hundred-and-froze-to-death n • NEng, esp ME
feature v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, ME
fid n 2 • esp ME
fiddlehead n 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEng, esp ME
fiddlehead v • esp ME
finest kind n, adj phr, adv phr, exclam • chiefly NEng, esp ME
flat-ass calm n • ME
flight goose n • esp ME
fog mull n • NEng, esp ME
freckled lily n • ME
fub v2 1 • chiefly ME
fuddy-dud v • chiefly ME
galamander n • ME
gaumy adj2 • chiefly nNEng, esp ME
glinn n • ME
gorby n • chiefly ME
groaner n • esp ME
hakemouth n • ME
Hampton (boat) n • chiefly ME
head n B10 • ME
heath n 1 • chiefly sME
heath n (pronc) • ME
hen clam n 1 • chiefly NEng, esp ME
herm up v phr • ME
honey pot n 1 • esp ME
hosey v, n • MA, ME
hour n (pronc) • S Midl, seME, seNY
hovel n 1b • chiefly NEng, esp nNH, ME
huck n1 • esp ME
humdurgan n • ME
Indian bannock n • chiefly eNEng, esp ME, NH
Italian sandwich n • NEast, esp ME (MAP)
Jacob’s cattle bean n • esp ME
jaundice n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl, ME, |ˈɔndə(r)z, ˈɑ-|
jeezly adj, adv • ME
joe flogger n • coastal MA, ME
jumper n 11 • ME
juniper n 2a • chiefly ME
junk n 1 • chiefly NEng, esp ME
junk v1 • ME
kennebunker n • NEng, esp ME
killhag n • ME, NH
kitchen n1 2 • ME
kyack n1 • esp ME
larrigan n • esp ME
larrup v 2 • esp ME
lobster roll n • esp ME, MA
logan n • chiefly ME
loup-garou n • chiefly ME, LA
lucivee n • esp ME
master adj • chiefly S Midl, also ME
master adv • chiefly ME, sAppalachians
medrick n • ME, MA
mercury n 1 • NEast, esp ME
minge n • esp ME, NH
money cat n • chiefly NEng, esp ME (MAP)
moosebird n • Nth, esp ME
moose fly n 1 • esp ME
moxie n 1 • ME
nubble n • esp coastal ME
peapod n • chiefly ME
pennyroyal hymn n • esp ME
P.I. n • ME
piecen out v phr • esp ME
pine knot n 1 • esp MA, ME
plantation n B1 • NEng, esp ME
ploye n • chiefly nME
poky adj • chiefly NH, ME
post v • chiefly ME
pull-haul v phr • esp ME
pumpkin pine n • chiefly ME
pumplefoot n • esp ME
putty v • esp ME
quickwater n • chiefly Nth, esp ME
racer n 2b • ME
rawny adj • NEng, esp ME, NH
redfish n b • chiefly AK, ME
rent n1 • NEng, esp ME
rip n1 2 • chiefly NEng, esp ME
rollway n 2 • chiefly NEng, esp ME
round turn n • esp ME
rusticator n • ME
sack v 2 • ME, NH
saltwater farm n • NEng, esp ME
sardine n 1b • esp ME
scalt past ppl, ppl adj • esp ME, MA
scrod n • esp eMA, ME
seed-folks n pl • NEng, esp ME
shive n1 1 • ME
short n • esp ME
slat v 3 • chiefly ME
smelt n 3 • chiefly ME
snub v1 • chiefly ME
soft beer n • esp ME
sog n • ME
spill n1 • now chiefly ME (MAP)
spoolwood n • esp ME
sport n • NEng, esp ME
sprill n • ME
spruce partridge n • esp ME
square-tailed trout n • chiefly ME, VT
squat v • ME, NH
squizzle v 1 • chiefly ME
stand n 6 • scattered, but esp ME
stifle n • ME, MA
stiver v (pronc) • NEng, esp MA, ME
summercater n • ME
summer complaint n 2 • coastal ME, Cape Cod MA
swagin n • chiefly ME
swamp n B1 • chiefly ME
thick of fog n • ME coast
tholepin, suffer like a v phr • ME, MA coasts
tide walker n • coastal ME
titrivate v • chiefly ME
toggle n 2 • ME
togue n • chiefly ME
tomalley n • esp ME
tomcod n 1a • chiefly ME, MA, NH, NY
torch v • scattered, but esp ME
tote v A2b • Nth, esp ME, WI
tote road n • chiefly Nth, esp ME
touse n • chiefly NEng, esp ME
tree squeak n 1 • chiefly ME
trig n • NEng, esp ME
trollock n • eME
tunklehead n • esp ME
twitch horse n • ME
twitch road n • chiefly ME
two-sled n • esp ME
umbrella n A3 (pronc) • chiefly nNEng, esp ME |ˈæmbrɪl, æmbəˈrɪəl|
wagged out adj phr • esp MA, ME
wagon sled n • esp ME
wanigan n • chiefly ME wangan,..rarely wammikin
wanigan n 1 • chiefly ME, Gt Lakes; also AK
wanigan n 2 • chiefly ME, Gt Lakes
wanigan n 3 • chiefly ME, Gt Lakes
wanigan n 4 • scattered, but chiefly ME
webbing n • chiefly ME, NH
whiffle-minded adj • NEast, esp ME
white alder n 2 • esp ME
whore’s egg n • ME
wicked adv • NEng, chiefly ME, MA
wild pear n • chiefly NEast, esp ME (MAP)
willywags n pl • chiefly nNEng, esp ME
wolf grass n • ME
woods queer adj phr • NEng, esp ME
wrinkle n • ME
yes-ma’am n • ME
younker n • chiefly NEng, esp ME
yowwun n • NEng, esp ME
hoopid salmon n • [Appar from the Makah name]
affection n • [..perh a malaprop for affliction or infection]
African n2 • [Malaprop or folk-etym]
appendix n • [Prob malaprop for appendage]
cackle n2 • [Malapropism for grackle..]
caterpillar v2 • [Malapropism, perh for capitulate]
consecrate(d) adj • [Malaprop]
emancipated ppl adj • [Malaprop]
every constant adv phr • [constant, perh malaprop for instant..]
exasperate v • [Malaprop]
expire v • [Malaprop for perspire..]
exposable adj • [Malaprop]
eyesight n • [Perh malaprop or folk-etym..]
felony n • [Prob folk-etym or malapropism for felon]
flagrant adj • [Perh malapropism..]
formulate v • [Malaprop for form]
fringe v • [Malaprop]
porpoise n • [Malaprop for pauper; cf quot 1942]
resolute v • [Malaprop]
spray v • [Malaprop for spay]
stile n2 • [Malaprop for sty]
surrogated adj • [Perh blend of serrated + corrugated or malaprop for corrugated]
cootie n1 • [?Malay kutu a biting insect]
cooter n • [Afr, akin to Bambara, Malinké kuta turtle; also Central Afr nkudu..]
Mandingo
Sambo n1 • [From a personal name of Afr origin; cf..Mandingo Sambu..]
manufacturer’s name See trademark
killick n • [..cf Manx (and ManxEngl) killagh..]
Adam’s housecat n • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
Adam’s off-ox n 1 • chiefly west of Appalachians (MAP)
adder n 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, NEast; rare in West (MAP)
adder’s tongue n 1 • chiefly NEast and N Cent (MAP)
adios intj, n • scattered, but esp SW (MAP)
aggravating ppl adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
ague n (pronc) • Sth, Midl (MAP)
airish adj 2 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
airy adj1 1 • chiefly Sth, NEast (MAP)
all adj2 • chiefly PA, also N Cent (MAP)
all-ee all-ee (all) in free exclam • chiefly Nth (MAP)
all-ee all-ee out(s) in free exclam • chiefly Inland Nth, West (MAP)
all-ee all-ee oxen (all in) free exclam • chiefly West and Gt Lakes, esp CA (MAP)
alley n2 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
all in adj 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
all-overs n pl 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
all’s out(’s) (come) in free exclam • chiefly west of Appalachian Mts (MAP)
all the • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP)
all the • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
all the way through adv phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, TX (MAP)
ambeer n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
ambitious adj 2 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP)
amen corner n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
American fried potatoes n pl 1 • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent (MAP)
Andy-over n, exclam • chiefly W Midl (MAP)
angleworm n • chiefly Nth and West (MAP)
Annie-over n, exclam • widespread, but least freq in NEng, S Atl (MAP)
anti-i-over n, exclam • chiefly wGt Lakes, Upper MW, West (MAP)
Antony-over n, exclam • chiefly sAppalachians (MAP)
anymore adv • scattered, but least freq NEng (MAP)
appreciate v B1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
armful n • formerly chiefly Nth; now widespread, but esp common in Nth (MAP)
armload n • widespread, but least freq in Nth (MAP)
armoire n • chiefly LA, MS (MAP)
arroyo n • chiefly SW (MAP)
ash-box n • chiefly Sth, Midl, West (MAP)
ashpan n • widespread, but esp Nth, Midl (MAP)
ass-end-to adv phr • chiefly Nth (MAP)
ass from one’s elbow, not to know one’s v phr • chiefly N Atl (MAP)
at prep 2 • widespread exc in Nth, though gaining currency throughout US (MAP)
ayuh adv, intj • chiefly NEng, nNY (MAP)
babushka n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
baby buggy n • chiefly west of Appalachians (MAP)
baby carriage n • widespread, but least freq in West (MAP)
baby coach n • chiefly ePA, sNJ, DE, MD (MAP)
back v 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
backside-to adv phr • chiefly Nth (MAP)
backstick n • chiefly sAppalachians, Gulf States (MAP)
bad adj B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bad child n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
bad man n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bad off adj phr 2 • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bad place n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
bad sick adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl,but esp Inland Sth (MAP)
baga n • chiefly MI, WI, MN (MAP)
ball n1 3 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
banana pepper n • widely scattered exc NEast, West (MAP)
bank n1 1 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
bank barn n • chiefly PA, OH, MD, VA, IN (MAP)
bar ditch n 1 • chiefly OK, TX (MAP and Map Section)
bare-ass(ed) adj, adv • chiefly NEast (MAP)
barefooted adj 1 • chiefly Mid and C Atl, Ohio Valley (MAP)
bare-naked adj • scattered, but chiefly Nth (MAP)
barlow knife n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
barn burner n 1 • chiefly PA, sNJ, MD (MAP)
barn lot n • chiefly Midl, Sth (MAP and Map Section)
barnyard n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
bar pit n 1 • chiefly West (MAP and Map Section)
barrow pit n 1 • chiefly West, esp Rocky Mts (MAP and Map Section)
base n B2 • widespread, but esp Sth, Midl, West (MAP)
basement n 1 • widespread, but least common in NEast (MAP)
bat v2 1 • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
bateau n B2 • chiefly C and S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
batten n • scattered, but esp Pacific (MAP)
batter bread n 1 • chiefly VA (MAP)
battercake n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
battleship n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
bawl v1 2 • widespread but chiefly Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
bayou n B1 • chiefly LA (MAP)
bayou n B3 • chiefly west of Appalachians (MAP)
bealed ppl adj • chiefly Appalachians, esp wPA (MAP)
bealing n • formerly more widespread, now chiefly Appalachians (MAP)
beanery n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
beans, not to know v phr a • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
bear claw n • chiefly West, esp Pacific (MAP)
beat n 2 • formerly widespread, now esp Mid Atl (MAP)
beaten biscuit n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp KY, MD, VA (MAP)
beat it v phr • widespread, but most freq in Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
beat one down v phr • chiefly east of Missip R, but esp NEast (MAP)
beaucoup adj, n, adv • chiefly Sth (MAP)
beau dollar n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
bedfast adj • chiefly Midl, West (MAP)
bedroom shoe n • chiefly Sth, esp S Atl (MAP)
bee n2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
bee gum n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Beelzebub n 1 • chiefly Gt Lakes (MAP)
bee martin n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
beet greens n pl • chiefly Nth, scattered West (MAP)
beet tops n pl • widespread, but least freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
before-day n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
behind a dime adv phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Mid Atl (MAP)
bell a buzzard v phr • chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
belling vbl n2 • now chiefly wPA, WV, OH, IN, MI (MAP)
bellow n, v • widespread, but least freq in Midl (MAP and Map Section)
bellows n, v C • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
bell pepper n • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)
belly-bump n, adv, v 1 • chiefly NEng (MAP)
belly-bumper n, adv, v 1 • chiefly sNEng, PA (MAP)
belly-buster n, adv 1 • chiefly W Midl, Rocky Mts, NW (MAP)
belly-buster n, adv 2 • chiefly Sth, W Midl, Cent (MAP and Map Section)
belly-flop n, v, adv 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
belly-flop n, v, adv 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
belly girt n • chiefly NEng, S Atl (MAP)
belly-gut n, v, adv 1 • chiefly NEast, esp NY, PA (MAP)
belly-smacker n 2 • chiefly eGt Lakes (MAP and Map Section)
belly-whopper n, v, adv 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NY, NJ (MAP)
belly-whopper n, v, adv 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NY, C Atl (MAP and Map Section)
berm n 3 • chiefly PA, OH, IN, WV (MAP)
betwixt prep • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
B from (a) bull’s foot, not to know v phr • now chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
bib overall(s) n • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
bid whist n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
biffy n • chiefly Upper MW and WI (MAP)
big adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
big daddy n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
big dog n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp SC (MAP and Map Section)
biggity adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
big mamma n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
billfold n • widespread, but least freq in NEast, Pacific (MAP)
biscuit n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
biscuit n B5 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
biscuit-eater n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bismarck n 2 • chiefly Upper MW, wGt Lakes (MAP)
-bit suff • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bitch v • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
bitter adj 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bitterweed n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, TX (MAP)
bitterweed milk n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
black duck n 1 • chiefly NEast, Mid and C Atl (MAP)
black-eyed bean n • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
black frost n 1 • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, C and S Atl, CA (MAP)
black gum n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
blackjack oak n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
blackland n • chiefly TX, OK, AR, LA (MAP)
black man n 2 • chiefly N Cent, Cent (MAP)
blacktongue n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
blade n 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
blast n 4 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West, scattered Sth (MAP)
blat n, v 1 • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP and Map Section)
blat n, v 2 • chiefly Nth and West (MAP and Map Section)
blate n, v A1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
blate n, v A2 • chiefly Sth (MAP and Map Section)
blazes n, intj • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
bleat n • scattered, but least freq in Midl (MAP)
blessing n • chiefly S Atl, Inland Sth (MAP)
blind n 1 • chiefly Sth, NEast (MAP)
blind n 2 • widespread, but least freq NEast, Sth (MAP)
blindfold n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
blind pig n 1 • chiefly wInland Nth, CA (MAP and Map Section)
blind tiger n 1 • chiefly Sth, W Midl (MAP and Map Section)
blinky adj 1a • chiefly W Midl, Plains States, SW (MAP)
blister bug n • chiefly TX, Cent (MAP)
bloodsucker n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
bloodworm n 1 • chiefly C and Mid Atl (MAP)
blotch n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
blow n2 2 • scattered, but esp common in Midl (MAP)
blow v1 A2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, and scattered Nth (MAP)
blowing viper n • chiefly Appalachians (MAP)
blue catfish n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp lower Missip Valley (MAP)
blue john n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
blue norther n • TX (MAP)
bluff v 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
boar n attrib b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bob calf n • NEast (MAP)
bobsleigh n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
bohunk n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth and West (MAP)
boiled dinner n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
boiler n1 1 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
bois d’arc n • chiefly TX, LA, OK, AR, TN, KY (MAP)
bollix v 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
bone felon n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
booby n2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
booger n1 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
booger n1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
boogerbear n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
boogerman n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
boogerman n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
boot n1 1a • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
boozer n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
bore n1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
born in a barn adj phr • widespread exc in NEast (MAP)
borrow v B1 • scattered, but esp wGt Lakes (MAP)
bosh n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
boss n1 2 • chiefly Nth and West (MAP)
boss, get oneself a v phr • chiefly Sth, sMissip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
boss-man n 1 • chiefly Sth, sAppalachians (MAP)
bots n pl 1 • chiefly S Midl, Gulf States (MAP)
bottom n 1a • chiefly Sth, W Midl (MAP)
bottom n 2 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
bottomland n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
boughten adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
boulder n • esp wGt Lakes, West (MAP)
boulevard n 1 • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent (MAP)
boulevard n 2 • chiefly wGt Lakes, Gulf States (MAP)
bounce, give one the v phr • esp Nth (MAP)
box-elder bug n • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent (MAP)
box social n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
box supper n • chiefly W Midl, TX (MAP)
braces n pl • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
brag n 2 • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP)
branch n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bray n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bread-dough biscuit n • chiefly Nth, AR, MS (MAP)
bream n B3 • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
breezeway n • widespread exc West (MAP)
brickle adj 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
brier hook n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
britches n pl 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
brogan n 1 • widespread, but esp common in Sth, S Midl (MAP)
broken vein n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
brooder house n • widespread exc West; esp freq N Cent (MAP)
broody n • widespread, but least freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
brook n • orig chiefly NEng, now widespread but esp common NEast (MAP)
brother n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
brought up in a barn adj phr • scattered, but esp freq NEast, N Cent (MAP)
brownie n1 1 • chiefly S Atl, esp SC (MAP)
brownie n1 3 • Inland Nth (MAP)
Brunswick stew n • chiefly Sth, esp VA, NC, GA (MAP)
brush n B6 • esp NY, MI (MAP)
brush broom n2 • chiefly NEast, esp upstate NY (MAP)
brush scythe n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
bubba n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
buck n1 1a • widespread, but infreq in Sth (MAP)
buck n1 2g • scattered west of Appalachians (MAP)
buck n1 3c • chiefly west of Appalachians (MAP)
buck n1 4 • chiefly Nth, N Midl exc Rocky Mts, NW (MAP)
buck ague n 1 • chiefly W Midl, Gulf States (MAP)
buckboard n 1 • widespread, but less freq in Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bucket n 2d • widespread, but esp freq Midl (MAP)
bucket n 3 • chiefly Nth and N Midl, east of Missip R (MAP)
buck naked adj • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
buckwheat cake n • chiefly Gt Lakes, Appalachians (MAP)
budget n 3 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
buffalo n B1 • chiefly C Atl, NC (MAP)
bug n1 1 • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP)
bug n1 5a • chiefly NEast (MAP)
bug n1 5b • chiefly Mid and S Atl, SW (MAP)
bugeye n2 • chiefly C Atl coast, esp Chesapeake Bay (MAP)
bugger n1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bulkhead n 1 • chiefly NEng (MAP)
bullbat n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States, SW, scattered S Midl (MAP)
bullfrogs, rain v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bullhead n 1b • chiefly Nth (MAP)
bull-in-the-ring n 1 • scattered, but esp PA (MAP)
bull nettle n 1 • chiefly N Cent, Cent, TX, LA (MAP)
bullnose pepper n • chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bull of the woods n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Pacific (MAP)
bull snake n • formerly widespread SE; now esp Missip-Ohio Valleys and westward (MAP)
bull tongue n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bumfuzzle v • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bump n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bum’s rush n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
bun n1 1 • esp MD, VA, NJ (MAP)
bunch bean n • esp Sth, Midl (MAP)
bunco n • scattered, but chiefly N Cent (MAP)
bundle n B1 • widespread exc wMD, sPA, WV (MAP)
bunkhouse n • chiefly West (MAP)
bunter n 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
burdock n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
burg n • scattered, but esp N Cent, Cent (MAP)
burlap bag n • widespread, but less freq in West (MAP)
burr n1 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
burr n1 3 • chiefly Cent, Missip-Ohio Valleys, TX (MAP)
burr oak n • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, Cent (MAP)
bus n1 B • chiefly NEast (MAP)
bush ax n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Mid Atl (MAP)
bush hog n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bush hook n • chiefly Sth, NEast (MAP)
bush scythe n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
butcher calf n • chiefly TX, OK, LA (MAP)
butte n • chiefly West (MAP)
butter bean n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
buttermilk sky n • scattered, but esp N Cent, Inland Sth (MAP)
buttery n • Nth, esp NEng (MAP)
butt-head n • chiefly S Atl, AL (MAP)
button n B2a • chiefly Nth, N Midl and West (MAP)
button n B2c • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
button n B3 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
buttonball n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
buttonwood n 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
buzzard roost n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp SC, TX (MAP)
by guess and by gosh adv phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cabbage n B2 • chiefly NEast, Sth (MAP)
cabbage salad n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
cackle v • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cafe n • chiefly West, Sth (MAP)
cake turner n • chiefly C Atl, eN Midl (MAP)
calaboose n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, West (MAP)
calf-rope, holler v phr • chiefly S Midl, Gulf States (MAP)
call hogs v phr • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
calling hours n pl • chiefly NEast, also OH, IN (MAP)
camp meat n • chiefly Inland Nth, West (MAP)
camp robber n • chiefly NW, CO (MAP)
can n 2 • scattered, but chiefly West (MAP)
can n 3c • chiefly NEast, N Cent, C Atl (MAP)
Canadian soldier n 1 • esp OH (MAP)
canal boat n • chiefly NY (MAP)
candy pulling n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast, CA (MAP)
cannonball n • chiefly Missip Valley (MAP)
Canuck n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
canyon n • chiefly West, scattered Nth (MAP)
cap n1 2a • chiefly S Midl, Sth (MAP and Map Section)
cap n1 5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cap bundle n • esp Midl (MAP)
capsheaf n 1 • chiefly N Cent (MAP)
careless weed n 1 • chiefly W Midl, SW (MAP)
caretaker n • chiefly PA (MAP)
carpet, on the adj phr • Sth, S Midl, esp NC, TX, AR (MAP)
carrion crow n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Inland Sth (MAP)
carry v B1 • formerly freq in NEng; now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
carry-in n • chiefly IL, IN, OH (MAP and Map Section)
cart v 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
cat and mouse n 1 • chiefly Upper MW, WI, Cent (MAP)
catawampus adj 1 • widely scattered exc NEast (MAP)
catawba n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, OH, IN (MAP)
catch colt n 1 • chiefly West, Inland Nth (MAP)
catch colt n 2 • chiefly West, Inland Nth (MAP)
catch ’im v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
catch-pain n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
catfish stew n • chiefly SC (MAP)
cat in a bag n • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cat-licker n • chiefly N Cent (MAP)
cat shit n • chiefly PA, NJ, NY (MAP)
cat squirrel n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
catty n1 1 • chiefly MD, NJ, NY, PA (MAP)
cave n 1 • chiefly N Midl (MAP)
cave n 2 • scattered, but esp N Midl (MAP)
cease v1 B • chiefly Sth, Ozarks (MAP)
cellar n1 B2 • widespread, but least freq Plains States, Rocky Mts (MAP)
cellarway n • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
chalk n1 • chiefly Gulf States, scattered W Midl (MAP)
change v1 • chiefly Sth, sAppalachians (MAP)
change work v phr, n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
channel catfish n • chiefly Missip Valley and adjacent areas (MAP)
charge v B2 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
cheater n 1b • esp Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
checkline n 2 • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
chestnut n 3 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
chicken coop n 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
chicken corn soup n • chiefly PA (MAP)
chicken snake n 1 • chiefly Sth, Missip Valley, TX, OK (MAP)
chicken tracks n pl • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
chickie n 1 • widespread, but esp freq in Midl and Sth (MAP)
chic sale(s) n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Midl, West (MAP)
chifforobe n • scattered, but esp freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
chill bumps n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
chimney sweep n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
chimney swift n • widespread exc West, Sth (MAP)
Chinaberry n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
chinch n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
chinchy adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
chink v • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
chinook n B2 • chiefly NW (MAP)
chinquapin n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
chipping sparrow n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
chippy n2 3 • formerly East, Sth; now chiefly Inland Nth and West (MAP)
chitterlings n pl 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
chokecherry n 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
chopper n 2 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
chore time n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
chowder n 1 • orig and chiefly NEng, now also Nth, CA, C Atl (MAP)
Christmas intj • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
Christmas n 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Christmas gift exclam • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Christmas tree n 3 • chiefly Sth, nNEng, also S Midl (MAP)
chuck v 1 • scattered, but esp freq NEast (MAP)
chughole n • chiefly S Midl, esp KY (MAP)
chunk v 2 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
cig n • esp Nth and West (MAP)
cigar tree n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
cinch n1 1 • scattered, but esp West, Nth (MAP)
cipher n 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
civet cat n 2 • chiefly west of Missip R (MAP)
clabber n1 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl and West (MAP and Map Section)
clamp v1 • chiefly W Midl (MAP)
clapboard n, v • scattered, but chiefly NEast (MAP)
claybank adj • formerly more widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
clay road n • scattered east of Missip R, esp S Atl (MAP)
clear adj B1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
clearseed n • chiefly Gulf States, S Atl (MAP)
clearstone n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
climb v 2b • chiefly Atl States, esp nNY, wNEng (MAP)
close one n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
clothespress n 2 • chiefly NEast, eN Midl (MAP)
clothes rack n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
clothes tree n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
cluck n 1 • chiefly PA, N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
clunk n 1 • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
coachwhip snake n • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
coal oil n • widespread, but least freq in Nth, S Atl (MAP)
coast v 1 • prob orig Boston area, now chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cobbler n1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cobblestone n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
co-boss(ie) v phr • chiefly Nth (MAP)
cock n2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cockeyed adj 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast (MAP)
cockleburr n 1 • widespread, but chiefly N Cent,Upper MW, West (MAP)
co-day v phr • chiefly NEast, MI (MAP)
coffin nail n 1 • widespread but esp Nth, Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
coffin tack n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
cold cellar n • NEast (MAP)
cold drink n • chiefly Sth, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
cold-water flat n • scattered, but chiefly NEast (MAP)
collard n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
comb n B2 • chiefly Midl, occas Sth (MAP)
come v A5a • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
come v A5b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
come fresh v phr • scattered exc NEast (MAP)
come in v phr 1 • widespread, but least freq in Midl (MAP)
come through v phr 3 • scattered, but chiefly West (MAP)
come up v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
comfort n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
comfortable n B2 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
comforter n 1 • widespread, but least freq in Sth (MAP)
commie n • chiefly N Midl, Inland Nth (MAP)
commode n 4a • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
compressed yeast n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
con n1 • scattered, but esp NY, CA (MAP)
cone n 1 • chiefly W Midl (MAP)
conjure v • chiefly SE (MAP)
cookie n1 3 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cooler n 1 • esp west of Missip R (MAP)
coonass n • chiefly LA, seTX (MAP)
cooter n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States, esp SC (MAP)
cope v2 • chiefly Midl, scattered Sth (MAP)
copperhead snake n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
corker n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
corn bin n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
corn broom n • scattered, but chiefly NEast (MAP)
corn cake n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
corn dumpling n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
cornhouse n • chiefly NEng, Mid Atl (MAP)
cornmeal bread n • chiefly Nth, CA (MAP)
corn muffin n • scattered, but chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
corn pudding n • scattered, but esp PA, VA, KY (MAP)
corn stick n • chiefly S Atl, Inland Sth (MAP)
corral n 1 • chiefly West (MAP)
corruption n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
co-sheep(ie) v phr • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
cottage fried potatoes n pl • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cotton n 4 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
cottonwood n 1 • chiefly west of Appalachians (MAP)
cougar n • chiefly NW, CA, UT (MAP)
counterpin n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
country n B2a • scattered, but chiefly W Midl (MAP)
country n B2d • chiefly S Atl, esp SC (MAP)
country adj • chiefly Sth, Atlantic (MAP)
couple-three, (a) adj phr • chiefly Nth (MAP)
cousin Jack n • chiefly nMI, scattered West (MAP)
cove n1 1b • scattered, but chiefly NEast, Mid Atl (MAP)
cover n B2 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng (MAP and Map Section)
covered-dish meal n • widespread exc Pacific, Upper MW, WI, MI (MAP)
coverlet n 1 • widespread, but least freq in West and Atlantic (MAP)
cowboy n 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
cow corn n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
cowcumber n • scattered, but esp W Midl, LA (MAP)
co-wench v phr • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
cowitch n 2 • chiefly SE (MAP)
cow lot n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
cow pass n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
cow stable n • widespread exc in West (MAP)
crab n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp Gt Lakes (MAP)
crab v1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth (MAP)
crack n 2 • chiefly NEast, C Atl (MAP)
cracker n 2 • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
crackerjack n • scattered, but chiefly Nth (MAP)
crackling bread n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
crawdad n 1 • chiefly west of Appalachians (MAP)
crawfish n A • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
crawfish n A • scattered, but least freq in Midl (MAP)
crawfish v 2 • chiefly Sth, W Midl, Pacific NW (MAP)
crazy bone n • widespread, but least freq in Sth, NYC (MAP)
cream cheese n 1 • esp LA (MAP)
credit n B • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
creek n1 B2 • widespread exc in NEng (MAP)
creek n1 (pronc) • esp Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
creep v B1 • widespread, but chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
creep v B2 • chiefly Sth, scattered Midl (MAP)
creep v B3 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
creeper n 7 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
crib n1 1 • chiefly W Midl, Gulf States (MAP)
crib v 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
cribbage n • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
crimanetly intj • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
criminy intj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
crimp v 3 • chiefly N Cent, PA, NY (MAP)
crimper n • scattered, but chiefly N Cent, PA, NY (MAP)
crink n • scattered, but esp S Atl (MAP)
cripe intj • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP)
crocus sack n • chiefly S and Mid Atl (MAP)
croker sack n • chiefly Gulf States, S Atl (MAP)
cross-lot(s) adv • chiefly NEast (MAP)
crowbait n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
crow to pick, have a v phr • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
cruiser n 3 • chiefly NEng, N Cent, Mid Atl (MAP)
cruller n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent, C Atl (MAP)
crust n B1 • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
cuckleburr n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
cupboard n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cupola n B1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
cup towel n • chiefly TX, Inland Sth (MAP)
curd n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Gulf States, S Atl, NEast (MAP)
curdled ppl adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
cur dog n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cuss-fight n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cut off v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cut on v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cutter n1 1 • chiefly Nth, exc eNEng (MAP)
cutter n1 2 • scattered, but chiefly Midl (MAP)
cyclone cellar n • chiefly wGt Lakes, West (MAP)
dace n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
dad n2 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
daddy n 1 • widespread, but somewhat more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dago red n • chiefly Nth and West (MAP)
dagwood n • scattered, but esp MN, IA, CO (MAP)
dairy n 1 • chiefly Atlantic (MAP)
damper n 1 • Mid Atl, esp eNC (MAP)
Danish pastry n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
danke schoen exclam • scattered, but esp N Cent, NEast (MAP)
darning needle n 1 • chiefly NEast, Inland Nth, West (MAP)
davenette n • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
davenport n • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl, N Atl (MAP)
dead cat on the line n • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dear intj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
deep-water Baptist n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
democrat wagon n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
den n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
devilish adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
devil’s darning needle n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth (MAP)
devil’s horse n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
devil’s horse n 4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
devil’s-snuffbox n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dewberry n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
dew worm n • chiefly Gt Lakes (MAP)
dicker v 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
didapper n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dike v • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dinner n 1b • widespread, but less freq Lower Missip Valley, S Atl (MAP)
dinner on the ground(s) n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dip n1 5 • scattered, but esp N Cent (MAP)
dip n1 8 • chiefly Inland Nth (MAP)
dip v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dipper n 6 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
directly adv B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dirt n 2 • chiefly Nth, scattered West (MAP)
dirt dauber n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
discharge v, n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
dish wiper n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
disremember v • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
ditch v 1 • esp c,sCA (MAP)
divinity n • esp west of Appalachians (MAP)
divvy v • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
dobe n 3 • SW, Pacific (MAP)
doc n 1 • chiefly PA, NY (MAP)
dock n2 2 • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP)
dodge v 1 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
dog n1 B3 • scattered, but less freq NEast, Upper MW, NW (MAP)
dog n1 B5a • scattered, but less freq S Atl (MAP)
dog v 6 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dog drunk adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dogfish n 2 • chiefly Upper Missip Valley, Gt Lakes (MAP)
dog fly n 1 • chiefly C and S Atl, AL (MAP)
dog iron n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dog’s age n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
dog tick n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dolt n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
done in adj phr • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
donnybrook n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
donsie adj 2a • esp N Midl (MAP)
doodle n1 1 • chiefly IN, OH, PA (MAP)
doodlebug n 6b • chiefly Gulf States, Cent, N Midl (MAP)
dope n 2 • chiefly OH (MAP)
dope n 4 • chiefly S Atl, esp SC (MAP)
dopey adj 2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
dornick n 1a • formerly more widespread; now esp N Cent, PA (MAP)
dory n2 • chiefly N Atl (MAP)
doty adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
double house n 2 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Midl (MAP)
double-runner n • chiefly eNEng (MAP)
double sawbuck n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
double shovel plow n • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
double singletree n • scattered, but esp C and S Atl (MAP)
doubletree n • widespread exc NEast (MAP and Map Section)
doughball n 2 • scattered, but less freq NEast, C and S Atl, Pacific (MAP)
doughnut hole n • scattered, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
down adj D1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
down n2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
down-and-out adj 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
down-and-out adj 3 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
down cellar adv phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
downstreet adv • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
dowser n 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast (MAP)
dowsing rod n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
drag n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, Midl (MAP)
draggy adj 2 • chiefly Midl, S Atl (MAP)
drag harrow n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
drain n1 C1 • scattered, but esp Mid and C Atl (MAP)
drain ditch n • scattered, but less freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
dram n 1 • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
draw n 1a • chiefly Nth, Sth (MAP)
draw v B1 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
draw v B2 • esp Nth, West (MAP)
draw v B2 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
draw v C1 • chiefly Upstate NY, wNEng (MAP)
draw v C3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
draw v C4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dressing n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP)
dressing n 4 • chiefly PA (MAP)
dressing n 5 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng (MAP)
drib n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
dribs and drabs n pl • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
drink n B • chiefly Sth (MAP)
drip v B1 • Mid Atl (MAP)
drop v D1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dropped egg n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
drought n A4 (pronc) • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
drowsy adj 1 • esp Gulf States, Ohio Valley (MAP)
drummer n 6 • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
drunkard n 1 • chiefly Mid Atl (MAP)
dry fly n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
drying cloth n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dry-land turtle n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Cent, SW (MAP and Map Section)
dry off v phr 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
dry wall n • chiefly NEast, C Atl (MAP)
dual highway n • scattered, but chiefly Mid and C Atl (MAP)
duck n 5 • chiefly SE (MAP)
duckboat n • chiefly Inland Nth (MAP)
duck bumps n pl • chiefly Nth (MAP)
duck duck goose n • chiefly Inland Nth (MAP)
duck on a rock n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
duck soup n • widespread, but less freq S Midl (MAP)
dud n 1 • scattered, but less freq Sth (MAP)
duffer n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
dungarees n pl • esp Atlantic (MAP)
Dunkard n • chiefly N Midl (MAP)
durn v, intj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dusk dark n • chiefly Sth (MAP and Map Section)
dusky dark n • chiefly S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
Dutch cheese n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
Dutch lunch n • chiefly west of Appalachians (MAP)
Dutchman n 1 • widespread exc Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Dutchman’s breeches n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
Dutch rub n • chiefly N Midl (MAP)
d.w.i. n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
earbob n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
earmark n • formerly more widespread, now chiefly Sth, Midl, West (MAP)
earscrew n • chiefly Gulf States, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
ear tag n • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
earthworm n • widespread exc Rocky Mts, Upper MW; esp freq Sth (MAP)
ease v 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
east n2 • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
eat v A2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
eat v A2b • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, N Atl (MAP)
eat v A3a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
eat v A3b • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, N Atl (MAP)
eating joint n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
eaves spout n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
eaves trough n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
egg n B3 • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
egg v1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
egg bread n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp GA (MAP)
egg custard (pie) n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp MS (MAP)
egg turner n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
eh interrog exclam • chiefly N Cent, NEast (MAP)
elastic (band) n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp N Atl (MAP)
elbedritsch n • sePA (MAP)
elbow, go (all) around one’s v phr • chiefly SE, esp NC (MAP)
enchilada n • orig SW, CA, but now widely recognized (MAP)
English pea n • esp Gulf States (MAP)
entrails n pl • scattered, but less freq Nth (MAP)
entryway n 1 • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
ethyl n • chiefly west of Appalachians (MAP and Map Section)
euchre n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp N Cent (MAP)
evener n 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP and Map Section)
evening n B • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
ever adj • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp TX (MAP)
everlasting yeast n • chiefly Cent, TX (MAP)
eversharp n • scattered, but esp N Cent, Upper MW, KS, MO (MAP)
ewe n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
ex n1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng, NY (MAP)
exchange work v phr, n • widespread, but less freq Inland Sth, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
expect v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
explode v1 • chiefly Nth N Midl (MAP)
express wagon n • chiefly NEng, N Cent, West (MAP)
extra n C2 • chiefly Gulf States, Mid Atl (MAP)
eye n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fair off v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fairy n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
fall off v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fall out v phr 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
far adv, adj1 B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
farmer n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
farmer match n • chiefly Upper MW, Gt Lakes, NY, WV (MAP)
farm-to-market road n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Cent (MAP)
far piece n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, N Cent (MAP)
fastnacht n 1 • chiefly PA (MAP)
fast train n • chiefly N Cent, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
fatback n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEast (MAP)
fat meat n • chiefly Midl; also Sth (MAP)
fat pine n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
faucet n B2 • widespread, but less freq NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)
favor v C1 • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
feather n B4 • esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
feeder n 5 • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent, SE (MAP)
feeding time n • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
feed up v phr • chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
fee lark n • chiefly Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
feel of v phr • chiefly S Midl, Sth (MAP)
feist n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fertilize n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fescue n • chiefly S Midl, S Atl (MAP)
fester v • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, CA (MAP and Map Section)
field lark n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fill n2 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
filling n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
finagle v A • widespread, but less freq W Midl (MAP)
find v B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fine cut adj phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
fireboard n 1 • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
firebug n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, PA (MAP)
firedog n • scattered, but esp freq sAppalachians, S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
firefly n 1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fire iron n 1 • chiefly Gulf States, S Atl, N Cent (MAP)
fire-lighting vbl n • esp NC (MAP)
fish basket n • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
fish camp n 3 • Sth (MAP)
fish duck n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth (MAP)
fish-eater n • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP)
fish hawk n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Atlantic, NW (MAP)
fishing worm n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
fishworm n • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl, Cent (MAP)
five hundred n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, but less freq eNEng, NW (MAP)
five hundred n 2 • esp West, Gt Lakes (MAP)
five-up n • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
fix v B1c • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fix v B1e • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl, N Cent (MAP)
fix v B3 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
fix v B7 • scattered, but chiefly Atlantic, Gt Lakes, CA (MAP)
fizzle n 1 • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
flail n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
flannel cake n • chiefly Appalachians (MAP and Map Section)
flat n1 1e • chiefly NEast, West (MAP)
flat n2 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
flatboat n 1b • chiefly Missip Valley, Ohio Valley (MAP)
flea in one’s ear n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
flier n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
flies and skinners n • chiefly Gulf States, esp TX (MAP)
flighty adj 1 • widespread exc Sth (MAP)
flip-flop n 2 • esp N Midl, S Atl (MAP)
flitch n 1 • chiefly PA (MAP)
flitter n1 2a • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
flop n 7 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
flour bread n 1 • now chiefly Sth (MAP)
flunky n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
flux n • chiefly sAppalachians, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
fly n2 2 • scattered, but esp PA (MAP)
flying jenny n 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fool v 1b • scattered, but chiefly S Midl, Gulf States, Cent (MAP)
for a little (bit) adv phr • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
forty-two n • chiefly TX (MAP)
forty winks n pl • scattered, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
four corners n pl 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
four corners n pl 2 • esp Gt Lakes (MAP)
four-flusher n • scattered exc Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fourteen-day pickle n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
fowl house n • now esp SC (MAP)
fox and geese n 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Plains States, Rocky Mts (MAP)
foxtail n 1 • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, West (MAP)
fractious adj 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
frail n 1 • chiefly S Midl, NEast (MAP)
frame n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
frankfurt n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
frau n • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP)
freehearted adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
freeseed n • esp Appalachians (MAP)
freestone n 2 • widespread, but least freq Sth (MAP)
freeway n • widespread, but esp West (MAP)
freight wagon n • chiefly West (MAP)
French harp n 1 • chiefly W Midl, TX, Cent (MAP)
Frenchy n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
freshet n 2 • chiefly Atlantic, Nth (MAP)
fresh fried potatoes n pl • esp N Cent (MAP)
fridge n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
friedcake n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp Gt Lakes, Upstate NY (MAP)
fried corn-bread n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
fried mush n • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP)
fried pie n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng (MAP)
frigidaire n • widespread, but less freq Inland Nth, PA, West (MAP)
frijole n • chiefly SW (MAP)
fritter n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
fritter n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fritz, on the adj phr, adv phr • chiefly Nth (MAP)
frock n • chiefly Upstate NY, nNEng (MAP)
frog n B2 • chiefly NEast, N Cent, Pacific (MAP)
frogskin n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
frogs, rain v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
frogsticker (knife) n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
frogstool n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
frog-strangler n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
frontage road n • chiefly West, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
frosting n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
fruit basket n b • chiefly Gulf States, Inland Sth (MAP)
fruit basket n c • scattered, but chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP)
fruit cellar n • chiefly Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
frying pan n 1 • widespread exc W Midl (MAP)
frypan n • chiefly Atlantic, Inland Sth, West (MAP)
full of oneself adj phr • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
funnel v • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
funny bone n 1 • widespread, but less common eNEng, Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
fuss n B2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
fuss n B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fuss v C3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fuss v C5 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, CA (MAP)
fuss-box n • chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
fussbudget n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
fuss-button n • chiefly PA, N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
fuss-pot n 1 • chiefly NEast exc nNEng (MAP)
gab n1 • now esp Gt Lakes, Upper MW (MAP)
gallery n • chiefly Gulf States, AR, TX (MAP)
galley-west adv, adj • chiefly Nth (MAP)
gallinipper n 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp S Atl (MAP)
gambrel roof n • chiefly Upstate NY, NEng (MAP)
gap n1 1 • widespread, but esp Appalachians (MAP)
gape n C2 • chiefly Midl (MAP)
garden house n • chiefly Mid Atl (MAP)
garden worm n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
garlicky adj • chiefly DE, MD, NJ, VA (MAP and Map Section)
gaspergou n 1 • LA, TX (MAP)
gather v B5 • chiefly Midl, NY (MAP)
gaum v1 1 • formerly widespread, now chiefly Appalachians (MAP)
gaumy adj1 1 • scattered, but esp Appalachians (MAP)
gaup v 1 • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
gear v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
gee v2 b • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
gee-haw v 2 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
gee horse n • scattered, but esp N Cent, Gt Lakes (MAP)
gelding n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
gentleman n B2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
Georgia buggy n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Georgia stock n • chiefly Gulf States, AR, OK (MAP)
Georgia wiggler n • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
German fried potatoes n pl • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
German potato salad n • chiefly Gt Lakes, N Cent, esp WI (MAP)
gesundheit intj • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
get v C2 • widespread, but less freq S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
get awake v phr • chiefly PA (MAP)
get behind v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp S Atl (MAP)
get gone v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
get oneself a cook v phr • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
get up v phr 5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
get up there v phr • scattered, but esp N Cent, C Atl (MAP)
giant steps n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
G.I. haircut n • scattered, but more freq C and Mid Atl, SE (MAP)
girt n • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
give v A3b • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
given out adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
glassie n • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
glue n1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
gnat’s eyebrow n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
go v C1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
goal n B • chiefly Nth (MAP)
goathead n • chiefly SW (MAP)
gob n1 2 • widespread, but less freq NEast (MAP)
go down v phr 1 • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
goggle-eye n 1a • scattered, but chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
going to bed adj phr • S Atl (MAP)
gold coast n • scattered, but esp Gt Lakes (MAP)
goober n1 1 • widespread, but chiefly SE, Lower Missip Valley, SW (MAP)
goober pea n • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
goody n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
goop n • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
goose-drownder n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
goose pimples n pl • widespread, but somewhat less freq Sth (MAP)
goozle n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
gopher n1 1a • esp FL, GA (MAP)
gopher snake n 1 • chiefly West, esp CA, AZ (MAP)
gorge n1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, Appalachians, Gt Lakes, SW (MAP)
goshawk n 1 • now chiefly Gt Lakes, PA (MAP)
go-sheep-go n • chiefly Midl, esp OH (MAP)
gourd n 3 • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
grab onto v phr • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent (MAP)
gracias exclam • scattered, but chiefly SW (MAP)
graham bread n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
grain room n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
granddaddy n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
granddaddy n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
grandma n A1 • chiefly Sth, Midl, West (MAP)
grandma n A2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
grandma n A3 • chiefly Midl; also Sth, West (MAP)
grandma n A4 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
grandma n A5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
grandma n A6 • chiefly C Atl (MAP)
grandma n A8 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
grandpa n A1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
grandpa n A2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
grandpa n A3 • chiefly Midl; also Sth, West (MAP)
grandpa n A4 • scattered, but less freq N Atl, Pacific (MAP)
grandpa n A5 • scattered, but chiefly C Atl, NY (MAP)
grandpa n A6 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
grange n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
granny n 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
granny woman n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
grass n 1 • chiefly NEast, Pacific (MAP)
grass burr n • chiefly TX (MAP)
grassplot n • chiefly Atlantic (MAP)
grass sack n • chiefly C Atl, Lower Missip Valley, Ohio Valley (MAP)
grassy adj • chiefly C Atl (MAP)
gravy n 2 • scattered, but more freq Nth, N Midl, WV (MAP)
grayback n 2a • scattered, but esp W Midl, West (MAP)
grease ant n • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, CA (MAP)
greaser n B1 • scattered, but esp SW, CO (MAP)
greasy adj A1 (pronc) • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
greasy adj A2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
greasy adj B • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
great day (in the morning) exclam • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
great guns exclam • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
green bean n • widespread, but less freq NEng, Sth (MAP and Map Section)
green corn n 2 • scattered, but esp eNEng, Gt Lakes, sCA (MAP)
green fly n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
green hand n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
green onion n 1 • chiefly west of Appalachians (MAP and Map Section)
green pepper n 1 • widespread exc SE, Lower Missip Valley (MAP and Map Section)
green pepper n 2 • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
green snake n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng (MAP)
griddle n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp Upstate NY, VT (MAP)
griddle cake n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
grinder n 3 • chiefly NEng (MAP and Map Section)
grindle n1 • chiefly Lower Missip Valley, eTX (MAP)
grind rock n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
grits n pl 1b • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
groomsman n • widespread exc NEast, West (MAP)
groundhog n 1 • widespread, but esp Midl (MAP)
ground pea n 1 • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
grow v 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
grow v 2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
grow v 2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
grub ax n • esp Nth (MAP)
grubbing hoe n 1 • widespread exc Nth (MAP and Map Section)
grub hoe n • chiefly Nth (MAP and Map Section)
grubworm n 1 • widespread exc NEast, Pacific (MAP)
Guinea n1 3 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
Guinea n1 5 • widespread exc NEast, Pacific (MAP)
guinea hen n 1 • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
guinea wasp n • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
gulch n 1 • scattered, but esp CA (MAP)
gully n 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
gully n 2 • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
gully washer n • widespread exc NEng, less freq Inland Nth, Pacific (MAP)
gum n1, v1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
gum n2 3b • chiefly Appalachians (MAP)
gum band n • chiefly PA (MAP)
gumbo n 2 • chiefly Gulf States, esp LA, but becoming widely recognized elsewhere (MAP)
gumbo n 6a • chiefly Missip Valley, West (MAP)
gunny sack n • chiefly west of Appalachians (MAP and Map Section)
gush n B4 • scattered, but esp Sth, TX (MAP)
gutter n1 1 • widespread, but somewhat less freq Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP and Map Section)
guttering n • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
hail-over n, exclam • S Atl, Gulf States (MAP and Map Section)
haily-over n, exclam • esp NEast, OH (MAP and Map Section)
hair n C2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hairy woodpecker n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
half-runner bean n • chiefly sAppalachians (MAP)
hall tree n • scattered, but esp N Cent, MO (MAP)
hamburg n 1 • chiefly NEast, C Atl, OH, MI (MAP)
hamper n 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hand n B1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
hand broom n • chiefly S Midl, Mid Atl (MAP)
handle n B1 • scattered exc SE (MAP)
handy-over n, exclam • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, Inland Sth (MAP)
hang v B2 • scattered, but esp C Atl, Ohio Valley (MAP)
hangman n • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
happy adj 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
hardhead n 7 • chiefly Gt Lakes (MAP and Map Section)
hard road n • chiefly Midl, esp IL (MAP)
hard sauce n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
hard-shell adj 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hard-shell turtle n • chiefly N Cent, Cent, Gulf States (MAP)
harp n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hasenpfeffer n • chiefly ePA (MAP)
hash n 1 • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
haslet n • formerly more widespread, now esp Sth (MAP)
hatchway n • chiefly NEast, OH (MAP)
hay chute n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
hay frame n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hay hole n 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl, esp PA (MAP)
hay ladder n • esp N Midl (MAP)
hayrack n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
hayrig n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
head n C1c • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
headcheese n 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
header n 1 • chiefly West, esp CA (MAP)
headlighting vbl n • chiefly TX, nMI (MAP)
head rag n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
heap n 2 • esp nAppalachians, CT (MAP)
hearse n B1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hearth broom n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hearthstone n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
heat n • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
heave v B1 • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
heaves n pl • widespread, but more freq NEast, N Cent, C Atl (MAP)
heavy adj • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP and Map Section)
hebe n • scattered, but esp NEast (MAP)
hedge n • chiefly N Cent, Cent (MAP)
hedge apple n • chiefly W Midl (MAP)
heel fly n • chiefly West, esp SW (MAP)
heinie n1 1 • chiefly NEast, West (MAP)
hen coop n • esp Nth (MAP)
hennery n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
hepatica n • chiefly NEast, N Midl, Gt Lakes (MAP)
her pron B2 • scattered, but esp West, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
hero n • scattered, but esp NYC (MAP and Map Section)
hex v • widespread, but less freq S Midl (MAP)
hey exclam 1 • chiefly Sth, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
hey exclam 2 • scattered, but less freq Nth, Atlantic, West (MAP)
hey interrog exclam 2 • scattered, but esp NEast (MAP)
hickey n2 b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
hickey n2 c • widespread exc Sth (MAP)
hidy exclam • chiefly S Midl, TX (MAP)
high beam n 2 • widespread, but less freq Sth, W Midl (MAP)
highland moccasin n • chiefly SE (MAP)
high-test adj • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP and Map Section)
highway n • widespread, but less freq N Cent, NEast, C Atl (MAP)
high yellow n • scattered, but chiefly C and S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
hill n 2 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
hillside plow n • chiefly Appalachians, sOH (MAP)
hind end n 1 • scattered, but less freq Atlantic (MAP)
hind-part-before adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
hindside-before adv • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
hip-roofed barn n • chiefly N Cent, NEast (MAP)
hired man n • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
hisself pron • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hisser n • chiefly PA (MAP)
hit a lick v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
hitch v 3 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
hit the ball v phr 3 • scattered, but esp West (MAP)
ho v a • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
hoagie n • chiefly PA, NJ, but becoming more widely recognized (MAP and Map Section)
hod n 1 • widespread, but esp freq NEng (MAP)
hoecake n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hog n B4 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hoggish adj 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hog house n 1a • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent; also S Midl (MAP)
hog’s head cheese n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast, esp S Atl, Gulf States (MAP and Map Section)
hog wire n • scattered, but esp S Atl, Gulf States, Cent (MAP)
hog yard n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
hoity-toity adj • esp Nth, N Midl, CA (MAP)
hold v C1b • chiefly NEast, Mid Atl (MAP)
hold v C2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Gulf States, AR (MAP)
hole n 10d • scattered, but esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
hole n 3 • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
hole n 9a • esp NEast (MAP)
holey adj • esp S Midl, C Atl (MAP)
holiness adj • chiefly Sth, Midl, Cent (MAP)
holler v, n1 B5 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hollow horn n 1 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
hollow tail n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
home base n 1 • widespread, but somewhat less freq Nth (MAP)
home demonstration n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
home free exclam • chiefly east of Missip R, esp NY (MAP)
home fried potatoes n pl • chiefly NEast, OH (MAP and Map Section)
hominy n B1 • formerly widespread, now chiefly Atlantic, esp S Atl (MAP)
hooch n1 1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hoodoo n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, esp LA, MS (MAP)
hoo-owl n • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hoopy n2 • esp TX (MAP)
Hoover n 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
hop v1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hop and (a) jump n • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hopper n 1 • chiefly West, N Cent (MAP)
hoppergrass n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hopping John n 1 • chiefly S Atl, esp SC, GA (MAP)
hoptoad n 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast (MAP)
horned lark n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
horned pout n 1 • chiefly NEng (MAP)
horning n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp Upstate NY, nPA (MAP)
horse barn n • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
horse lot n 1 • chiefly SE, Lower Missip Valley, TX (MAP)
horse piss n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
horse stable n • chiefly NEast, C Atl, eGt Lakes (MAP)
host n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hot cake n 2 • widespread, but less freq NEng (MAP)
hot-cake turner n • chiefly West (MAP)
hot cross bun n • esp NEast (MAP)
hot dish n 1 • esp MI, WI, MN, ND (MAP)
hot-water corn bread n • chiefly Gulf States, Inland Sth (MAP)
hound dog n 2 • scattered, but esp Lower Missip Valley, TX, S Atl (MAP)
house shoe n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
how you do exclam • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hubbard squash n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
huckster n • scattered, but chiefly N Midl, C Atl, NEast exc nNEng (MAP)
hudder n • esp Appalachians (MAP)
hull n B1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
hull n B2a(1) • widespread, but less freq Nth, Rocky Mts (MAP and Map Section)
hull n B2a(2) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hull n B2a(3) • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
hull v 1 • chiefly Midl (MAP)
hullabaloo n 1 • scattered, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hummock n 2 • chiefly S Atl, esp FL (MAP)
Hunk n3 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
hunter n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, CA (MAP)
hurting n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hush puppy n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
husk n B2a • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
husking vbl n 2a • esp NEng, N Cent (MAP)
hydrant n 1a • scattered, but less freq Nth, Atlantic (MAP)
hydrant n 1b • esp SW, Gulf States (MAP)
hypo n 1 • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
hy spy n 2 • scattered east of Missip R, esp OH (MAP)
ice-cream social n • scattered, but chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP)
ice-cream supper n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
ice tag n2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp PA (MAP)
icing n 1 • widespread, but less freq Nth, Pacific (MAP and Map Section)
icky adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
in prep B7 • scattered, but chiefly S Atl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
inchworm n • widespread, but esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
Indian n B6 • esp Gulf States, TX (MAP)
Indian cigar n • chiefly Midl, Gt Lakes (MAP)
Indian pipe n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
Indian pudding n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
inwards n pl (pronc) • esp Nth (MAP)
Irish buggy n • chiefly West (MAP)
Irish potato n • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
Italian pepper n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
Italian sandwich n • NEast, esp ME (MAP)
itch n B1 • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
ivory n1 1a • scattered, but less freq Sth, nNEng (MAP)
ivory n2 • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
jack n1 24a(1) • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
jack n2 2b • esp N Midl (MAP)
jack v 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP and Map Section)
jackdaw n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
jackfish n 1a • chiefly Sth (MAP)
jack frost n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
jack frost n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
jackleg adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
jacklight v • scattered, but chiefly NEast (MAP)
jack-o’-lantern n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
jag n2 1a • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
jag n2 2 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
jailhouse n • scattered, but somewhat more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
jake leg n1 1 • chiefly S Midl, wGulf States (MAP)
jalapeño n • orig chiefly TX, but now widely recognized (MAP)
jam v 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP and Map Section)
jambalaya n 1 • chiefly Gulf States, esp LA; becoming more widely recognized (MAP)
jam cake n • chiefly S Midl, esp KY (MAP)
jarfly n 1 • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
jarhead n 1 • chiefly SE (MAP)
jassack n • scattered, but esp WV (MAP)
jaybird n 1a • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
jaybird n 1b • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
jeez intj • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
jelly doughnut n • widespread, but esp freq NEast, S Atl, CA (MAP)
jerkwater adj 1 • scattered exc NEng; infreq Sth, Inland Sth (MAP)
jerky n2 • scattered, but chiefly West (MAP)
Jersey mosquito n 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
Jerusalem, going to n 1 • scattered, but esp NEast; infreq West (MAP)
Jewish bread n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
Jewish pickle n • esp PA, NJ, NY (MAP)
jibe v • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
jigger n2 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
jiggered, I’ll be phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
jimson weed n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
Job’s turkey n 1 • widespread, but more freq Sth, Midl (MAP)
joeboat n • chiefly Ohio Valley, esp KY (MAP)
joe darter n 1 • esp Gulf States, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
Joe-Pye weed n 1 • chiefly NEast, Mid Atl (MAP)
john n 2a • widespread, but somewhat less freq Sth (MAP)
johnboat n 1 • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
John Bull n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
John Hancock n • widespread, but more freq NEast, N Cent (MAP and Map Section)
John Henry n 1 • widespread, but less freq NEast, OH (MAP and Map Section)
johnnycake n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth (MAP)
johnny house n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Mid and S Atl (MAP)
joint snake n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
jolt wagon n • S Midl, esp KY (MAP)
Jonah n B1 • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
jook n 2 • orig FL, later chiefly Gulf States, S Atl (MAP)
jowl n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Judas n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
jugarum n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
jug fishing vbl n • chiefly Missip Valley (MAP)
juice v • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)
July fly n 1 • chiefly SE (MAP)
jumper n 7a • Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
jump the broom v phr • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
jump-the-rope n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Juneberry n 1 • chiefly MI, MN, WI; also PA (MAP)
junker n • scattered, but chiefly N Cent, NEast (MAP)
kaiser blade n • chiefly Lower Missip Valley, esp MS (MAP)
kaput adj B • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
keen adj 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
keen adj 2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
keep v B3 • scattered, but esp Sth, Midl (MAP)
keeps n pl 1 • scattered, but chiefly West, W Midl (MAP)
kernel n 1 • chiefly C and S Atl; also Gulf States (MAP and Map Section)
kernel n 3 • widespread, but more freq Midl (MAP)
kerosene oil n • scattered, but esp SE, NEast (MAP and Map Section)
kettle n (pronc) • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
kettle n (pronc) • chiefly S Midl, also NEast (MAP)
kettle n B1 • widespread, but less freq Sth (MAP and Map Section)
key n 3 • chiefly S Atl, AL (MAP and Map Section)
kick v B1 • chiefly sAppalachians, S Atl (MAP)
kick v B2 • scattered, but chiefly west of Appalachians (MAP)
kick v B3 • esp C Atl, Gt Lakes (MAP)
kick v B5 • Pacific NW (MAP)
kike n • widespread, but more freq NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)
killdeer n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW, Pacific (MAP)
killifish n 1 • chiefly seNY (MAP)
kiln n • esp C Atl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
kindling wood n • scattered, but more freq Atl (MAP)
kinfolk n pl • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, Cent, TX (MAP)
king n 2 • esp n and C Atl (MAP)
king bee n • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
king’s ex exclam, n • chiefly west of Missip R, Gulf States, Ohio Valley (MAP and Map Section)
kipe v • scattered, but esp West (MAP)
kit n 2b • widespread, but somewhat more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
kitchen broom n • scattered, but less freq C and Mid Atl, SE (MAP)
kitchen garden n • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
kitten n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
kittens, have v phr • esp Nth (MAP)
kitty n 3 • esp KY, MD, VA (MAP)
kitty-corner adv, adj 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
kitty wants a corner n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
klatch n • scattered, but chiefly Upper Missip Valley, Gt Lakes (MAP)
knee-deep n • esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
knepp n pl • chiefly PA (MAP)
knickknack n1 • esp Sth, Missip Valley (MAP)
knife n • esp Nth (MAP and Map Section)
knob n 1 • widespread, but more freq N Cent, Appalachians (MAP)
knob n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth (MAP)
knob n 3 • scattered, but esp Nth (MAP)
knock v 1 • scattered exc N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
knock v 2 • esp Sth (MAP)
knock down v phr 1 • now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
knot n1 2a • widespread, but less freq Nth (MAP)
knot n1 3 • chiefly Sth, Midl, Cent (MAP)
know v B3a • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
know v B4a • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
knuck n1 2a • esp W Midl (MAP)
kolacky n • chiefly WI, Upper MW (MAP)
kraut n 1 • chiefly Midl (MAP)
kraut n 2 • widespread, but less freq Mid and S Atl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
kuchen n • Ger settlement areas, esp N Cent, PA (MAP)
lace v 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
ladle n • chiefly west of Appalachians (MAP)
lady pea n • chiefly Sth, sS Midl (MAP)
lagging line n • chiefly West, Gulf States, W Midl, esp sIL (MAP)
lag line n • chiefly West, Missip Valley, sNJ (MAP)
lagniappe n • chiefly Gulf States, esp LA (MAP and Map Section)
lake trout n 1 • chiefly Gt Lakes, Upstate NY (MAP)
lamp oil n 1 • scattered, but esp Appalachians (MAP)
land frog n • chiefly Midl, C Atl (MAP)
land turtle n • scattered, but chiefly N Midl, C Atl (MAP)
larch n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
larkspur n • chiefly West, S Midl (MAP)
larruping adj 1 • esp W Midl, TX, OK (MAP)
last button on Gabe’s coat n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
last couple out n • esp Upper MW, KS (MAP)
last-go-trade n • chiefly Mid and S Atl, WV (MAP)
last pea in the dish n • chiefly SE (MAP)
lather down, keep one’s v phr • esp WV (MAP)
law n1 B1 • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
lawyer n B4 • esp MI, MN, WI (MAP)
lay v 1 • chiefly S Midl, Sth (MAP and Map Section)
lay low sheepie n • esp PA, NJ (MAP)
layover(s) to catch meddlers n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
leader n 3 • chiefly NY, NJ (MAP)
learn v B1 • scattered, but less freq West (MAP)
leather-winged bat n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
leave off v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
let on v phr • widespread exc NEng (MAP)
letter n 2 • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP)
lettuce bird n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
level n • chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
level full adj phr • scattered, but esp Sth, Midl (MAP)
lick n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX, OK (MAP)
licking good adj phr • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
lickskillet n 2 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
licorice n (pronc) • chiefly S Midl, nNEng (MAP)
lie v1 1 • esp Sth (MAP)
lie v1 3 • esp NEast, Midl (MAP)
lie down v phr 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
lie out v phr 2 • Sth, S Midl, esp sAppalachians, GA, SC (MAP)
light v2 2 • scattered, but esp S Atl, sAppalachians (MAP)
light bread n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, OK, TX (MAP)
light-fingered adj • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
lightning bug n • widespread, but slightly less freq Nth, Pacific (MAP and Map Section)
lightwood n1 • chiefly Sth, esp S Atl (MAP)
like vbl aux E2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
lima bean n • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
limberneck n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
limey n1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
line n1 1 • widespread, but less freq NEng (MAP)
linn n 1 • chiefly Midl (MAP)
lister n 2 • chiefly Plains States (MAP)
litter n 1 • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
little Sally Walker n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
little Sally Water(s) n • chiefly east of Missip R, esp PA (MAP)
live in adultery v phr • scattered, but chiefly W Midl, S Atl (MAP)
liver pudding n • chiefly S and Mid Atl (MAP)
liver sausage n • chiefly Gt Lakes, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
liverwurst n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
loaf bread n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
loafer v • chiefly sAppalachians (MAP)
loafing barn n • scattered, but chiefly Inland Nth, Midl (MAP)
lobber v • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, esp Upstate NY, CT, MI (MAP and Map Section)
local preacher n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, C Atl (MAP)
locked bowels n pl 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
locker n 2 • chiefly LA (MAP)
lockup n • scattered, but less freq West (MAP)
locoweed n • West (MAP)
loft n 1 • widespread, but less freq Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
loft n 2 • scattered, but chiefly S Midl, Sth (MAP)
log cart n • esp C and S Atl (MAP)
loggerhead n 3 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, C Atl (MAP)
loggerhead n 5b • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
logrolling vbl n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
log wagon n 1 • scattered, but esp Lower Missip Valley, Ohio Valley, C Atl (MAP)
logy adj 1 • scattered, but more freq Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
lollipop n 1a • widespread, but esp freq NEast (MAP and Map Section)
long drawers n pl • scattered, but chiefly SE, C Atl, seNY (MAP)
longear n 1 • chiefly N Cent, West (MAP)
long-fingered adj • chiefly Gt Lakes, PA (MAP)
long handles n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
longies n pl • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP and Map Section)
long jeans n pl • scattered, but esp C Atl, NEast (MAP)
long john n 1 • widespread, but somewhat less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
long john n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Upper Missip Valley, Upper MW, Plains States, MI (MAP)
long tom n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Lord n1 B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
lord god n 1 • chiefly SE, esp Gulf States (MAP)
Lordy intj • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
lot n 1a • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
lot n 1b(2) • widespread, but less freq N Atl, West (MAP)
lousy adj 2a • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
lousy adj 2c • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
lousy adj 2d • widespread, but somewhat less freq Sth (MAP)
love child n • scattered, but more freq NEast, N Cent, Mid Atl (MAP)
low v, n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
low beam n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, C Atl, West (MAP)
low-down adj 2 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
lower v1 • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
low ground(s) n • chiefly Mid Atl (MAP)
low-quarter(ed) shoe n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
low-rate v • chiefly Sth (MAP)
low sick adj phr • Sth, S Midl, esp Gulf States (MAP)
low-test adj • chiefly NEast, Mid Atl, N Cent (MAP)
Lucy Bowles n • scattered, but esp PA, NJ, seNY (MAP)
lug n1 1 • chiefly Upper Missip Valley, West (MAP)
lumber wagon n • chiefly Nth, Cent (MAP)
lummox n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
lung fever n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
lutefisk n • chiefly Upper MW, WI, nwIL (MAP)
ma n A1 (pronc) • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
ma n A2 (pronc) • widespread, but less freq NEast (MAP)
ma n A3 (pronc) • esp SC, C Atl (MAP)
macadam n 1 • widespread, but chiefly NEast, Mid Atl, N Cent (MAP)
machine shed n • widespread, but esp freq Plains States, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
mackerel sky n • scattered, but chiefly NEast (MAP)
mackerel-snapper n • esp Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
mad adj 1a • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mad adj 1b • chiefly Sth (MAP)
mad adj 1c • chiefly Nth (MAP)
madam n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
maintainer n • chiefly Upper Missip Valley, esp IA, MO (MAP)
make v1 C7 • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
make v1 D19 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
make v1 D21 • formerly widespread, now esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
make like v phr • widespread, but esp freq Sth (MAP)
make out v phr 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
make over v phr • chiefly S Midl; also West (MAP)
make up v phr 2 • chiefly Atlantic (MAP)
male adj • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
mall n 1 • chiefly Upstate NY (MAP)
mamma n1 1 • widespread, but less freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
mam-maw n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mammoth adj, n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
mammy n1 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
man n C2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mandrake n • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
mango n 2 • chiefly W Midl (MAP)
maniportia n • chiefly MD (MAP)
manner n 3a • chiefly S Midl, Gulf States, TX (MAP)
mantel n • esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
mantelboard n • esp TX, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
mantelpiece n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Atlantic (MAP)
maple bar n • West (MAP)
marble eye n 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, Missip Valley (MAP)
mark v1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
marketing n 1 • scattered, but esp east of Missip R (MAP)
marrowfat (bean) n • chiefly nNJ, NY, PA (MAP)
marsh hay n • chiefly Gt Lakes, Atlantic (MAP)
marsh hen n 1 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
marsh marigold n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
marsh rabbit n 2 • chiefly C Atl, Gt Lakes (MAP)
mash v1 1 • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl; also West (MAP)
mason wasp n • chiefly Mid Atl, sAppalachians (MAP)
matterate v • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
mattock n • widespread, but more freq Appalachians (MAP)
mayapple n 1 • widespread exc West; less freq NEast, Sth (MAP)
May basket n • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl, Plains States (MAP)
May bug n 1 • esp N Cent (MAP)
meadowlark n 1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
meander v • scattered, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
measuring worm n • widespread exc NEng, West (MAP)
meat n 1 • widespread, but less freq S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
meat house n 1 • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
meat platter n • chiefly N Cent, N Midl, C Atl (MAP)
median (strip) n 1a • widespread exc Pacific, Rocky Mts, LA, MS (MAP)
median (strip) n 1b • chiefly PA, sNJ; also HI (MAP)
median (strip) n 1c • chiefly Midl (MAP)
median (strip) n 1e • scattered, but rare Sth, West (MAP)
mend v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mesa n 1 • chiefly West, esp SW, CO (MAP)
mess up v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
Mexican bean n 1 • chiefly West (MAP)
mib n • scattered, but chiefly N Cent, NEast (MAP)
Mick n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
Mick n 2 • scattered, but esp PA (MAP)
middlebuster n 1 • chiefly Sth, TX (MAP)
middleman n 1 • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
middling n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mig n • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
mighty adv • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
milch cow n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
milk cow n • widespread, but less freq NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
milk house n • widespread, but less freq Sth, Atlantic (MAP)
milking cow n • scattered, but esp NEast (MAP)
milk room n • scattered, but chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
milk snake n 1 • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
milk train n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
milo maize n • chiefly Plains States, SW (MAP)
milquetoast n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, CA (MAP)
mince v • widespread, but more freq Sth, Midl (MAP)
mincemeat n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
mince pie n • esp NEast (MAP)
miner’s consumption n • chiefly West, esp CA, NV, CO (MAP)
minnow n A1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
minnow n A2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
minnow n A3 • chiefly N Midl, Inland Nth (MAP)
mist n 4 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mister n 1 • scattered, but chiefly N Cent, PA (MAP)
mist rain v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mitt n 2 • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP)
mitten n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
mixed-breed n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, N Atl (MAP)
moccasin flower n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
moist yeast n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
molasses n C1 • widespread, but less freq Inland Nth, Pacific (MAP)
mom n1 1 • widespread, but less freq Sth (MAP)
mom-mom n • PA, NJ, DE, MD (MAP)
money cat n • chiefly NEng, esp ME (MAP)
mongrel n (pronc) • widespread, but esp NEast (MAP)
monkey n1 B3 • sePA, sNJ (MAP)
monkey n1 B5 • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
monkey v • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
monkey bite n 1 • chiefly CA, also C and S Atl (MAP)
mopboard n • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
morel n2 • chiefly N Cent, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
mosquito hawk n 2a • chiefly Sth, but scattered Missip Valley (MAP and Map Section)
most time(s) adv phr • esp Sth, Midl (MAP)
mother dear n • chiefly Gulf States, S Atl (MAP)
mother, may I n • chiefly west of Appalachians (MAP)
motte n • chiefly TX (MAP)
mountain ash n 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
mountain canary n • chiefly West (MAP)
mountain dew n • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mountaineer n • scattered, but chiefly Appalachians (MAP)
mountain lion n • chiefly West (MAP)
mourners’ bench n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mouse n B3 • scattered, but rare Sth (MAP)
mouse cat n • esp Ohio Valley, Gulf States (MAP)
mouth harp n 1 • scattered, but less freq NEast, W Midl (MAP and Map Section)
mouth organ n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Inland Nth, C Atl; also S Atl, SW (MAP and Map Section)
move-up n • esp Ohio Valley, NEast (MAP)
mow n1 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
mow v • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
mow away v phr • chiefly NEng, NY, Gt Lakes (MAP)
mow hole n • esp Appalachians, PA, NJ (MAP)
mowing n attrib • chiefly NEng (MAP)
mowing blade n • chiefly S Midl, esp sAppalachians (MAP)
moxie n 2 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
muck n1 1a • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP)
mud v 1 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
mud boat n 1 • chiefly OH, IN, sIL (MAP)
mud dauber n 1 • chiefly Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
mud duck n 1 • chiefly Midl, N Cent (MAP)
mud hen n 1b • widespread, but more freq Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
mud swallow n • chiefly West; also PA, NY, NJ (MAP)
mud wasp n • chiefly NEast; also Inland Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP and Map Section)
mule n1 5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mule n1 6 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
muley adj, n2 A1 (pronc) • widespread exc Atlantic coast (MAP)
muley adj, n2 A2 (pronc) • scattered, but less freq Atlantic coast, Gulf States (MAP)
muley adj, n2 A3 (pronc) • chiefly Upstate NY, nPA, wGt Lakes (MAP)
muley adj B1 • widespread, but less freq Atlantic coast (MAP)
muley-head n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
mulligrubs n pl 1 • scattered, but esp Sth (MAP)
multiplying onion n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mum n1 • chiefly NEng, wPA (MAP)
mumblety-peg n 1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mumblety-peg n 2 • widespread, but less freq NEast, C Atl (MAP)
mumblety-peg n 3 • scattered, but esp Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP)
murphy n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
murrain n • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
muscadine (grape) n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mush n1 1 • widespread, but esp Pacific (MAP)
mushrat n 1 • widespread exc West (MAP)
mushroom n (pronc) • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mushroom n (pronc) • chiefly NEast, Midl, N Cent (MAP)
musical chairs n pl • widespread, but somewhat less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
muskellunge n 1 • chiefly Gt Lakes, OH, PA, Upstate NY (MAP)
muskmelon n (pronc) • widespread, but less freq Sth, West..|ˈmʌsk̩mɛlən| (MAP)
muskmelon n (pronc) • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl, N Atl..|ˈmʌš̩mɛlən| (MAP)
muskrat n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
musky adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl; scattered NEast (MAP)
mustard pickle n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
nail bar n • scattered, but esp West, Gulf States (MAP)
naked adj (pronc) • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
nana n1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
nanny n1 • scattered exc nNEng, Upper MW, Cent (MAP)
nappy n1 • chiefly NEng (MAP)
nary adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
nasty adj • scattered, but esp Sth (MAP)
nasty-neat adj • scattered, but esp NEast (MAP)
nasty-nice adj • scattered, but less freq NEast (MAP)
nauseous adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NYC, NJ, PA (MAP)
navel n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
navy bean n • widespread, but less freq NEast (MAP)
neap n1 • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
nearside horse n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
neb-nose n • chiefly PA (MAP)
nerved up adj phr • chiefly NEast (MAP)
netting (wire) n • chiefly Upper Missip Valley, West (MAP)
nettle rash n • chiefly SE, Lower Missip Valley, TX (MAP)
net wire n • scattered, but chiefly Lower Missip Valley, TX (MAP)
neutral ground n • chiefly LA, sMS (MAP)
New England (boiled) dinner n • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
newground n 1a • chiefly C and S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
new-milch adj • chiefly NEng (MAP)
nib n1 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
nib n2 1 • chiefly N Cent, NEast (MAP)
nick n1 • Delmarva (MAP)
nicker n1, v • widespread exc NEast, Gt Lakes; less freq S Atl (MAP and Map Section)
nigger n1 B11 • scattered, but chiefly Midl, Gulf States, TX (MAP)
nigger baby n 1 • scattered, but chiefly N Midl, seNY (MAP)
nigger baby n 3 • chiefly west of Appalachians (MAP)
nigger fish v phr • scattered, but more freq Inland Nth, West (MAP)
niggerhead n 1 • widespread exc Gulf States (MAP)
niggerhead n 3b • chiefly TX, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
nigger heaven n 1 • chiefly Nth, Plains States, Rocky Mts, CA (MAP)
nigger navel n • chiefly Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
nigger town n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
nigh horse n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
night crawler n • widespread exc Sth (MAP)
night glass n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
night-hunting vbl n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
night pasture n • scattered, but esp eGt Lakes, Upstate NY (MAP)
night walker n 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
ninny n2 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
nippity-tuck adv, adj • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
nit fly n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp KY (MAP)
nix adv 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
no-account adj • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Midl (MAP)
no-count adj • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Norski n • chiefly MI, WI, Upper MW, Pacific NW (MAP)
northeaster n • chiefly Atlantic; also Gt Lakes (MAP)
north end of a chicken flying south n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
norther n • chiefly TX (MAP)
northern n 1 • chiefly MN, WI (MAP)
northern bean n • scattered, but esp Sth, Missip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
northern pike n 1 • chiefly Gt Lakes (MAP)
northwester n • chiefly Atlantic, Gulf States, Gt Lakes (MAP)
Norway pine n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, esp MI, WI, MN (MAP)
no-see-um n 1 • chiefly Nth, Pacific (MAP)
notch n 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
notch n 2 • scattered, but less freq NEast, West (MAP)
nut v • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
nut grass n 1 • scattered, but chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
oats n pl 1 • chiefly W Midl (MAP)
oats bug n 1 • chiefly N Midl (MAP)
oceans n pl • scattered, but less freq S Midl, SW (MAP)
October bean n • chiefly sAppalachians, IN (MAP)
of prep Bb • esp Appalachians, Lower Missip Valley, SW (MAP)
of prep C4 • widespread, but esp NEast, eN Midl (MAP)
off adj D2 • scattered, but somewhat more freq NEast, N Cent (MAP)
off prep C1 • widespread, but more freq Sth, Midl (MAP)
offside horse n • scattered, but esp nAppalachians (MAP)
oiled road n • scattered, but chiefly West, NEast (MAP)
Okie n • chiefly Pacific, esp CA (MAP)
okra soup n • chiefly SC (MAP)
Old Boy n • esp east of Missip R (MAP)
old cat n 1 • N Cent, Plains States (MAP)
old maid n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
old maid n 4 • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
Old Scratch n • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEng (MAP)
Ole Ole Olson all in free exclam • chiefly N Cent, Pacific; also NEast (MAP)
on prep B3a • widespread, but more freq Sth, Midl (MAP and Map Section)
on prep B9 • chiefly S and Mid Atl, PA (MAP)
one-eyed cat n 1 • chiefly S Midl, TX (MAP)
one old cat n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
one-sided adj, adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
oniony adj • chiefly NC, VA (MAP and Map Section)
oodlins n pl • S Midl, esp KY, TN (MAP)
oo-wee exclam • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
oozy adj • Nth, N Midl (MAP)
open-and-shut adj • chiefly N Atl (MAP)
open peach n • chiefly sAppalachians, Mid Atl (MAP)
orchard grass n • chiefly Nth, Midl, esp S Midl (MAP)
ornery adj B4 • esp MO (MAP)
Osage orange n • widespread exc S Atl, Inland Sth, Gulf States (MAP)
out adj D2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
out n F2a • scattered exc NEast, C Atl (MAP)
out n F2b • scattered, but less freq NEng, Sth (MAP)
out prep E • chiefly Sth, Midl; also NEast (MAP)
out v C3 • chiefly eSC, eGA (MAP)
outen v 1 • chiefly PA; also SC (MAP)
outlander n • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP)
outside child n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
oven n 2 • chiefly NEast, OH, MI, CA (MAP)
over exclam F • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
overseer n 2 • formerly chiefly NEast; now scattered, but less freq N Cent, NEast (MAP)
owly adj • chiefly Upper MW, Gt Lakes (MAP)
pa n A1 (pronc) • widespread, but esp NEast, N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
pa n A2 (pronc) • widespread exc NEast (MAP)
pa n A3 (pronc) • chiefly Mid Atl, esp SC (MAP)
pa n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pack v 1 • chiefly West, Missip Valley, sAppalachians (MAP)
packhouse n • esp GA, NC, eSC, VA (MAP)
packsaddle worm n • esp sAppalachians (MAP)
pad n2 3 • widespread, but esp NEast (MAP)
paddy n1 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West, esp NEast (MAP)
pail n 2b • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
pail v 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
paint adj • widespread, but chiefly SW, esp TX (MAP)
pale fence n • chiefly Atlantic, esp PA (MAP)
paling fence n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pallet n • chiefly Sth, W Midl, SW (MAP)
pancake turner n • widespread, but somewhat less freq Sth, S Midl, PA (MAP)
panel fence n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
pan-fried potatoes n pl • chiefly NEast, Midl (MAP)
panhas n • scattered, but chiefly N Midl, esp PA (MAP)
panther n A1 (pronc) • scattered, but more freq Appalachians, Inland Sth (MAP)
panther n C1 • widespread, but chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl (MAPand Map Section)
pantywaist n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
pap n 1 • chiefly Midl, S Atl (MAP)
papa n2 2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
paper wasp n • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
pa-paw n2 (pronc) • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pappy n 1 • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
parasol n B1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, Cent, TX (MAP)
parking n 2a • chiefly NW, Plains States, IA; also N Cent, sCA (MAP)
parking n 2b • chiefly NW, esp WA (MAP)
parkway n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp NY, CT, NJ (MAP)
parkway n 3 • scattered, but esp Missip-Ohio Valleys, West (MAP)
parlor n B1 • scattered, but esp C Atl, N Cent, NW (MAP)
parlor n B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
parrot-toed adj • chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
parson’s nose n • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
partner n A • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
partridge n A1 (pronc) • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
partridge n A2 (pronc) • chiefly Nth, Midl, now esp NEng, NY (MAP)
partridge n A3 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
partridge n A4 (pronc) • chiefly Lower Missip Valley, Mid Atl (MAP)
pass n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, esp Upstate NY (MAP)
passion mark n • scattered, but less freq NEng, Upper Missip Valley, West (MAP)
pass words v phr 1 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pasture-bred adj • chiefly N Midl (MAP)
pasty n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Gt Lakes, esp MI (MAP)
pat n3 • Nth, esp MI (MAP)
patch n 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
pattypan squash n • scattered, but esp C Atl (MAP)
pawpaw n1 • chiefly Midl (MAP)
payoff n • esp NEast (MAP)
pea bean n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
peace n • widespread in literary use, but chiefly Sth, S Midl in oral use (MAP)
peacebreaker n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
peach pickle n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
peanut gallery n • scattered, but chiefly east of Missip R (MAP)
peanut heaven n • chiefly OH, PA, C Atl (MAP)
pear pickle n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
peart adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pea soup n 1 • chiefly NEast, nGt Lakes (MAP)
peavine n 2 • esp OH (MAP)
peckerwood n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
peddle v a • chiefly Nth, West, Mid Atl (MAP)
pedro n (pronc) • chiefly Inland Nth (exc Upper MW, NW), CA (MAP)
pee ant n • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
pee-jib n • esp S Atl, Inland Sth (MAP)
peeper n1 1 • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
peeper n2 2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
peggy n1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
penknife n • chiefly N Midl, C Atl (MAP)
penny pencil n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
penoche n • chiefly NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)
peony n1 1 (pronc) • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
peony n1 2 (pronc) • chiefly Cent, Mid Atl, S Midl, NEng (MAP)
people n B2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pepper belly n • chiefly TX (MAP)
pepper cabbage n • chiefly PA (MAP)
pepper pot (soup) n • esp ePA (MAP)
perambulator n • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
persimmon beer n • chiefly Sth, esp SC (MAP)
persnickety adj • scattered, but more freq Nth, Midl (MAP)
pet v • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
p.g. adj • chiefly west of Missip R, N Cent (MAP)
phiz n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
piazza n • chiefly NEast, S Atl (MAP)
piccalilli n • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pick v 1 • scattered, but esp nMI (MAP)
pick v 2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pickle n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
picture show n • widespread, but less freq NEast, C Atl, Pacific (MAP)
pick up v phr 1 • chiefly NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)
piddle v 1 • widespread, but less freq Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
piece n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
piece n 7 • widespread, but more freq Sth, Midl, TX (MAP)
piece n 8 • chiefly N Midl, West (MAP)
piece v 1 • chiefly N Midl, West (MAP)
pie melon n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
pieplant n • widespread exc Sth (MAP)
pie social n • esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
pie squash n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
pie supper n • chiefly W Midl (MAP)
pig n1 B16 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
piggery n 1 • esp NEast (MAP)
pig in a bag n • chiefly Atlantic (MAP)
pigoo exclam • chiefly OH Valley, Gulf States, S Atl (MAP)
pigtail exclam a • scattered, but less freq NEast, S Atl (MAP)
pig yard n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
pilau n1 • chiefly SC, GA, FL (MAP)
pill n 1 • scattered, but chiefly NCent, Cent, West (MAP)
pilon n • chiefly TX (MAP)
pimp stick n • esp Nth, West (MAP)
pinch bug n • chiefly N Midl, N Cent (MAP)
pin cherry n 1 • Nth, esp MI, MN, WI (MAP)
pinchers n pl • widely scattered, but esp freq Nth, Midl, TX (MAP)
pinder n • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
pink bean n • esp CA (MAP)
pinochle n • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pinto adj • orig SW; now widespread, but more freq West (MAP)
pinto bean n • orig chiefly SW, but now widely scattered exc NEast (MAP)
pip n1 • esp Mid Atl (MAP)
pipe, take the v phr • esp NYC, C Atl (MAP)
pipjenny n • esp Delmarva, S Atl (MAP)
pirogue n • chiefly Missip Valley; now esp MS, LA (MAP)
pismire n 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
piss-a-bed n 1 • chiefly C and N Atl exc NEng (MAP)
piss-a-bed n 3 • chiefly sNEng, esp MA (MAP)
piss ant n 1 • widespread, but somewhat less freq NEast, Gulf States (MAP)
piss elm n • chiefly N Cent, Missip Valley, Upstate NY (MAP)
piss oak n • chiefly NEng, NY (MAP)
pit n2 1a • widespread, but somewhat less freq Mid and S Atl, W Midl (MAP)
pit n2 1b • widespread, but somewhat more freq Inland Nth, Pacific (MAP)
pit n2 1c • chiefly Inland Nth, Pacific (MAP)
pitch n1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
pitch n2 1 • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY, Delmarva, Missip Valley, Cent (MAP)
pitch v 4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pitchfork n 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
pitchfork n 3b • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
pitchfork n 3c • chiefly N Cent, Missip Valley, Cent (MAP)
pitchhole n 2 • NEng, neNY (MAP)
pitch-in dinner n • chiefly IN; also MT (MAP)
pith n • widespread, but less freq Nth, West (MAP)
plague n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEast (MAP)
plait v • chiefly Sth, Midl, SW (MAP)
plank fence n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
plastered adj • widespread, but less freq W Midl, West (MAP)
play like v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
play off v phr 1 • esp Midl, Sth (MAP)
play-party n • chiefly W Midl, TX (MAP)
play-pretty n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX, OK (MAP)
play-toy n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
plum peach n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
poach v A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
poach v A2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth (MAP)
pocketbook roll n • chiefly east of Missip R, esp PA (MAP)
pod n 1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
pod v 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP)
Podunk n 1 • scattered, but less freq C and S Atl, West (MAP)
poig exclam • scattered, but esp WI, MI, MN (MAP)
poison ivy n 1 • widespread, but less freq Pacific (MAP)
poison oak n 1 • widespread, but slightly less freq NEast (MAP)
poison sumac n • chiefly NEast, N Cent, W Midl (MAP)
poke n1 1a • chiefly Midl, esp Appalachians (MAP)
poke n3 1 • chiefly Midl (MAP)
pokeberry n 1 • chiefly Midl, esp S Midl (MAP)
poke bonnet n • formerly widespread, now more freq Sth, SW (MAP)
poker n1 2 • scattered, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
poke salad n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Polack n • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
Polander n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
pole n 1a • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
pole barn n • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, Gt Lakes, Upstate NY, CT, Mid Atl (MAP)
polecat n 1 • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
polenta n • formerly esp CA, but now more widely recognized (MAP)
Polish sausage n • scattered, but esp Nth (MAP)
polish up v phr • scattered, but esp Inland Sth, W Midl; also NEast (MAP)
pollywog n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
pom-pom-pullaway n • chiefly Gt Lakes, Upper MW, Plains States, Rocky Mts, sCA (MAP)
pone bread n 1 • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pooey exclam • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, Upper MW; also C Atl (MAP)
pooh out v phr • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
poop v, n • widespread, but more freq NEng, NY, Gt Lakes, S Atl, West (MAP)
poor adj Ba • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
poor adj Bb • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
poor boy n 1 • orig New Orleans LA; now widespread exc NEast, Mid Atl; esp freq Gulf States, TN, TX (MAP)
poor White n 2a • scattered, but chiefly Sth, SW (MAP)
poot v1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pop n1 • widespread, but less freq N Atl, ePA, Sth, eMO, sIL (MAP)
pop n2 1 • scattered, but esp Atlantic, Gulf States (MAP)
pop call n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pope’s nose n 1 • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl, CA, TX (MAP)
popple n1 • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, IN (MAP)
pop-pop n • chiefly PA, NJ, DE, MD (MAP)
pop-the-whip n • chiefly Sth, Lower Missip Valley, West (MAP)
porky n2 • chiefly Nth, nCA (MAP)
porridge n B1 • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
portico n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
Portuguese n, adj A • esp sNEng, CA, HI Portagee, Porte(r)gee,.. (MAP)
possum n 5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
possum grape n 1 • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
post-and-rail fence n • chiefly NJ, Delmarva, WV, KY, OH, scattered NEng (MAP)
post oak n 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl, OK, TX (MAP)
pot n 1 • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
potato n A3 (pronc) • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
potato n B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
potato onion n • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
pot cheese n • chiefly NY, NJ, nPA, CT (MAP)
pothole n 3 • scattered, but more freq Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
potlicker n1 2 • esp Gulf States (MAP)
potluck meal n • widespread, but less freq Sth, C Atl, NY (MAP and Map Section)
potpie n 1 • scattered, but chiefly N Midl, esp PA (MAP)
potsy n 1 • chiefly NYC (MAP)
poule d’eau n 1 • chiefly LA (MAP)
poultry wire n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pound n2 1 • esp Delmarva (MAP)
pounding n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
pound sand down a rathole v phr 1 • chiefly west of Missip R, N Cent, Upstate NY (MAP)
pour v, n B1a • chiefly Sth, Midl, West (MAP)
pour piss out of a boot v phr • scattered, but less freq Nth (MAP)
powder n B • chiefly NEast, N Cent, Appalachians (MAP)
powder room n • scattered, but more freq C Atl, Midl (MAP)
prairie dog n • chiefly West (MAP)
praline n B • formerly esp LA, TX, but now widely recognized (MAP)
pram n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
prank v1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
prat n • esp Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
preach v • widely scattered, but less freq NEast, West (MAP)
preacher’s nose n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
preserve n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
press n1 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
press meat n • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
press peach n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
Primitive Baptist n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
princeton n • esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
prisoner’s base n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
priss v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
prissy adj 1 • widespread exc NEng (MAP)
prize n 1b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
proboscis n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
prod pole n • chiefly Rocky Mts, SW (MAP)
proud adj 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pudding n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Midl, Mid and S Atl (MAP)
puff n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
pug n • chiefly NEng, wGt Lakes, CA (MAP)
pull v 3 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
pulled candy n • chiefly Atlantic, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pully bone n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX, OK, IL, IN (MAP)
pumpkinseed n 1 • chiefly NEng (MAP)
pumpknot n • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
puncture vine n • West, esp CA (MAP)
pung n • chiefly NEng, NY (MAP)
punk n2 2 • formerly chiefly N and C Atl; now esp PA (MAP)
punkie n1 1 • chiefly Upstate NY, PA (MAP)
punky adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
punt n • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl, CA (MAP)
puny adj 1 • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
push broom n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
push little ducks in the water, mean enough to adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)
pussley n 1a • scattered, but esp freq NEast, NCent, Atlantic (MAP)
pussy n 4 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
put-on n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
put out v phr 2 • esp Sth (MAP)
put up v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
putz v • esp wGt Lakes (MAP)
quack grass n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, Appalachians (MAP)
quadrille n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
quahog n 1 • chiefly N Atl coast, esp MA, RI (MAP)
Quaker ladies n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp PA (MAP)
quarter n 1 • chiefly Sth, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
quill pig n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
quits exclam • scattered, but less freq Sth, S Midl, SW, Cent (MAP)
quitting stick n • esp S Midl (MAP)
quoit n A1 (pronc) • formerly widespread, now esp NJ, PA, Upstate NY, wMA (MAP)
quoit n B • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl, Plains States, Pacific, esp NEast (MAP)
rabbit hawk n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rabbit tobacco n 1a • chiefly SE, VA (MAP)
rack n2 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rack v1 • scattered exc NEast (MAP)
racket store n • formerly more widespread; now esp TX (MAP)
rack wagon n • chiefly N Midl, esp cIL (MAP)
rainbird n 1c • chiefly Midl, esp Appalachians (MAP)
rain crow n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
rainfrog n 1 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
rain gutter n • scattered, but esp West (MAP)
rainspout n • scattered, but esp PA, MD, NJ (MAP)
raise v B3b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
raise v C1b • widespread exc Sth, TX (MAP)
raised in a barn adj phr • widespread, but somewhat more freq Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
raised ppl adj 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
raising n 1 • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
ram v 1 • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
ramrod n • chiefly S Midl, West (MAP)
rams n • chiefly C Atl (MAP)
ramshacklety adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
ranch n • chiefly West (MAP)
range shelter n • esp NEast (MAP)
rank v 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, Midl (MAP)
rareripe n 2 • chiefly sNEng (MAP)
rastus n2 • esp KY (MAP)
rat n 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
rat v 1 • esp Gulf States, Missip Valley (MAP)
rat cat n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
ratgut n • esp PA, NY, NJ (MAP)
rather n • chiefly Sth, W Midl (MAP)
rat snake n 1 • chiefly Gulf States, S Atl (MAP)
rattler n 1 • widespread, but less freq NEng, Delmarva (MAP)
rattlesnake n 1 • widespread, but less freq Inland Nth, N Midl, C Atl (MAP)
rawbone adj • widespread, but somewhat less freq Nth (MAP)
rawbony adj • chiefly Sth (MAP)
raw-fried potatoes n pl • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
reach n B1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
reap hook n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
reckon v B1a • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
red adj Aa(2) • chiefly S Midl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
red bean n • scattered, but more freq Gulf States, West, Missip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
redbird n b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
red bone n 1 • now chiefly LA, TX (MAP)
redbreast n 2 • S Atl (MAP)
redbug n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
redd v 3a • scattered, but chiefly N Midl, esp PA (MAP)
redd v 3b • scattered, but chiefly N Midl, esp PA (MAP)
red dog n • chiefly wPA, WV, OH (MAP)
red-eye gravy n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
redfish n a • Gulf States (MAP)
red gravy n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
red gum n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
red haw n 1 • esp Missip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
redhorse n 1 • chiefly N Cent, Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
red in the comb adj phr • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
red kidney bean n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
red light n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, PA (MAP)
red-neck n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Gulf States (MAP)
red-neck n 4 • chiefly N Midl, West (MAP)
red wagon n • chiefly SE (MAP)
red wasp n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
red wiggler n • chiefly SE (MAP)
redworm n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
reedbird n 1 • esp C Atl (MAP)
reefer n • esp NEast (MAP)
refried beans n pl • orig chiefly sCA, but now widely recognized (MAP)
rein n B • widespread, but somewhat less freq Midl (MAP)
relation n 1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
relation n 2 • scattered, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rent house n • scattered, but esp TX, AR (MAP)
resin n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
rest room n • scattered exc NEast, but esp freq S Midl (MAP)
ricebird n 1 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
ricebird n 4 • chiefly Gulf States, GA (MAP)
rich pine n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rick n 1a • scattered, but chiefly Midl (MAP)
rick v • chiefly W Midl, West (MAP)
ridge roll n • widespread, but less freq NEast, Gt Lakes, Pacific (MAP)
riding plow n • esp Midl, Gt Lakes (MAP)
right adv B • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rigor n • esp Gulf States, TX (MAP)
riley adj 1 • Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
ring-around-a-rosy n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rinse v, n 1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rinse v, n 2 (pronc) • esp Midl, Sth (MAP)
rinse v, n 4 (pronc) • widespread exc NEng (MAP)
rise v A1a • chiefly SE, Lower Missip Valley, SW; also NEast (MAP)
rise v A2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rise v A2b • scattered, but esp SE, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
rising n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX, OK (MAP)
road wagon n 1 • formerly more widespread, but now esp Ohio Valley (MAP)
roasting ear n A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
roasting ear n A2 (pronc) • scattered, but esp Midl (MAP)
roasting ear n B1 • widespread exc NEast (MAP)
Robin Hood’s barn, go (all the way) around v phr • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, C Atl, WV (MAP)
rock n1 4a • widespread, but less freq NEast (MAP)
rock n1 4b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rock n1 5 • chiefly Upper Missip and Ohio Valleys, C and S Atl (MAP)
rock fence n • widespread exc NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
rock maple n 1 • chiefly NEng (MAP)
rock wall n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)
rodeo n B • orig chiefly West, esp TX; now more widely recognized (MAP)
rogue n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rolly-holey n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Roman cannon n • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Rook n2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
roost n 1 • chiefly Gulf States, SC, TX, W Midl, esp IN (MAP)
root cellar n • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
rooter n 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
root house n • chiefly Nth, esp Gt Lakes, WA (MAP)
rope n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
rosin n B1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rotary n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
rotten adj 1 • scattered, but esp C Atl, N Cent (MAP)
rotten adj 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
rotten adj 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rotten v • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
rough adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)
round square n • esp Nth (MAP)
round squash n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
route n A1 (pronc) • chiefly NEast, C Atl (MAP)
route n A2 • scattered, but chiefly IL, OH, wPA, WV, MD (MAP)
route n B1 • chiefly NEast, WV, OH, IL, C Atl (MAP and Map Section)
row n 4 • chiefly Nth, Atlantic, Gulf States (MAP)
rowen n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
rubber ice n • chiefly Nth, wN Midl (MAP)
rube n • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
ruffed grouse n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
ruin v A2b(pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX, OK (MAP)
ruin v B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rum n1 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, Mid Atl (MAP)
rum n3 • NCent, PA (MAP)
rum-dum n 1 • scattered, but esp NEast, C Atl (MAP)
rummy n 1 • chiefly NEast, C Atl (MAP)
run n 1a • scattered, but chiefly wPA, OH, WV, MD (MAP)
run v B2 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
runaround n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
running off (at the bowels) n • widespread exc NEast, C Atl, Gt Lakes (MAP)
run one’s mouth v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
runs n pl • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
run sheep run n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
sack n 1 • widespread, but less freq NEng, sPA (MAP)
sack n 2a • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
saddle n 4 • scattered, but esp Sth (MAP)
saddle board n • scattered, but esp NEng, Gulf States (MAP)
saddle horse n • scattered, but esp C and Mid Atl (MAP)
safe n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
saffron bread n • Nth, esp MI (MAP)
sagebrush n 1 • chiefly West (MAP)
salad n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
Sally Lunn n 1 • esp NC, VA (MAP)
salt hay n • chiefly N Atl (MAP)
salt meat n • Lower Missip Valley, esp LA (MAP)
salt pork n • scattered, but somewhat more freq NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
salt-rising n • scattered, but more freq W Midl, Gt Lakes (MAP)
salt shake n • scattered, but esp S Midl (MAP)
salute n • scattered, but more freq NEast, rare West (MAP)
sand-and-clay road n • chiefly S Atl, VA (MAP)
sand fly n 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, TX, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
sand gnat n • scattered, but chiefly SE (MAP)
sandspur n • SE (MAP)
Santa Ana n • chiefly sCA (MAP)
sap v 2 • esp Pacific (MAP)
sass-box n • widespread exc NEng (MAP)
saucebox n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
saucedish n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
saucer n B2 • esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
sauerbraten n • esp N Cent, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
sauerkraut n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
sauerkraut n 2 • chiefly Nth, esp NW, Upper MW (MAP)
saw exclam • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
saw bench n • esp S and Mid Atl (MAP)
sawbuck n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
saw frame n • esp SE (MAP)
saw logs v phr • widespread exc NEast (MAP)
sawmill, born in a adj phr • chiefly NEast, C Atl (MAP)
saw rack n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
saw-whet owl n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng, NY (MAP)
saw wood v phr • widespread, but less freq S Atl, Inland Sth, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
sawyer n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
scale n • esp NEast, Sth (MAP)
scale v2 2 • chiefly NEng, NY (MAP)
scallion n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, S Atl (MAP)
scaly bark n • chiefly SE, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
Scandihoovian n, adj • chiefly Upper MW, Pacific (MAP)
scarf n1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
scary adj B • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEast (MAP)
scat intj • Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP and Map Section)
scavenger hunt n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
schafskopf n • chiefly WI (MAP)
schnitz n1 • chiefly PA (MAP)
schnozzle n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
scholar n • scattered, but esp Atlantic, N Cent (MAP)
schottische n • widespread exc Appalachians, Mid and S Atl (MAP)
scissortail n 1 • esp TX, Cent (MAP)
scoop n 1 • scattered, but esp NY, PA, IN (MAP)
scoot v 2 • widespread exc NEast, C Atl (MAP)
scooter n1 1 • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
Scotch adj • esp Nth, N Midl, Plains States (MAP)
scours n pl • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
scrap n • chiefly Midl, Gt Lakes (MAP)
scrapple n • scattered, but chiefly Midl, esp PA, MD, C Atl (MAP)
scratcher n 2 • scattered, but esp Midl, SE (MAP)
scritch owl n • chiefly S Midl, Mid Atl (MAP)
scrooch owl n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
scrub n 2 • chiefly NEast, N Cent, TX, Gulf States (MAP)
scrub broom n • esp Midl (MAP)
scrub pad n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
scum n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
scuppernong n • chiefly SE, esp SC, GA (MAP)
scuttle n • NEng, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sea cook n • widespread exc Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sea foam n 1 • esp PA, Mid and C Atl, N Cent (MAP)
second cutting n • widespread, but less freq nNEng (MAP and Map Section)
section harrow n • chiefly Lower Missip Valley, SE (MAP)
see v B2b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
see v B3a • widespread, but less freq NEast, Gt Lakes, CA (MAP)
see v B3b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
seed n 1 • widespread exc Nth (MAP and Map Section)
seed tick n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
seegar n • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
seep v 2 • esp N Midl (MAP)
seesaw n 1 • chiefly Atlantic, Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP and Map Section)
see you in church exclam • chiefly Nth, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
self-sown adj phr • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
semi n • scattered, but chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, West (MAP)
serenade n • chiefly Appalachians, Atlantic exc sNEng (MAP)
serviceberry n • chiefly S Midl, Pacific NW, Rocky Mts (MAP)
setback n 2 • chiefly SE, Mid Atl, Appalachians, CT (MAP)
set horses v phr • chiefly Sth, esp S Atl (MAP)
setline n • chiefly Inland Nth, S Atl (MAP)
setting hen n • widespread, but somewhat less freq NEast (MAP)
set up v phr 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
seven-year itch n 2a • chiefly Midl (MAP)
seven-year itch n 1 • scattered, but less freq NEast, West (MAP)
sewing needle n • esp MI, WI, MN, MA (MAP and Map Section)
shackly adj • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
shad fly n • chiefly NEast; also Missip Valley, GA (MAP)
shagbark hickory n • chiefly NEng, N Cent, sAppalachians (MAP)
shakedown n 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
shallot n B • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP and Map Section)
shank’s horse n • esp Inland Nth (MAP)
shank’s pony n • chiefly N Cent, Pacific (MAP)
shanty n 3 • esp Missip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
sharecropper n • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
share farmer n • esp PA, N Cent (MAP)
sheaf n • widespread, but esp PA, MD, WV, OH (MAP)
shed room n • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States, TX (MAP)
sheeny n1 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
sheep burr n • scattered, but chiefly C and Mid Atl (MAP)
sheep fly n • esp MD, DE (MAP)
sheepie exclam • scattered, but chiefly Midl (MAP)
sheepshead n 5 • chiefly WI (MAP)
shellbark hickory n • esp NJ, PA, WV, N Cent (MAP)
shell bean n • scattered, but esp NEng (MAP)
shell road n • chiefly C and S Atl, LA, seTX (MAP)
shelly bean n • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
shepherd’s pie n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, esp PA (MAP)
shew intj • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
shifty adj 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
shilling n • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
shine n 2 • scattered, but chiefly S Atl (MAP)
shine n 4 • scattered, but esp Atlantic, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
shine v • scattered, but chiefly MI, WI, MN (MAP)
shiner n 1 • scattered, but esp NEast, Gt Lakes, Gulf States (MAP)
shinny n1 1 • scattered exc Sth (MAP)
shinny v • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
shit, meaner than adj phr • chiefly NJ, PA, NY (MAP)
shivaree n B1 • widespread, but less freq Atlantic, Gulf States exc FL (MAP and Map Section)
shivaree n B2 • chiefly Lower Missip Valley, esp LA (MAP)
shivering owl n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
shock n1 1 • chiefly Midl, Sth, West (MAP)
shoestring n 3 • chiefly NYC, C Atl (MAP)
shoestring potato n • scattered, but esp West, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
shoofly pie n • chiefly PA (MAP)
shooter n 1 • widespread, but less freq NEng, Inland Sth, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
short-patient adj phr • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
shouting Methodist n • scattered, but esp C Atl, PA, OH, WV (MAP)
shove v 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
shovel plow n • scattered, but chiefly W Midl (MAP)
shower of rain n • esp SE (MAP)
show house n • scattered, but esp West, WI (MAP)
show out v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
shrivel v1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl..|ˈswɪvəl(d)|; also |ˈsrɪvəl(d)| (MAP)
shuck n1 1d • formerly more widepread, now esp Nth (MAP)
shuck n1 2b • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
shuck n1 4 • scattered, but chiefly Nth (MAP)
shuck v1 1c • chiefly NEast, N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
shut adj b • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
shut-mouth n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sic ’em, not to know v phr • chiefly Inland Nth, esp Pacific NW, Rocky Mts, Upper MW (MAP)
sickness n • scattered, but esp C and Mid Atl (MAP)
sick time n • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
side and side adv phr • chiefly NEast; also Sth, S Midl (MAP)
side by each adv phr • scattered, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
side ditch n • chiefly Midl, esp Mid Atl (MAP)
side harrow n • esp Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
sidehill n 2b • chiefly NEast (MAP)
sidehill n 2c • chiefly Nth (MAP)
side meat n • widespread, but more freq Midl, Sth (MAP)
side pork n • chiefly Inland Nth, IA (MAP)
side room n • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sideways n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)
siehst du interrog exclam • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
silk-stocking n attrib • scattered, but esp Gulf States, TX, Cent, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
sill cock n • chiefly NEng, N Cent (MAP)
singletree n • widespread exc NEast, MI (MAP)
sinker n 2b • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
sire n 1 • widespread, but somewhat more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
sirree bob n • scattered, but esp Sth, wTX, N Midl, NYC (MAP)
sit v1 2b • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sit v1 3b • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sitter n • scattered exc NEast, West (MAP)
sizzer n1 • chiefly NEast, esp NY (MAP)
sizzler n 3 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)
skate n2 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
skate v 2 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
skeet v 3 • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
skew- pref a • chiefly Nth, CA (MAP)
skew- pref b • chiefly Nth, esp NY, MI, WI (MAP)
skew- pref c • esp Gt Lakes, CA (MAP)
skew- pref d • scattered, but esp freq West (MAP)
skift n1 1 • scattered, but chiefly Midl (MAP)
skift n2 1 • widespread exc NEast, Sth, SW (MAP)
skillet n 1 • widespread, but somewhat more freq Midl, Gulf States, TX (MAP)
skillpot n • esp DC, MD, VA, WV (MAP)
skimmelton n • chiefly Hudson Valley, nNJ, nePA (MAP)
skin v B1 • scattered, but somewhat more freq S Midl, West (MAP)
skin v B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
skinny v • esp S Midl (MAP)
skip v 1 • widespread, but esp freq Nth (MAP)
skitters n • chiefly PA, MD, WV, OH (MAP)
skull orchard n • chiefly Appalachians, SE (MAP)
slab n 1 • scattered, but esp IL, IN, MO (MAP)
slab bacon n • scattered, but more freq Sth (MAP)
slack adj 3 • NEast (MAP)
slam n 1 • esp N Cent, Gt Lakes (MAP)
slap adv 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
slapdab adv 1 • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
slapjack n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
slat bonnet n • esp Mid Atl, S Midl (MAP)
slaunchwise adj, adv • scattered, but chiefly W Midl, West (MAP)
sled n • widespread exc Nth (MAP and Map Section)
sled ride v phr • esp wPA, eIN, sAppalachians (MAP)
sleep in v phr • widespread, but chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
sleep over v phr • scattered, but esp NEng (MAP)
sleigh n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, esp MI, WI, MN (MAP)
sleigh n 2 • scattered, but esp S Midl, C Atl, Inland Nth (MAP)
slick and a promise n • chiefly NJ (MAP)
slick elm n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
slide n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Gulf States, Lower Missip Valley, TX (MAP)
slide n 2 • esp Gulf States, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
sling blade n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
slinging statues n • scattered, but esp Inland Sth, PA (MAP)
slip v 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp S Atl (MAP)
slip n2 1 • esp West (MAP)
slip n3 1 • esp KY, OH (MAP)
slippery jim n • chiefly WI (MAP)
slippy adj • chiefly PA; also Sth (MAP)
slop v • esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
slop bucket n 1 • widespread, but less freq NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
slouch n • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
slough n1 • widespread exc NEast, C Atl (MAP)
slough grass n 1 • chiefly Upper MW, Upper Missip Valley, Plains States (MAP)
slue-footed adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
smart adj 1 • esp NEng (MAP)
smart adj 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
smartweed n • widespread, but chiefly Midl, N Cent, Cent (MAP)
smear n 2 • chiefly MI, WI, MN (MAP)
smearcase n • chiefly N Midl, esp PA, OH, MD, WV (MAP)
smoothing harrow n • scattered, but more freq Nth, esp wNEng (MAP)
smoothing iron n • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
smother v 1 • chiefly Gulf States (MAP)
smother v 2 • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
snail n • esp CA (MAP)
snake n 1a(1) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)
snake n 1a(2) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
snake n 1b • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp sAppalachians (MAP)
snake n 3a • scattered, but more freq Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
snake n 3b • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, KS, OK (MAP)
snake doctor n 2 • chiefly Midl, Sth (MAP and Map Section)
snake feeder n 1 • chiefly Midl, Plains States (MAP and Map Section)
snap v 3 • esp Mid and S Atl, nNEng (MAP)
snap bean n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
snap-the-whip n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
sneak n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
sneaker n 1 • widespread, but somewhat more freq NEast, N Cent (MAP)
sneaky Pete n 1 • chiefly Atlantic (MAP)
snipe n 8 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
snipe hunt n • widespread exc NEast (MAP)
snoose n1 • chiefly Pacific NW, Rocky Mts, Upper MW, WI (MAP)
snow angel n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
snowing down South, it’s phr • widespread, but less freq Sth, Cent (MAP)
snow squall n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
snuffbox n 1 • esp S Midl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
snuffer n1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
snuff rubber n • esp DE, MD, PA, WV (MAP)
snuff stick n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW, TX (MAP)
so exclam a • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West; also S Atl (MAP)
soak n1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
soaker n1 • chiefly Nth, N Cent (MAP)
sob v • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
socks, throw up one’s v phr • scattered, but esp Cent, TX (MAP)
soda n B1 • widespread, but esp freq NEast, eMO, sIL (MAP)
soda pop n • widespread, but less freq Nth (MAP)
soda water n • scattered, but esp TX, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
soft maple n • chiefly wNEng, Upstate NY, nPA, N Cent, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
soft-shell clam n • chiefly N and C Atl (MAP)
soft-shell crab n • chiefly Delmarva, N Atl (MAP)
sog v 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
soldier v C • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
soldier bean n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
solo n • esp NW, NV (MAP)
somerset n • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
song sparrow n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
son-of-a-bitch stew n • West, esp TX (MAP)
soo exclam a • widely scattered, but rare NEast, C Atl, West (MAP)
sooey exclam • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Cent, TX (MAP)
sook exclam • chiefly Midl, Sth, TX (MAP)
sookie exclam • scattered, but rare NEast (MAP)
sooner n2 2 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sop n 1 • chiefly W Midl, SE, West exc TX (MAP)
sop n 3 • esp Inland Nth, W Midl (MAP)
sorry adj B1 • scattered, but esp SE, Lower Missip Valley, TX, OK (MAP)
sot n • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sourdough n 1 • orig chiefly West; now widely known (MAP)
sour gnat n • chiefly W Midl (MAP)
souse n1 C1b • chiefly Midl, Sth, TX (MAP)
souse n1 C4 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
souse meat n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sow and pigs n • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
sowbelly n • widespread, but less freq N and Mid Atl, PA, c,sCA (MAP)
Spanish needle n 1 • chiefly Midl, Sth (MAP)
sparrowgrass n1 • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP)
spatzie n 1 • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, PA (MAP)
speakeasy n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
special n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
speckled perch n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
speckled trout n 2 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
spew v 1 • chiefly Mid Atl (MAP)
spew v 2 • formerly chiefly Sth, S Midl, West; now more widespread (MAP)
spewer n • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
spicewood n 1 • now chiefly Appalachians (MAP)
spider n 1 • chiefly Nth; also Mid and S Atl (MAP)
spigot n (pronc) • widespread, but more freq east of Missip R..|ˈspɪkt, -ət| (MAP)
spigot n B2 • widespread, but chiefly Appalachians, Mid and C Atl, eOH (MAP)
spile n2 • chiefly NEast, MI (MAP)
spill n1 • now chiefly ME (MAP)
spit image n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
splay v B • chiefly NJ, PA, OH, MI (MAP)
splinter n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
split n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
split beans from coffee, not to know v phr • chiefly S Midl, TX (MAP)
split bonnet n • chiefly S Midl, TX (MAP)
split pea soup n • chiefly Nth, Pacific (MAP)
spoiled adj 1 • chiefly W Midl, Lower Missip Valley, West (MAP)
sponge mushroom n • chiefly N Cent, IA (MAP)
spook n 1 • scattered exc Inland Sth (MAP and Map Section)
spoon bread n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
spot n 1 • chiefly Mid Atl (MAP)
spotlight v • scattered, but chiefly West, Mid Atl (MAP)
spotlight hunting n • scattered, but esp PA (MAP)
spotted adder n 1 • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
spouting n • chiefly PA, OH, Gt Lakes (MAP)
spreadhead n • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
spreading adder n • chiefly Sth, TX, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
spreading viper n • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, esp IN (MAP)
springhouse n • formerly widespread, now chiefly Midl, Sth, esp Appalachians (MAP)
spring onion n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
spring peeper n • scattered, but esp PA, OH, nNJ (MAP)
spritz v • chiefly PA (MAP)
spruce hen n • esp MI, AK (MAP)
squab n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
squad car n • scattered, but esp IL, WI (MAP)
squarehead n 1 • scattered, but esp NEast, TX (MAP)
squat tag n • esp NEast (MAP)
squinch v2 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
squinch v2 4 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
squinch adj 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States, TX (MAP)
squinch owl n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
squirts n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
squush v 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
stable n 2 • esp C and S Atl (MAP)
stack of bones n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
staff n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
stairsteps n pl • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
stake driver n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
stanchel n • scattered, but esp NEast (MAP)
stand in with v phr • formerly more widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
statues n pl 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
steal v B1b • scattered, but most freq Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
steal v B2c • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
steam n 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast (MAP)
steeple n2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
steeplebush n • esp NEng (MAP)
stewer n • chiefly Lower Missip Valley, TX, OK (MAP)
stick n 2 • esp NEng (MAP)
stick v 1 • widespread, but less freq Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
stickball n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp NYC (MAP)
stick bean n • esp Inland Sth, AR (MAP)
stick broom n • chiefly SE, esp S Atl (MAP)
stick-frog n • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
stick-knife n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
sticktight n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Inland Nth, W Midl (MAP)
stinging lizard n • chiefly TX, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
stinging scorpion n • chiefly OK, TX, LA (MAP)
stinging worm n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
stinkpot n 1 • scattered, but esp C Atl (MAP)
stinkpot n 2 • chiefly nNY (MAP)
stitch n 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
stock n C4 • chiefly S Midl, nNEng (MAP)
stock barn n • scattered, but esp Midl (MAP)
stock cow n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
stone n Ba • widespread, but somewhat more freq NEng (MAP)
stone n Bb • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl, esp NEng (MAP)
stone n Bc • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
stoneboat n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
stone drag n • chiefly NEast, esp eNEng (MAP)
stone fence n • widespread, but esp freq Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP)
stone wall n • scattered, but chiefly NEast (MAP)
stook n 1 • chiefly NEng, nNY, Gt Lakes (MAP)
stop-and-go light n • scattered, but esp freq Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
store n B1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, Lower Missip Valley, TX (MAP)
store n B2 • widespread, but less freq Sth, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
store-bought adj phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
stork shower n • scattered, but esp NEast, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
storm cave n • esp Plains States, IA (MAP)
storm enclosure n • scattered, but esp NEast (MAP)
storm hit it, look like (a) v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
storm house n 1 • Nth, esp Upstate NY, Gt Lakes (MAP)
storm house n 2 • chiefly Inland Sth, Lower Missip Valley, TX, OK (MAP)
storm pit n • chiefly Gulf States, S Atl (MAP)
storm shed n 1 • esp Inland Nth (MAP)
stout adj 3 • west of Appalachians (MAP)
stove handle n • esp Nth (MAP)
stove lid n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
straight gas n • chiefly C Atl, VA (MAP)
straight pen n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
straight up, not to know v phr • scattered, but rare Atlantic (MAP)
straight wind n • esp Cent (MAP)
straw n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States, TX (MAP)
strawberry fly n • chiefly NJ (MAP)
streaked meat n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp sAppalachians (MAP)
streaked snake n • chiefly MI, NEast (MAP)
streak of lean n • chiefly SE (MAP)
streetcar n • widespread exc NEast (MAP)
street, in the adj phr • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
stretch n B • scattered, but esp NEast (MAP)
string bean n • widespread, but somewhat less freq W Midl (MAP)
striped bass n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Atlantic, Lower Missip Valley, CA (MAP)
striped gopher n • chiefly Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
striped snake n 1 • chiefly NEng (MAP)
striped wasp n • esp Cent (MAP)
struck on adj phr • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
study v1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
study v1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
stump n1 1 • scattered, but chiefly C and S Atl, Gulf States, TX (MAP)
stump fence n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
stump-hole liquor n • Sth, S Midl, esp NC, SC (MAP)
stump juice n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
stump water n 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
stump water n 1b • chiefly Inland Sth, sAppalachians (MAP)
submarine sandwich n • orig scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent, C Atl; now widespread (MAP)
subpoena n, v (pronc) • widespread exc Sth |səˈpini, -nɪ| and (for past, past pple) |səˈpinid, -nɪd| (MAP)
suck-egg adj 1a • chiefly Sth (MAP)
sucker n 6 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
sucker n 7 • widespread, but less freq N Atl (MAP)
sucker bite n • chiefly wPA, eOH (MAP)
suckhole n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
suckhole n 2 • esp Mid Atl, SE (MAP)
suckhole n 3 • chiefly Inland Nth, now more widespread (MAP)
sugan n 2 • chiefly West, esp Rocky Mts, SW (MAP)
sugar n 2 • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP)
sugar ant n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, TX (MAP)
sugar bush n 1 • chiefly wNEng, Upstate NY, Gt Lakes (MAP)
sugar camp n • chiefly N Cent, WV, wPA (MAP)
sugar corn n • scattered, but esp C Atl (MAP)
sugar orchard n • chiefly nNEng, sAppalachians (MAP)
sugar pie n • scattered exc Nth, N Midl (MAP)
sugar tree n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
sulky plow n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
sull v • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
summer kitchen n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, exc NW (MAP)
summer squash n • widespread, but less freq C and S Atl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
summons v • chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
sundown n • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
sun perch n • chiefly S Midl, Lower Missip Valley, Cent (MAP)
superhighway n • widespread exc West (MAP)
sure enough adv phr 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
surly n • esp TX, OK (MAP)
surveyor n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
swag n 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
swale n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast, MI (MAP)
swale grass n • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
swallow v Ca • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
swallow fork n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
swamp grass n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
swamp pink n 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
swanny v • chiefly Sth, S Midl; formerly also NEng (MAP)
swap work v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX, OK (MAP)
swather n • chiefly Upper MW, West (MAP)
sweat v Aa • widespread, but somewhat less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sweat v Ab • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
sweat bee n 1 • chiefly Midl, Gt Lakes, Cent (MAP)
sweep n 1 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
sweet corn n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl; also West (MAP)
Sweet Lucy n 1 • chiefly WV, Ohio Valley, wGulf States (MAP)
sweet milk n • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sweet pepper n 1 • widespread, but less freq West (MAP)
sweet-potato pie n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
swell v 3b (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
swift water n • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
swill v • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
swill pail n 1 • scattered, but esp NEast, MI (MAP)
swim v A1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
swim v A1b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
swim v A1c • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl, OK, TX (MAP)
swim v A2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
swim v A2b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
swing blade n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
swingletree n • chiefly C and S Atl, Appalachians (MAP)
swish broom n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
switch, hide the n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sycamore n B • widespread, but less freq Nth (MAP)
syrup candy n • chiefly Gulf States, GA, SC (MAP)
table n • esp WV, VA (MAP)
tacky adj1 2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tacky party n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
taco n 1 • orig SW, but now widespread (MAP)
tad n1 2 • formerly chiefly Sth, S Midl, now widespread (MAP)
tadpole n 1 • widespread, but somewhat less freq N Atl, West (MAP)
tadpoles, rain v phr • chiefly Sth (MAP)
taffy n 1 • scattered, but esp PA, NJ (MAP)
tag n 2 • chiefly VA (MAP)
tag alder n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp Gt Lakes (MAP)
tag-tail n • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
take v A2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
take v A2c • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
take v B1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl, MO, OK, TX (MAP)
take v B1b • scattered, but esp Atlantic (MAP)
take v B8 • esp Nth (MAP)
take on v phr • chiefly Sth; also S Midl, NEast (MAP)
take up v phr 8 • chiefly Sth, esp LA (MAP)
tamale n1 • orig chiefly SW, CA, but now widely recognized (MAP)
tamale pie n • orig chiefly SW, esp CA; now more widely recognized (MAP)
tap n1 1 • widespread, but less freq nNEng, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tap n2 2 • widespread, but esp freq Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
tar n1 B1 • widespread, but infreq NEng, West (MAP)
tar kiln n b • chiefly S Midl, Gulf States (MAP)
tarred road n • chiefly east of Missip R; also MN (MAP)
tarvia n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp MI (MAP)
ta-ta exclam • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
taw n C1a • widespread exc NEast, Gt Lakes, Upper MW (MAP)
taw line n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)
teaberry n 1 • esp Mid and C Atl (MAP)
tea towel n • widespread, but less freq NEng, Sth (MAP)
tear up v phr 2 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
tear up v phr 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
ted v • chiefly NEast, N Cent, cAppalachians (MAP)
tedder n • chiefly NEast, N Cent, cAppalachians (MAP)
teddy-bear (hair)cut n • esp PA, MD (MAP)
tee-nincy adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tee-niny adj • Sth, S Midl, esp SC (MAP)
teeter n 4 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, nOH (MAP)
teeter-totter n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, Missip-Ohio Valleys, West (MAP)
telephone v B • chiefly SE, S Midl (MAP)
tempest n • chiefly seNEng (MAP)
tennie n • scattered, but chiefly wGt Lakes, IA, West exc NW (MAP)
tennis n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
tennis shoe n • widespread, but less freq NEast (MAP)
tent caterpillar n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
terrace n • chiefly Gt Lakes, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
terrapin n B1 • chiefly Sth, Midl, TX (MAP)
tetchy adj • formerly widespread, now esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tetter n1 • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
thank-you-ma’am n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
theirselves pron • chiefly nNEng, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
thick as three in a bed adj phr, adv phr • orig more widespread; now chiefly S Midl (MAP)
thickened gravy n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
thick milk n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp PA (MAP)
thill n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
thimble n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
thimbleberry n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, NW, nCA (MAP)
thisaway adv • scattered, but more freq Atlantic, Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
thorn apple n 2 • widespread, but esp Gt Lakes (MAP)
thought coming, have another v phr • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
thousand-legs n • scattered, but esp freq Sth, Midl (MAP)
thrash n1 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
thrash machine n • scattered, but esp Upper Missip Valley, N Cent (MAP)
three old cat n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
three-step n • chiefly Gt Lakes, NW, CA (MAP)
three-titter n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
throughway n • chiefly wNEng, NY (MAP)
throw v C1 • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
throw line n • scattered, but esp Lower Missip Valley, Missip-Ohio Valleys, TX (MAP)
throw off v phr 4 • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
thunder n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
thunder jug n • esp NEng (MAP)
thunder mug n • widespread, but chiefly NEast, Upper Missip Valley, West (MAP)
thunderwood n 1 • Sth, esp GA (MAP)
tick n1 2 • esp Nth (MAP)
tick n2 • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
tick-tack-too n 1 • esp NEng (MAP)
ticky adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tievine n 1 • scattered, but esp TX, LA, MS (MAP)
tiger lily n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, nCA (MAP)
tight n • chiefly SE, TX, OK (MAP)
tight line n • esp Missip-Ohio Valleys, Gulf States (MAP)
till prep B3 • widespread, but less freq Nth (MAP)
tilly hawk n • chiefly SE (MAP)
timber fly n • esp WV (MAP)
timber lot n • esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
time out exclam • widespread, but more freq east of Missip R (MAP)
timid adj • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tip v • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
tip-up n 3 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
tit for tat adj phr • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tit-tat-toe n 1 • widespread, but less freq NEng, Gt Lakes (MAP)
tit-tat-too n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
titman n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
T-model Ford adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
to prep B1c • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, CA (MAP and Map Section)
to prep B13 • widespread, but somewhat less freq NEng, Midl (MAP and Map Section)
to adv C2 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast; also Pacific (MAP)
toad n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
toadfish n a • chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
toad-frog n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
toad-frogs, rain v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
toadstabber n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
toad-strangler n • chiefly Gulf States, S Midl (MAP)
tobacco spitter n • scattered, but less freq N Atl, Gulf States, West (MAP)
toby n 1 • chiefly wPA, nMD (MAP)
tog out v phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
told, get one v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tom walkers n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tongue n 1 • now widespread exc NEng (MAP and Map Section)
tongue fight n • esp N Midl (MAP)
tonic n • chiefly nNEng (MAP and Map Section)
Toonerville trolley n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
toot n2 1 • chiefly PaGer area (MAP)
toot v, n3 • chiefly N Cent, W Midl, Gulf States (MAP)
toothbrush n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tooth dentist n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tooth doctor n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
top n 2 • esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
top n 3 • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
toper n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
top onion n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
torment n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
torn up adj phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
toro n 1a • esp TX (MAP)
torpedo sandwich n • orig NEast, now esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
tortilla n • orig SW, but now widespread (MAP)
tote v A1 • widespread, but somewhat more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tote v A4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
touch v C2 • esp Sth, S Midl, IL (MAP)
touchous adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tow bag n • formerly widespread, now esp NC (MAP)
towboat n 1 • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
tow sack n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX, OK (MAP and Map Section)
town ball n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
town ball n 2a • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
town dude n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
town road n • NEng, Upstate NY, wGt Lakes (MAP)
toy n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
toy n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
trace n2 • widespread, but less freq Inland Nth, Cent, Rocky Mts, nCA (MAP)
trace chain n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tracks n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
tractor-trailer n • scattered, but more freq Atlantic (MAP and Map Section)
trade-last n • widespread, but less freq Atlantic (MAP)
traffic circle n • chiefly Atlantic, Gulf States, SW (MAP)
trailer truck n • chiefly east of Missip R, esp NEast; also TX, Cent (MAP and Map Section)
train, smoke like a v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
transfer truck n • chiefly SE, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
transformation n • chiefly Atlantic, N Cent (MAP)
transport n • chiefly Missip Valley, West, Gulf States, Gt Lakes, Upstate NY (MAP)
transport truck n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
trap n • chiefly TX (MAP)
trash mover n 1 • chiefly Mid and S Atl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
traverse n • chiefly nNEng (MAP)
tree frog n 1 • widespread, but less freq NEast (MAP)
tree lawn n • chiefly Gt Lakes, esp OH (MAP)
tree squirrel n • chiefly west of Missip R (MAP)
tree toad n 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
trefoil n 1 • scattered, but esp wNY, PA (MAP)
trembles n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
trestle n B • esp C Atl, Midl (MAP)
trifling adj 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
trim v 1 • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
trim v 2 • chiefly Midl, Mid Atl (MAP)
trolley n • widespread, but esp freq NEast (MAP and Map Section)
trotline n 1 • chiefly Gulf States, W Midl, Cent, TX, SC (MAP)
trough n A1 (pronc) • scattered, but esp Sth, Midl (MAP)
trough n A2 (pronc) • scattered, but esp NEast (MAP)
troutline n • chiefly Midl, Missip Valley (MAP)
truck patch n • chiefly Midl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
trunk n 2 • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, esp WI (MAP)
tug n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Missip Valley, West (MAP and Map Section)
tule n 2 • chiefly Pacific, esp CA (MAP)
tulip poplar n • chiefly Midl, Mid and C Atl (MAP)
tumble v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tumble n • chiefly nNEng, wMA (MAP)
tumblesault n, v • chiefly NEast, C Atl; also Gulf States (MAP)
tumbleset n, v • chiefly SE, Gulf States; also NEast (MAP)
tunnel n • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
tureen dinner n • chiefly Upstate NY, wPA (MAP and Map Section)
turkey trot n 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
turn v B1 • widespread, but less freq Lower Missip Valley, nTX, OK, KY (MAP)
turn v C1 • widespread, but less freq N Atl (MAP)
turn n 1a • chiefly Mid and S Atl; also Gulf States (MAP)
turning plow n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
turnplow n • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States, WV (MAP)
turpentine n B • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
turtledove n • now esp Missip Valley, Sth (MAP)
tush n A1 (pronc) • chiefly SE, sAppalachians (MAP)
tush n C1 • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth, W Midl, Cent, TX; scattered NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
twist n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Midl, Sth, SW (MAP)
twist n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
twister n 2 • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
two old cat n 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
two-step n • esp N Cent, West (MAP)
ugly adj B1 • chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
ugly adj B2 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent, TN (MAP)
ugly adj B3 • formerly more widespread; now chiefly Sth (MAP)
umbrella n A2a (pronc) • widespread, but esp Midl, Sth, SW (MAP)
umbrella n A2b (pronc) • widespread, but less freq Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
umbrella plant n a • chiefly N Cent, PA (MAP)
uncle n 2 • widespread, but somewhat less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
under adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
unions n pl 2 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
unsight unseen adv phr, adj phr • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
urp v1 • scattered, but chiefly Missip Valley, GA, SW (MAP)
V n 1 • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP)
vegetable cellar n • scattered, but less freq S Atl, Gulf States, SW (MAP)
vessel n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
viewing n • chiefly PA, NJ, MD, DE; also UT (MAP)
vinegar fly n • chiefly NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)
vino n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West, esp CA (MAP)
Virginia pine n 2 • esp VA (MAP)
visitation n • scattered, but chiefly N Cent (MAP)
visiting hours n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, OH (MAP)
volunteer n 1a • widespread exc NEast (MAP)
vomit n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |ˈvɑmɪk| (MAP)
voodoo n • orig esp New Orleans LA; now scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
vum v • chiefly NEng (MAP)
wage hand n • S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
wagon shed n • scattered, but esp NEast, eN Midl (MAP)
wagon wheel n 1 • scattered, but rare NEast (MAP)
wagon wheel n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Missip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
wake v 1b • formerly widespread; now scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
wake v 2b • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
waken v • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
wake-robin n 3 • chiefly NEast, N Cent, Mid Atl (MAP)
walking plow n • widespread, but less freq Sth (MAP)
walk, strong enough to adj phr • chiefly Sth, Midl, TX (MAP)
walk-up adj • chiefly NEast exc NEng, N Cent (MAP)
wallet n 2 • widespread, but more freq NEast, N Cent; also Sth, West (MAP)
wampus n2 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
wamus n • chiefly N Cent, PA (MAP)
want v1 C2 • widespread exc NEng (MAP)
warty toad n • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
washboard n 1 • scattered, but esp C Atl (MAP)
wash-foot Baptist n • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
wasper n • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
waste v 3 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
water n B1 • chiefly Midl (MAP)
water haul n • scattered, but chiefly Midl, Sth, TX (MAP)
water out v phr 1 • esp S Midl (MAP)
waterspout n 1 • scattered, but esp freq Missip Valley (MAP)
water witch n 3 • widespread, but less freq Atlantic
water witch n 4 • scattered, but chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, West (MAP)
water witch v phr • scattered, but chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, West (MAP)
wattle n2 • West, esp Rocky Mts (MAP)
wax n 2 • esp Midl (MAP)
weak trembles n • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
wear v B3b • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, Cent (MAP)
weasle v • esp NEast (MAP)
weasly adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
weasy adj • scattered esc Sth (MAP)
weatherboard n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
weather bundle n • esp Gt Lakes, N Midl (MAP)
wedge n1 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
weedy adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)
well n • esp NEast (MAP)
wen n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp nOH (MAP)
wet adj 2 • chiefly Sth, West (MAP)
whang v • chiefly Midl (MAP)
whay exclam • esp nNEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
wheat cake n • chiefly N Cent, NEast (exc NEng) (MAP)
wheel n 2 • scattered, but esp W Midl, SW (MAP)
wheelbarrow n 2 (pronc) • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
wheelbarrow seed n • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
wheelhorse n 2 • chiefly S Midl, TX (MAP)
where it doesn’t snow n • esp Sth, TX (MAP)
whichaway(s) adv • scattered, but more freq Sth, Midl, TX, N Cent (MAP)
whicker n1, v • chiefly SE, Mid Atl (MAP)
whiffle n2 • chiefly eMA (MAP)
whiffletree n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
whinny n, v 1 • chiefly Nth, sNJ, WV (MAP)
whip v, n A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
whip v B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
whip v B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
whip-cracker n 1 • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
whippletree n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
whippoorwill pea n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
whip-popper n • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
whipstick n • esp Sth, Midl (MAP)
whiskey jack n • Nth (MAP)
whiskey-palian n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
whistle pig n 1 • chiefly Appalachians (MAP)
whistler n 3 • scattered, but esp Atlantic (MAP)
white bacon n • chiefly FL, GA (MAP)
white daisy n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
white-faced hornet n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
white gravy n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
white grub n • esp Nth (MAP)
white lampblack n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
white lightning n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl, SW (MAP)
white mule n • scattered, but esp freq Midl, West (MAP)
white oak snake n • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
white perch n 5 • chiefly Gulf States, esp LA (MAP)
white poplar n 2 • chiefly S Midl, esp KY (MAP)
white potato n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
white squash n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
whitewood n 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
whomper-jawed adj 1 • Midl, Sth, TX (MAP)
whomper-jawed adj 2 • chiefly Midl, Sth, TX (MAP)
whoo exclam • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
whooee exclam 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
whooee exclam 2 • widespread exc NEast; most freq Midl, esp IA, IL, IN (MAP)
whooee exclam 3 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
whook exclam • esp Mid Atl (MAP)
whoop n C2 • scattered, but esp S Atl, Gulf States, Gt Lakes, Upper MW, Pacific (MAP)
whoop exclam D • esp S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
whoop-and-hide n 1 • chiefly S Midl, S Atl (MAP)
whoopy n B • scattered, but esp freq TX (MAP)
whopper-jawed adj 1 • chiefly C and Mid Atl, SE, N Cent (MAP)
whopper-jawed adj 2 • chiefly Midl (MAP)
wicket n • esp PA, NJ (MAP)
wide place in the road n • chiefly Midl, Sth, West (MAP)
widow n B2 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
widower n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl..|ˈwɪdərə(r)| (MAP)
widowman n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
widow woman n 1 • formerly widespread, now esp Midl, Sth (MAP)
wiener n • widespread, but less freq Atlantic, West (MAP)
wienie n • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, N Cent, West (MAP)
wiggler n 1 • widespread, but less freq Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
wiggler n 3 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
wiggletail n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX, OK (MAP)
wiggleworm n 2 • chiefly Midl (MAP)
wild canary n 1 • widespread, but less freq Sth (MAP)
wildcat adj • chiefly S Midl, AL, OK (MAP)
wild hay n • widespread, but more freq Upper MW, West (MAP)
wild lilac n 1 • CA (MAP)
wild pear n • chiefly NEast, esp ME (MAP)
wild turnip n 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
willow fly n 1 • chiefly Inland Sth, IL (MAP)
wind v • scattered, but esp Mid and S Atl (MAP)
wind-busted adj • esp S Atl (MAP)
winkle-hawk n • chiefly Hudson River Valley (MAP)
winter onion n • chiefly Inland Nth, Midl (MAP)
winter squash n • scattered, but esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
witch v • chiefly N Cent, Cent, nCA (MAP)
witchgrass n 1 • chiefly NEng (MAP)
witching stick n • widespread, but less freq Atl, Gt Lakes (MAP)
wizzle v • esp NEng (MAP and Map Section)
woodchuck n 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP and Map Section)
wood hen n 2 • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
wood house n • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP)
woodlot n • widespread, but esp Nth, Midl (MAP)
woods burned, since the adv phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
woods colt n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
woods colt n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
woods fly n • esp N and C Atl, OH (MAP)
woods pussy n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
wood tick n 1 • scattered, but esp freq Nth, N Midl, Rocky Mts, Pacific; also W Midl (MAP)
woody adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
wool-gathered adj • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
woolly bear n 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
woolly caterpillar n • esp NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
woolly worm n • scattered, but chiefly W Midl, Missip-Ohio Valleys, TX (MAP)
wop n1 1 • widespread, but esp freq NEast, Pacific (MAP)
wopsided adj, adv • formerly scattered, now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
work v 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Cent (MAP)
work-brittle adj 1 • chiefly Midl, esp IN (MAP)
workhorse n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
work party n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
work-up n • chiefly west of Missip R, Gt Lakes (MAP)
world, go (all the way) around the v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
worm fence n • scattered, but chiefly C Atl, Appalachians (MAP)
worry v B2 • formerly widespread; now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
woven wire n • widespread, but less freq Atl coast, Gulf States, SW, Pacific (MAP)
wriggler n 1 • esp Inland Nth, PA, CA (MAP)
write v B1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
write v B2a • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
writing spider n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
wutz(ie) n, exclam • chiefly in PaGer settlement areas (MAP)
X’s-and-O’s n • esp N Cent, PA, WV (MAP)
-y suff1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
yah adv • scattered, but chiefly Nth, esp N Cent, Upper MW, Plains States (MAP)
Yankee dime n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp AL (MAP)
yap n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
yard broom n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
year n1 B • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
yellow n1 B • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, OK, TX (MAP)
yellowbelly cooter n • chiefly SC, GA (MAP)
yellowbird n 1 • chiefly NEast, S Midl (MAP)
yellow-eyed bean n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
Yid n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
yolk n A1 (pronc) • widespread, but esp Nth, Midl (MAP)
yonder adv, adj, n A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
yonder adv B1 • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
you betcha adv phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, CA, TX; now esp Upper MW, NW (MAP)
Afro n • esp among young Black speakers (Map Section)
baker’s bread n • throughout US, but esp Nth, N Midl, West (Map Section)
bar ditch n 1 • chiefly OK, TX (MAP and Map Section)
barn lot n • chiefly Midl, Sth (MAP and Map Section)
barnyard n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
bar pit n 1 • chiefly West (MAP and Map Section)
barrow ditch n • (Map Section)
barrow pit n 1 • chiefly West, esp Rocky Mts (MAP and Map Section)
bawl v1 2 • widespread but chiefly Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
beau dollar n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
bellow n, v • widespread, but least freq in Midl (MAP and Map Section)
belly-buster n, adv 2 • chiefly Sth, W Midl, Cent (MAP and Map Section)
belly-flop n, v, adv 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
belly-smacker n 2 • chiefly eGt Lakes (MAP and Map Section)
belly-whopper n, v, adv 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NY, C Atl (MAP and Map Section)
big dog n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp SC (MAP and Map Section)
black racer n 1 • chiefly Sth (Map Section)
black racer n 1 • chiefly S Midl (Map Section)
blat n, v 1 • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP and Map Section)
blat n, v 2 • chiefly Nth and West (MAP and Map Section)
blate n, v A1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
blate n, v A2 • chiefly Sth (MAP and Map Section)
blind pig n 1 • chiefly wInland Nth, CA (MAP and Map Section)
blind tiger n 1 • chiefly Sth, W Midl (MAP and Map Section)
blue racer n 1 • See racer in (Map Section)
bone felon n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
buck-eyed adj2 • chiefly Sth, Midl (Map Section)
cap n1 2a • chiefly S Midl, Sth (MAP and Map Section)
carry-in n • chiefly IL, IN, OH (MAP and Map Section)
cedar racer n • TX (Map Section)
chip n1 4 • chiefly Nth (Map Section)
clabber n1 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl and West (MAP and Map Section)
coffin nail n 1 • widespread but esp Nth, Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
coffin tack n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
cover n B2 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng (MAP and Map Section)
creek n1 (pronc) • esp Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
Cuban sandwich n • chiefly FL (Map Section)
dirt dauber n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
doubletree n • widespread exc NEast (MAP and Map Section)
dry-land turtle n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Cent, SW (MAP and Map Section)
dusk dark n • chiefly Sth (MAP and Map Section)
dusky dark n • chiefly S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
ethyl n • chiefly west of Appalachians (MAP and Map Section)
evener n 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP and Map Section)
fester v • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, CA (MAP and Map Section)
flannel cake n • chiefly Appalachians (MAP and Map Section)
frosting n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
funny bone n 1 • widespread, but less common eNEng, Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
garlicky adj • chiefly DE, MD, NJ, VA (MAP and Map Section)
gnat’s eyebrow n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
green bean n • widespread, but less freq NEng, Sth (MAP and Map Section)
green onion n 1 • chiefly west of Appalachians (MAP and Map Section)
green pepper n 1 • widespread exc SE, Lower Missip Valley (MAP and Map Section)
grinder n 3 • chiefly NEng (MAP and Map Section)
grubbing hoe n 1 • widespread exc Nth (MAP and Map Section)
grub hoe n • chiefly Nth (MAP and Map Section)
gunny sack n • chiefly west of Appalachians (MAP and Map Section)
gutter n1 1 • widespread, but somewhat less freq Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP and Map Section)
hail-over n, exclam • S Atl, Gulf States (MAP and Map Section)
haily-over n, exclam • esp NEast, OH (MAP and Map Section)
hardhead n 7 • chiefly Gt Lakes (MAP and Map Section)
headcheese n 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
heavy adj • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP and Map Section)
hero n • scattered, but esp NYC (MAP and Map Section)
hickey n2 b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
high-test adj • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP and Map Section)
hind-part-before adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
hindside-before adv • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
hoagie n • chiefly PA, NJ, but becoming more widely recognized (MAP and Map Section)
hog’s head cheese n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast, esp S Atl, Gulf States (MAP and Map Section)
home fried potatoes n pl • chiefly NEast, OH (MAP and Map Section)
horse racer n • See racer in Map Section
hot-cake turner n • chiefly West (MAP and Map Section)
hull n B2a(1) • widespread, but less freq Nth, Rocky Mts (MAP and Map Section)
husk n B2a • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
icing n 1 • widespread, but less freq Nth, Pacific (MAP and Map Section)
Irish potato n • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
jack v 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP and Map Section)
jam v 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP and Map Section)
John Hancock n • widespread, but more freq NEast, N Cent (MAP and Map Section)
John Henry n 1 • widespread, but less freq NEast, OH (MAP and Map Section)
kernel n 1 • chiefly C and S Atl; also Gulf States (MAP and Map Section)
kerosene oil n • scattered, but esp SE, NEast (MAP and Map Section)
kettle n B1 • widespread, but less freq Sth (MAP and Map Section)
key n 3 • chiefly S Atl, MS (MAP and Map Section)
king’s ex exclam, n • chiefly west of Missip R, Gulf States, Ohio Valley (MAP and Map Section)
kitty-corner adv, adj 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
knife n • esp Nth (MAP and Map Section)
lagniappe n • chiefly Gulf States, esp LA (MAP and Map Section)
lay v 1 • chiefly S Midl, Sth (MAP and Map Section)
lightning bug n • widespread, but slightly less freq Nth, Pacific (MAP and Map Section)
lobber v • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, esp Upstate NY, CT, MI (MAP and Map Section)
lollipop n 1a • widespread, but esp freq NEast (MAP and Map Section)
long handles n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
longies n pl • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP and Map Section)
meat n 1 • widespread, but less freq S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
mighty adv • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
mosquito hawk n 2a • chiefly Sth, but scattered Missip Valley (MAP and Map Section)
mouth harp n 1 • scattered, but less freq NEast, W Midl (MAP and Map Section)
mouth organ n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Inland Nth, C Atl; also S Atl, SW (MAP and Map Section)
mud dauber n 1 • chiefly Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
mud wasp n • chiefly NEast; also Inland Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP and Map Section)
nicker n1, v • widespread exc NEast, Gt Lakes; less freq S Atl (MAP and Map Section)
on prep B3a • widespread, but more freq Sth, Midl (MAP and Map Section)
oniony adj • chiefly NC, VA (MAP and Map Section)
panther n C1 • widespread, but chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
pod n 1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
potluck meal n • widespread, but less freq Sth, C Atl, NY (MAP and Map Section)
racer n 1 • (Map Section)
route n B1 • chiefly NEast, WV, OH, IL, C Atl (MAP and Map Section)
runner n 4 • formerly more widespread, but now chiefly Sth (Map Section)
scat intj • Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP and Map Section)
second cutting n • widespread, but less freq nNEng (MAP and Map Section)
seed n 1 • widespread exc Nth (MAP and Map Section)
seesaw n 1 • chiefly Atlantic, Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP and Map Section)
sewing needle n • esp MI, WI, MN, MA (MAP and Map Section)
shallot n B • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP and Map Section)
shivaree n B1 • widespread, but less freq Atlantic, Gulf States exc FL (MAP and Map Section)
sled n • widespread exc Nth (MAP and Map Section)
snake doctor n 2 • chiefly Midl, Sth (MAP and Map Section)
snake feeder n 1 • chiefly Midl, Plains States (MAP and Map Section)
splinter n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
spook n 1 • scattered exc Inland Sth (MAP and Map Section)
to prep B1c • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, CA (MAP and Map Section)
to prep B13 • widespread, but somewhat less freq NEng, Midl (MAP and Map Section)
tongue n 1 • now widespread exc NEng (MAP and Map Section)
tonic n • chiefly nNEng (MAP and Map Section)
tow sack n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX, OK (MAP and Map Section)
tractor-trailer n • scattered, but more freq Atlantic (MAP and Map Section)
trailer truck n • chiefly east of Missip R, esp NEast; also TX, Cent (MAP and Map Section)
transfer truck n • chiefly SE, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
trolley n • widespread, but esp freq NEast (MAP and Map Section)
tug n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Missip Valley, West (MAP and Map Section)
tureen dinner n • chiefly Upstate NY, wPA (MAP and Map Section)
weasly adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
wizzle v • esp NEng (MAP and Map Section)
woodchuck n 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP and Map Section)
Martha’s Vineyard See Massachusetts, Martha’s Vineyard
about prep, adv (pronc) • MD, eVA, eSC
apple melon n • MD
apron n B1 • MD, VA
arch n 4 • MD, VA, WV
baby coach n • chiefly ePA, sNJ, DE, MD (MAP)
back street n 2 • MD
bank barn n • chiefly PA, OH, MD, VA, IN (MAP)
barn burner n 1 • chiefly PA, sNJ, MD (MAP)
beaten biscuit n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp KY, MD, VA (MAP)
bloodick n • chiefly MD
bluebird weather n • chiefly MD, eVA
bull band n • chiefly wMD, sePA
bun n1 1 • esp MD, VA, NJ (MAP)
*bundle n B1 • widespread exc wMD, sPA, WV (MAP)
burden n B2 • esp MD
catty n1 1 • chiefly MD, NJ, NY, PA (MAP)
chicken fight n 1 • chiefly S Midl, esp KY, MD
crab soup n • chiefly Mid Atl, esp MD
cream doughnut n • esp MD
Dayton wagon n • esp MD, DE
dearborn n • formerly widespread, now chiefly sePA, nMD, DE
Defenders’ Day n • MD
dress v 4 • PA, wMD
espantoon n • MD
essence n 4 • esp MD, VA
flosh v • MD, VA
free wheel adj • MD
fresh n 2 • MD, VA
garlicky adj • chiefly DE, MD, NJ, VA (MAP and Map Section)
granna bag n • MD
hanover n 1 • esp WV, VA, MD
hay carriage n • esp MD
hit it v phr 1 • scattered, but esp PA, MD, DE
hook school v phr • esp MD, PA, VA
hot beans n • esp MD, NJ, PA
hover n • chiefly sMD, nVA, KY, TN
jag n2 1d • esp MD, VA
kitty n 3 • esp KY, MD, VA (MAP)
maniportia n • chiefly MD (MAP)
Maryland beaten biscuit n • chiefly MD
mom-mom n • PA, NJ, DE, MD (MAP)
moonack n 1 • esp MD, VA
mung you (all) pron • DE, MD
nigger lice n • MD
papershell n 1 • esp MD, DE
pap-pap n (pronc) • PA, MD
pat v 3 • esp MD
peep n 3 • chiefly PA, MD
pigwick n • MD
pocosin n • chiefly NC, VA, MD
pop-pop n • chiefly PA, NJ, DE, MD (MAP)
rainspout n • scattered, but esp PA, MD, NJ (MAP)
rainspouting n • esp MD, PA
route n A2 • scattered, but chiefly IL, OH, wPA, WV, MD (MAP)
run n 1a • scattered, but chiefly wPA, OH, WV, MD (MAP)
scrapple n • scattered, but chiefly Midl, esp PA, MD, C Atl (MAP)
sheaf n • widespread, but esp PA, MD, WV, OH (MAP)
sheep fly n • esp MD, DE (MAP)
shooting cracker n • PA, OH, MD, KY
silk crab n • Chesapeake Bay MD
sinkboat n • esp MD
sinkbox n 2 • esp MD
skillpot n • esp DC, MD, VA, WV (MAP)
skitters n • chiefly PA, MD, WV, OH (MAP)
slab drag n • scattered, but esp MD
slider n 1 • esp DE, MD; also Missip Valley
smearcase n • chiefly N Midl, esp PA, OH, MD, WV (MAP)
snake waiter n • esp MD
snollygoster n 1 • esp MD, KY
snoopy adj • esp PA, OH, MD
snot n 1 • esp MD
snuff rubber n • esp DE, MD, PA, WV (MAP)
stick wagon n • chiefly PA, MD
sugar foot n 2 • esp MD
sweat pone n • esp MD
swelling toad n • chiefly MD, VA
tacker n • chiefly DE, MD, NJ, ePA
teddy-bear (hair)cut n • esp PA, MD (MAP)
telescope house n • chiefly eMD
toby n 1 • chiefly wPA, nMD (MAP)
tournament n B • MD, VA, WV
trick v • esp VA, MD
viewing n • chiefly PA, NJ, MD, DE; also UT (MAP)
water partridge n 1 • MD
wheeler n2 • MD, VA
whiffler n1 • chiefly MD, VA
whiteback n • DC, MD, VA
wire ball n • esp sePA, MD
Arab n B3 • Baltimore MD
Arab n B4 • Baltimore MD
arab v • Baltimore MD
arabber n • Baltimore MD
moving night n • esp Baltimore MD
powwow n • [..cf Massachuset pauwau..]
alewife bird n • MA
angledog n • chiefly NEng, esp CT and swMA, and settlement areas
apple grunt n • chiefly eMA and settlement areas
block n 3 • esp common MA
blue plover n • esp MA
bottlehead n • MA
brava n • seMA, RI
cabinet n • RI, seMA
cade n • seMA, sRI
cattle show n • MA
chicken bird n 1 • chiefly MA
coast n 3 • MA
coaster n1 1 • MA
come on v phr 2 • chiefly MA
creeper n 8 • chiefly MA
crimmy adj • chiefly MA
deaf adj B1c • chiefly NEng, esp ME, MA
diddledee n • esp seMA
dingle n1 • Nth, esp MA
dishwater diarrhea n • MA
double-barrel n • eMA
down East n c • wMA
drop a stitch v phr • ME, MA
Dutch cap n • seMA
eel stifle n • eMA
election cake n • NEng, esp MA
election day n • MA, RI
fandango n 7 • eMA
fare n • NEng, esp MA
fin out adj phr • esp eMA
Forefathers’ Day n • chiefly NEng, esp MA
frappe n • esp eMA
gally v • MA
goose widgeon n • MA
greenhead n 4b(2) • esp MA
ground bird n a • esp MA
herdic n • esp eMA
hill dill n • esp MA
hoist the (green) sail n, exclam • esp eMA
hole n 1b • chiefly MA, VA
hoodsie n • MA
hook Jack v phr • NEng, esp MA
horribles n pl • MA
horseshoe violet n • NEng, esp MA
hosey v, n • MA, ME
jagasee n • MA
jeekers intj • esp MA
joe flogger n • coastal MA, ME
joe rocker n • seMA
kittly-bender n • esp MA, PA
lightship basket n • seMA
linnet n 2 • NEng, esp MA
lobster roll n • esp ME, MA
longlick n • esp MA
mayflower n 5 • esp MA
medrick n • ME, MA
milk shake n 1 • esp MA, RI
minnow n A5 • esp eMA, VA
mountain day n • MA
mourning bird n • MA
old-maid’s-pink n 1 • scattered, but esp MA
pale-belly n • esp MA
peggyball n • seMA
picky n2 1 • swMA
pied-winged curlew n • esp MA
pigsticker n 1 • esp wCT, wMA
pine knot n 1 • esp MA, ME
piss-a-bed n 3 • chiefly sNEng, esp MA (MAP)
pooquaw n • MA, RI
Portland fancy n • chiefly MA
potato bargain n • eMA
potter v • eMA
pumpkin-blossom coot n • MA
quahog n (pronc) • chiefly eMA |ˈkohɔg, -hɑg|
quahog n (pronc) • esp seMA |ˈkwohɔg|
quahog n 1 • chiefly N Atl coast, esp MA, RI (MAP)
quahog v • NEng, esp MA
quoit n A1 (pronc) • formerly widespread, now esp NJ, PA, Upstate NY, wMA (MAP)
rattleran(d) n • MA
relievo n • chiefly NEast, esp MA
ripper n 2 • esp wMA, CT
Sancho n1 • esp MA
scalt past ppl, ppl adj • esp ME, MA
scoop n 2 • esp MA
Scrabble Town n • esp MA
scrod n • esp eMA, ME
sea worm n • NEng, esp MA
sewing needle n • esp MI, WI, MN, MA (MAP and Map Section)
skulljoe n • seMA
spa n • NEast, esp MA
spoonhunt n • chiefly sNH, neMA
spoonwood n 1 • NEast, esp MA, NH
sproutland n • chiefly NEng, esp CT, MA
squantum n 1 • chiefly eMA
statie n • chiefly NEast, esp MA
stifle n • ME, MA
stiver v (pronc) • NEng, esp MA, ME
stub scythe n • NEng, esp MA
stump lot n • chiefly CT, MA, Upstate NY
sugar eat n • esp MA
swankey n 1 • esp MA
tholepin, suffer like a v phr • ME, MA coasts
three-decker n • NEng, esp c,eMA
tiddle board n • neMA, seNH
tiddlies n • esp MA
tiddly-bender(s) n • MA
tilt n 4 • esp MA
tipcart n • NEng, esp MA
tomcod n 1a • chiefly ME, MA, NH, NY
torshent n • chiefly MA
town meeting cake n • NEng, esp MA
tree belt n • NEast, esp MA
tumble n • chiefly nNEng, wMA (MAP)
two-boater n • esp eMA
two-toilet Irish n pl • chiefly MA
up along adv phr • eMA
wagged out adj phr • esp MA, ME
water bush n 1 • eMA, sNH
whiffle n2 • chiefly eMA (MAP)
white-winged coot n • chiefly NEng, esp MA
wicked adv • NEng, chiefly ME, MA
youngster n • NEng, esp MA
cleanser n • eNEng, esp Boston MA area
coast v 1 • prob orig Boston MA area, now chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
spucky n • chiefly Boston MA area
twoser n • esp Boston MA
peewink n • Cape Cod MA
pinkwink n • Cape Cod MA
summer complaint n 2 • coastal ME, Cape Cod MA
wash-ashore n • Cape Cod, Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard MA
Massachusetts, Martha’s Vineyard
pinkletink n • Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket MA
wash-ashore n • Cape Cod, Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard MA
astern the lighter adj phr • coastal NEng, esp Nantucket
coast, on the adv phr • Nantucket MA
coof n • Nantucket MA
off-island adv, adj • chiefly Nantucket MA
off-islander n • NEng, esp Nantucket MA
pinkletink n • Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket MA
slatch n • esp Nantucket MA
town ho exclam • esp Nantucket MA
underground moon n • Nantucket MA
voyage n B • Nantucket MA
wash-ashore n • Cape Cod, Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard MA
animal n B1 • euphem, esp among rural and male speakers; somewhat old-fash
back water v phr • esp among male speakers
bare-ass(ed) adj, adv • esp among male speakers (MAP)
bass-ackward(s) adv, adj • esp among men; joc or euphem
bitch v • esp among young and mid-aged speakers and among males (MAP)
bite v A • esp among males and lesser educ speakers
blow v1 A2 • esp among less educ male speakers
bronchial adj (pronc) • esp among male and old speakers and speakers with little formal educ
bucket of lard n • chiefly among men
buckskin n 1 • esp among old and male Infs
buddy n 1b • esp among men
buddy n 1c • chiefly among men
cat shit n • chiefly among men (MAP)
draw v B1 • chiefly among rural speakers, male speakers, and speakers with little formal educ, drawed (MAP)
draw v B2 • chiefly among rural speakers, male speakers, and speakers with little formal educ, drew (MAP)
-ed suff 2 • more freq among rural speakers, males, and speakers with less than hs educ
elm n (pronc) • esp freq among men and among rural Infs, somewhat old-fash |ˈɛləm|
faggot n • used..chiefly by young speakers, most freq by well educ urban males
man n C3 • esp freq among male Black speakers
pill n 1 • old-fash; esp freq among male speakers
piss ant n 1 • esp freq among male speakers (MAP)
shit, meaner than adj phr • esp freq among men (MAP)
three-titter n • esp freq among men (MAP)
tight adj • orig esp freq among Black speakers, young speakers, and male speakers; now more widespread
furnishing n 2 • Among Mennonites
gemeinde n • In Mennonite communities
mechameck n • [..cf Shawnee mak-,Menominee mɛ·c big (in reference to the large root)]
Adam’s all fox n • [Metanalysis of Adam’s off-ox] (MAP)
a-tall adv • [By metanalysis from at all]
canker rash n • Also by metanalysis canker ash
druther adv • [By metanalysis from (woul)d rather..]
eatup n • [..may be the result of metanalysis: a netop > an etop]
eye horse n • [By metanalysis..]
lightwood n1 • lightern is prob a result of metanalysis of the comb lighter knot (MAP)
Madam’s off-ox n • [By metanalysis of from Adam’s..]
nagent n • [By metanalysis..]
naggie n • [By metanalysis..]
noration n • [Prob by metanalysis of an oration..]
nother pron, adj3 • [By metanalysis of an other..]
nugget n • [Perh by metanalysis of an agate]
oblige n • Also, prob by metanalysis, blige
partment n • [..apartment, perh by metanalysis..]
pot-tail n • [Appar by folk-etym or metanalysis from pot ale..]
roasting ear n A3 (pronc) • [By metanalysis; cf Intro “Language Changes” I.2]
sic v • by metanalysis (from sic-calf) si
so ‘s ‘t conj • [Prob so as 1 pronc [soz] infl by metanalysis of so as to..]
teither adv • [Prob by metanalysis of didn’t either]
umbrella n A5 (pronc) • [By metanalysis]
zydeco n • [Appar < LaFr zaricot green beans (by metanalysis of Fr les haricots)..]
praying ground n • [Appar a literal application of the metaphorical phr on praying ground..]
shell v 2 • [Perh metaphor from threshing dried beans..]
metathesis; metathesized; metathetic (See also reversed compound)
aggerpervoke v • [Blend of metath forms of aggravate + provoke]
aggrafret v • by metath, aggerfret
aggravate v (pronc) • freq metath |ˈægɚ̩ve(ɪ)t|
aglore adj • [Metath from galore..]
aloes to catch meddlers n • [Metath of layoes ~, for which see layovers ~]
ambulance n (pronc) • occas, perh for humorous effect, metath |ˈæmbliən(t)s, -æn(t)s|
and else conj • [Perh by metath of [ənlɛs]]
andiron n (pronc) • occas..metath |ˈænd̩aɪrən|
arapajo n • [Metath; perh by false association with the Arapaho Indians]
asafetida n (pronc) • metath |̩æs(ə)ˈfɪdɪti, -fɛdɪtɪ|
augur v1 • [Metath form of argue]
bass-ackward(s) adv, adj • [By metath]
bittrun n • [Metath of bittern]
boardcast v • [..metath of broadcast to scatter (seed)]
breakfast n • by metath, brefkast
britten n • [Metath of bittern]
bronchial adj (pronc) • freq metath
bucksaw n • [..perh metathesis of sawbuck]
bypasser n • [Metath]
cabestro n (pronc) • metath |kəˈbresto|
calvary n • [Metath for cavalry]
carbox n • [Metath boxcar]
carps n • [Metath of craps]
catasterfy n • [Metath]
catnip fit n • Also metath capnit fit
child n A2 (pronc) • metath (and assim) |ˈčɪl(d)ɚn|
clobber n2 • [Metath]
collasp v • [Metath of collapse]
crips v • [Metath of crisp]
cripsy adj • [Metath]
cropout n • [Metath of outcrop]
curler n2 • [Metath or transl of cruller]
cutshort n • [Metath of shortcut]
cut short v phr • Metath of shortcut
cut-under v phr • [?Metath of undercut]
darlen n • [By metath from darnel]
dientical adj • [Metath]
downcome n • [Metath of comedown]
downface v • [Perh by metath from face down to confront, dispute]
drindl n • [By metath from dirndl]
egert n • [By metath from egret]
elastic (band) n (pronc) • by metath, laskit (MAP)
erligion n • [By metath of religion]
forty axes n pl • [Prob by metath from aggie forti(e)s]
furnucle n • [By metath from furuncle]
glue n2 • [Perh by metath from gool (at goal)..]
glup v • [Echoic; perh by metath for gulp]
gollylag v • [By metath from lollygag]
golly-wobbled adj • by metath, wolly-gobble
granny pump n • [Prob by metath and folk-etym]
gum v3 • [Orig in phr dad gum, by metath from God damn]
gunshot house n • [Prob by metath from shotgun house..]
gunshot wedding n • [Prob by metath from shotgun wedding]
gut-rot n • [By metath from rotgut]
hardblow n • [By metath from blowhard;..]
heavalled up adj phr • [By metathesis of upheaval]
heaval, up in a adj phr • [By metathesis of in an upheaval]
Hobeanin n • [Prob var, by metath, of Bohemian]
hopgrasser n • [By metath from grasshopper]
hoppergrass n • [Metath for grasshopper]
horsesaw n • [By metath from sawhorse..]
hundred n, adj A1 (pronc) • [By metath]
hundred n, adj A2 (pronc) • [By metath and devoicing of final consonant]
hundred n, adj A4 (pronc) • [By metath and assim]
hundred n, adj A5 (pronc) • [By metath, assim and devoicing of final consonant]
hunkabo n • [By metath from bohunk]
iron n, v, adj (pronc) • occas by metath |ˈaɪrən|
jassack n • [jas(s)ack by metath] (MAP)
jomo n • [By metath from mojo n]
kitchen n2 • [Perh <..kinch, by metath from pl [ˈkɪnčəz] to [ˈkɪčənz]..]
lantern n • Also, by metath, lantrun, lattren
larnyx n • [By metath from larynx]
lectren n • [Metath for lectern..]
modern adj (pronc) • also, by metath, |ˈmɑdrən|
packback n • [Perh by metath from backpack..]
peckerwood n • [Metath for woodpecker..]
perambulator n • Also, by metath, preambulator (MAP)
pokeshite n • [Metath for shitepoke..]
praline n (pronc) • by metath LA |ˌplɑˈrin|
prickler weed n • [By metath and perh folk- etym]
Rackensack n • [By metath, redup..]
Roly Holer n • [Joc metath of Holy Roller] (MAP)
saleratus n • Also by metath salatarus, salaterus
sashay v • [By metath from Fr chassé]
servigrous adj • by metath sergiverous
shot-sling n • [By metath from slingshot..]
side line v phr 1 • [By metath from linesides]
skittle n1 • [Perh by metath,..]
slycoon n • [By metath from cyclone]
T-model Ford adj • [Metath] (MAP)
topple n • [By metath from talpa]
turkey n • among Gullah speakers by metath tuckr(e)y, tukr(e)y
tush n C1 • [..metathesized OE tux is the ancestor of tusk] (MAP)
unelse conj • [Metath var of unless]
upstuck adj • [By metath; cf Intro “Language Changes” I.1]
wasp n 1c (pronc) • [By metath; cf EDD wasp sb. I.1..]
Mexican Spanish See Spanish, Mexican
baga n • chiefly MI, WI, MN (MAP)
balkenbry n • swMI and other Dutch settlement areas
belling vbl n2 • now chiefly wPA, WV, OH, IN, MI (MAP)
black hornet n • chiefly N Cent, esp MI
booya n • MI, WI, MN
borrows exclam • esp MI, WI, MN
brush n B6 • esp NY, MI (MAP)
buck up n • MI
buffalo n B3 • seMI
bug n1 6 • scattered, but esp MI, WI
cathole n • chiefly MI
co-day v phr • chiefly NEast, MI (MAP)
cook camp n • chiefly MI
copperhead snake n 2 • chiefly WI, MI
cork pine n 1 • chiefly MI
cousin Jack n • chiefly nMI, scattered West (MAP)
cousin Jenny n • chiefly nMI, scattered West
*covered-dish meal n • widespread exc Pacific, Upper MW, WI, MI (MAP)
cry-eye exclam • esp MI, WI
dogan n • nMI, nMN
erwten soup n • swMI
fifty n • IL, MI, WI
fish tug n • MI
Green Bay fly n • chiefly WI, neMI
hamburg n 1 • chiefly NEast, C Atl, OH, MI (MAP)
headlighting vbl n • chiefly TX, nMI (MAP)
help the poor exclam • sMI
hodag n2 • chiefly WI, MI, MN
hot dish n 1 • esp MI, WI, MN, ND (MAP)
hutspot n • MI
jumper n 7c • wNEng, nNY, MI
Juneberry n 1 • chiefly MI, MN, WI; also PA (MAP)
lawyer n B4 • esp MI, MN, WI (MAP)
leeky adj • MI, WI
lobber v • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, esp Upstate NY, CT, MI (MAP and Map Section)
long john n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Upper Missip Valley, Upper MW, Plains States, MI (MAP)
lunch roll n • chiefly MI
Mackinaw boat n • now esp MI
menominee n • chiefly MI, MN, WI
moor hen n 1 • esp MI, Upper Missip Valley
Norski n • chiefly MI, WI, Upper MW, Pacific NW (MAP)
Norway pine n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, esp MI, WI, MN (MAP)
oak opening n • chiefly wGt Lakes, esp WI, MI
oven n 2 • chiefly NEast, OH, MI, CA (MAP)
paczki n • in Polish settlement areas, esp MI, WI
pank v • chiefly nMI; also PA, Upstate NY
pasty n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Gt Lakes, esp MI (MAP)
pat n3 • Nth, esp MI (MAP)
pen barn n • MI, WI
Petoskey stone n • MI
pick v 1 • scattered, but esp nMI (MAP)
pin cherry n 1 • Nth, esp MI, MN, WI (MAP)
pine snake n 2 • esp MI, WI
poig exclam • scattered, but esp WI, MI, MN (MAP)
saffron bread n • Nth, esp MI (MAP)
sewing needle n • esp MI, WI, MN, MA (MAP and Map Section)
shine n 3 • esp MI, WI
shine v • scattered, but chiefly MI, WI, MN (MAP)
*singletree n • widespread exc NEast, MI (MAP)
skew- pref b • chiefly Nth, esp NY, MI, WI (MAP)
sleigh n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, esp MI, WI, MN (MAP)
sling n 1 • esp MI, OH
smear n 2 • chiefly MI, WI, MN (MAP)
spile n2 • chiefly NEast, MI (MAP)
splay v B • chiefly NJ, PA, OH, MI (MAP)
spread n 3 • esp Upper Missip Valley, MI
sprinkler n 1 • chiefly Gt Lakes, esp MI
spruce hen n • esp MI, AK (MAP)
streaked snake n • chiefly MI, NEast (MAP)
sugar plum n 1 • esp MI
swale n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast, MI (MAP)
swamper n 5 • chiefly nwMI
swamp hook n • chiefly Nth, esp MI, WI
swill pail n 1 • scattered, but esp NEast, MI (MAP)
tarvia n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp MI (MAP)
too yet adv phr • MI
travoy n • esp MI, WI
travoy v • MI, WI
travoy road n • esp MI
troll n • chiefly MI
van n • chiefly MI
ya hey intj • esp WI, MI, MN
Yooper n • chiefly MI
bitch v • esp among young and mid-aged speakers and among males (MAP)
boondock n • orig military slang, now widespread, esp among urban, young and mid-aged speakers
brownnose n • chiefly among young and mid-aged speakers
brownnose v • orig among speakers in the military; now widespread but chiefly among young and mid-aged
speakers
buck n1 3b • widely used but esp freq among young and middle-aged Infs
curse, the n • esp common among women, young and mid-aged speakers, and coll educ speakers
dig v2 2 • chiefly among young and mid-aged speakers; esp freq among Black speakers; esp freq in urban comms
doozy n • esp freq among young and mid-aged speakers
drag n 13a • esp freq among Blacks and among young and mid-aged speakers
drag n 14 • esp freq among Black speakers and among young and mid-aged speakers
drink like a fish v phr • esp among young and mid-aged speakers and among well educ speakers
fart n • esp among young and mid-aged speakers
filthy adv • esp common among mid-aged and young speakers
finagle v A • esp freq among young and mid-aged speakers (MAP)
icky adj • esp freq among young and mid-aged speakers and among women (MAP)
p.g. adj • esp freq among mid-aged and young speakers (MAP)
upchuck v • esp freq among mid-aged and younger speakers, among coll educ speakers, and among women
ain’t v1 • Mid Atl, S Atl
ambition n • chiefly Mid Atl and settlement areas
Andy-iron n • esp Mid Atl
barefooted adj 1 • chiefly Mid and C Atl, Ohio Valley (MAP)
barshare plow n • esp Mid Atl
beat n 2 • formerly widespread, now esp Mid Atl (MAP)
behind a dime adv phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Mid Atl (MAP)
bell a buzzard v phr • chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
black duck n 1 • chiefly NEast, Mid and C Atl (MAP)
blackfish n 2 • chiefly Mid and C Atl
bloodworm n 1 • chiefly C and Mid Atl (MAP)
breakfast bacon n • chiefly Mid and S Atl
bug n1 5b • chiefly Mid and S Atl, SW (MAP)
bush ax n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Mid Atl (MAP)
carry v B3 • formerly Mid Atl, now widespread
certain adv B3 • chiefly Mid and S Atl, NEng, Ohio Valley
chair n (pronc) • NEast and Mid Atl
cornhouse n • chiefly NEng, Mid Atl (MAP)
corn muffin n • scattered, but chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
cossie v • esp Mid Atl, S Atl
courthouse n 1 • chiefly Mid Atl
cove n1 1b • scattered, but chiefly NEast, Mid Atl (MAP)
crab soup n • chiefly Mid Atl, esp MD
creek n1 B1 • Atlantic, esp Mid and N Atl
crocus sack n • chiefly S and Mid Atl (MAP)
crowbill n • Mid Atl
cruiser n 3 • chiefly NEng, N Cent, Mid Atl (MAP)
damper n 1 • Mid Atl, esp eNC (MAP)
deaf adj (pronc) • chiefly Mid Atl
do v B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Mid and S Atl
dodger n1 2 • chiefly Mid Atl
drain n1 C1 • scattered, but esp Mid and C Atl (MAP)
drain n1 C2 • scattered, but esp Mid and S Atl
dredge n1 (pronc) • chiefly N and Mid Atl, Delmarva
drift fishing n 1 • chiefly Mid Atl, Gulf States
drip v B1 • Mid Atl (MAP)
drunkard n 1 • chiefly Mid Atl (MAP)
dual highway n • scattered, but chiefly Mid and C Atl (MAP)
dual lane highway n • chiefly Mid Atl, esp SC
dust n2 • esp Mid Atl
edge of dark n • chiefly NEng, Mid Atl
*end of one’s row n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, exc Mid Atl
extra n C2 • chiefly Gulf States, Mid Atl (MAP)
fair maid n • Mid Atl
fairy stone n • chiefly Mid and S Atl
fatback n 2a • chiefly Mid Atl
father n (pronc) • esp eNEng, Mid Atl
*faucet n B1 • formerly chiefly Nth; now widespread, but less freq Mid and C Atl
fault n, v • chiefly Mid and S Atl
feed up v phr • chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
filibuster v • Mid and S Atl
fit to be tied adj phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Mid Atl
flaw n • Atl coast, esp Mid Atl
free issue n • Mid Atl
frumenty n • Mid Atl
fuss-box n • chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
gallbush n 1 • Mid Atl
galloping fence n • esp Mid Atl
garden house n • chiefly Mid Atl (MAP)
G.I. haircut n • scattered, but more freq C and Mid Atl, SE (MAP)
givey adj 1 • chiefly Mid and S Atl
grandma n A12 (pronc) • chiefly Mid Atl
gray trout n 1 • esp Mid Atl
guard n, v (pronc) • esp Mid and S Atl
hand broom n • chiefly S Midl, Mid Atl (MAP)
happy adj 3 • Mid and S Atl
hawk v1 3 • esp Mid Atl
hickory poplar n • chiefly C and Mid Atl
hilling hoe n • esp Mid Atl
hogchoker n • esp C and Mid Atl
hogfish n d • esp Mid Atl
hold v C1b • chiefly NEast, Mid Atl (MAP)
hot ball n 1 • Mid Atl
hot-weather bug n • esp NEast, Mid Atl
house n, v (pronc) • chiefly Atlantic, esp NEng, Mid and S Atl
hurricane n A2b (pronc) • chiefly Appalachians, Mid and S Atl
issue n B1 • Mid Atl, esp VA
Jack-in-the-bush n 2 • esp Mid and S Atl
Joe-Pye weed n 1 • chiefly NEast, Mid Atl (MAP)
johnny house n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Mid and S Atl (MAP)
joint grass n 1 • scattered, but esp Mid and S Atl
jumping mullet n 1 • chiefly Mid Atl, esp NC
juniper n 2b • Sth, esp Mid Atl
keeler n • chiefly NEast, Mid Atl
*kitchen broom n • scattered, but less freq C and Mid Atl, SE (MAP)
*kraut n 2 • widespread, but less freq Mid and S Atl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
last-go-trade n • chiefly Mid and S Atl, WV (MAP)
level n • chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
liver pudding n • chiefly S and Mid Atl (MAP)
loblolly n 1a • esp Mid Atl
love child n • scattered, but more freq NEast, N Cent, Mid Atl (MAP)
low ground(s) n • chiefly Mid Atl (MAP)
low-test adj • chiefly NEast, Mid Atl, N Cent (MAP)
lull v • chiefly Mid and S Atl, nNEng
macadam n 1 • widespread, but chiefly NEast, Mid Atl, N Cent (MAP)
mason wasp n • chiefly Mid Atl, sAppalachians (MAP)
maw n1 1 • chiefly Gulf States, Mid and S Atl
mesh n1, v (pronc) • chiefly Mid Atl
Molly Bright n • Mid and S Atl
necessary n • scattered, but chiefly NEng, Mid and C Atl
nigger pine n 1 • chiefly C and Mid Atl, sAppalachians
Old Christmas n • chiefly Mid Atl, S Midl
oldwife n 1a • chiefly Mid Atl
on prep B9 • chiefly S and Mid Atl, PA (MAP)
open peach n • chiefly sAppalachians, Mid Atl (MAP)
out adv, v, adj, prep, n, exclam (pronc) • chiefly nNEng, nNY, Mid Atl, esp eVA
pa n A3 (pronc) • chiefly Mid Atl, esp SC (MAP)
parrot-toed adj • chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
partridge n A4 (pronc) • chiefly Lower Missip Valley, Mid Atl (MAP)
peddle v a • chiefly Nth, West, Mid Atl (MAP)
pee-pee exclam • esp PA, Mid Atl; also LA, TX
peony n1 2 (pronc) • chiefly Cent, Mid Atl, S Midl, NEng (MAP)
pine snake n 1 • chiefly Mid and S Atl, Cent
pip n1 • esp Mid Atl (MAP)
*pit n2 1a • widespread, but somewhat less freq Mid and S Atl, W Midl (MAP)
pole barn n • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, Gt Lakes, Upstate NY, CT, Mid Atl (MAP)
*poor boy n 1 • orig New Orleans LA; now widespread exc NEast, Mid Atl; esp freq Gulf States, TN, TX
(MAP)
pound net n • chiefly Gt Lakes, Mid Atl
pudding n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Midl, Mid and S Atl (MAP)
puppy drum n • esp Mid Atl
rack n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Mid Atl
rack n1 2 • esp Mid Atl coast
raw bar n • chiefly Atlantic, esp Mid Atl
rice n (pronc) • esp Mid and S Atl |rəɪs|
room n (pronc) • scattered, but esp NEng, Mid and S Atl, Gulf States |r^Um|
rum n1 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, Mid Atl (MAP)
saddle horse n • scattered, but esp C and Mid Atl (MAP)
salmon trout n 2 • Mid Atl
saw bench n • esp S and Mid Atl (MAP)
schemy adj • esp Mid and S Atl
*schottische n • widespread exc Appalachians, Mid and S Atl (MAP)
scout n • esp Mid Atl
scovy n • esp Mid and S Atl
scratch n1 2 • esp Mid and S Atl
scritch owl n • chiefly S Midl, Mid Atl (MAP)
Scuffletown n • esp Mid Atl
sea foam n 1 • esp PA, Mid and C Atl, N Cent (MAP)
sedge hen n • chiefly Mid and S Atl
setback n 2 • chiefly SE, Mid Atl, Appalachians, CT (MAP)
shed n1 • esp Mid Atl
shedder n • chiefly N and Mid Atl
sheep burr n • scattered, but chiefly C and Mid Atl (MAP)
sickness n • scattered, but esp C and Mid Atl (MAP)
side ditch n • chiefly Midl, esp Mid Atl (MAP)
skimmer n 2 • N and Mid Atl
slat bonnet n • esp Mid Atl, S Midl (MAP)
slick calm adj phr • chiefly Mid and S Atl, Gulf States
snap v 3 • esp Mid and S Atl, nNEng (MAP)
south-southerly n • Atlantic, esp Mid Atl
*sowbelly n • widespread, but less freq N and Mid Atl, PA, c,sCA (MAP)
spew v 1 • chiefly Mid Atl (MAP)
spider n 1 • chiefly Nth; also Mid and S Atl (MAP)
spigot n B2 • widespread, but chiefly Appalachians, Mid and C Atl, eOH (MAP)
spot n 1 • chiefly Mid Atl (MAP)
spotlight v • scattered, but chiefly West, Mid Atl (MAP)
spreet n • esp Mid Atl
squamish adj • scattered, but esp NEast, Mid Atl
stick v 3 • esp Mid Atl
stool chair n • chiefly Mid and S Atl
striker n 1 • esp C and Mid Atl
suckhole n 2 • esp Mid Atl, SE (MAP)
swamp pine n 1c • esp Mid Atl
swash n • chiefly C and Mid Atl
sweet myrtle n 1 • Mid and S Atl
swelltoad n • chiefly Mid and S Atl
teaberry n 1 • esp Mid and C Atl (MAP)
timber cart n • chiefly Mid and S Atl
toadfish n a • chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
trapball n • chiefly Mid Atl
trash mover n 1 • chiefly Mid and S Atl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
tread v 1 • N and Mid Atl
trim v 2 • chiefly Midl, Mid Atl (MAP)
tulip poplar n • chiefly Midl, Mid and C Atl (MAP)
turn n 1a • chiefly Mid and S Atl; also Gulf States (MAP)
turnhole n • esp C and Mid Atl
twitchet n 1 • chiefly Mid Atl, sAppalachians
wake-robin n 3 • chiefly NEast, N Cent, Mid Atl (MAP)
water witch n 1 • chiefly Atlantic, esp Mid Atl
waver v • esp Mid Atl
whicker n1, v • chiefly SE, Mid Atl (MAP)
whook exclam • esp Mid Atl (MAP)
whopper-jawed adj 1 • chiefly C and Mid Atl, SE, N Cent (MAP)
wind v • scattered, but esp Mid and S Atl (MAP)
woodpecker-lark n • chiefly Mid Atl, GA
worriation n • chiefly Mid Atl, esp SC, NC
yaupon n • chiefly Mid Atl, esp NC
yellowbreast sunfish n • esp Mid and S Atl, Gulf States
youse-all pron • esp Mid Atl
Midland (See also North Midland; South Midland; West Midland)
a prep1 5 • throughout US, but esp freq in Midl, SW; less freq Sth, NEng
a inert vowel • now chiefly Sth, Midl
about prep, adv (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl
Abraham Lincoln n • chiefly Sth, Midl
account n (pronc) • esp Sth, Midl
acknowledge the corn v phr • formerly widespread, now chiefly Midl
act v B1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
act v B4 • ?Midl
Adam’s apple n 2 • chiefly Sth, Midl
afear(e)d adj • once widespread, now chiefly Sth, Midl
afflicted ppl adj • chiefly Sth, Midl
afore adv, conj, prep • once widespread, now chiefly Sth, Midl
after prep, adv, conj, n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl
afterwhile adv • chiefly Sth, Midl
again prep C1 • now chiefly Sth, Midl
again prep C2 • chiefly Midl
again conj D • chiefly Sth, Midl
agate n 3 • chiefly Sth, Midl
aggravated ppl adj • widespread, though esp freq in Sth, Midl
ague n (pronc) • Sth, Midl (MAP)
ahind prep, adv • chiefly Midl
airish adj 2 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
all adj1 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
all in adj 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
allow v 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
allow v 4 • chiefly Sth, Midl
along of prep 1 • chiefly Midl, Sth
aloose adj • Sth, Midl
ambitious adj 1 • Sth, Midl
amen corner n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
amost adv • chiefly NEng, Midl
and conj B2 • chiefly Sth, Midl
angry adj • chiefly NEng, Midl
apast prep • chiefly Midl
aplenty n • chiefly S Atl, Midl
appearently adv • chiefly Midl
apple peeling (social) n • chiefly Midl
appreciate v B1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
April n (pronc) • Midl
apron n (pronc) • chiefly Nth, Midl
apron n B4 • chiefly Sth, Midl
apurpose adv • chiefly NEng, Midl
arbor n B1 • Sth, Midl
argue v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl
arrow n (pronc) • Sth, Midl
arthuritis n • esp Sth, Midl
ary adj • throughout US, but esp Sth, Midl
as conj B3 • chiefly Midl, Sth
as pron D • formerly widespread, now chiefly Midl, Sth
asafetida n (pronc) • Sth, Midl, and less frequently elsewhere
ascared adj • chiefly Midl, Sth
ashamed adj • chiefly Midl
ash-box n • chiefly Sth, Midl, West (MAP)
ash bread n • chiefly Sth, Midl
ash-hopper n • chiefly Sth, Midl
as how conj phr • chiefly Sth, Midl
ashpan n • widespread, but esp Nth, Midl (MAP)
ash pone n • chiefly Sth, Midl, esp VA
ask v A1a (pronc) • formerly esp NEng, now chiefly Sth, Midl
ask v A1b (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl
ask v A2a (pronc) • now chiefly Sth, Midl
ask v A2b (pronc) • now chiefly Sth, Midl
ask v A2c (pronc) • chiefly Midl
ass-licker n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
at prep 3 • chiefly Sth, Midl
at prep 4 • chiefly Sth, Midl
at all adv • chiefly Sth, Midl
at oneself adj phr • chiefly Sth, Midl
audacious(ly) adj, adv (pronc) • Sth, Midl
aunt n B2 • Sth, Midl
back-buster n • Sth, Midl
backdoor trot n 2 • chiefly Sth, Midl
back-out n • Midl
backward(s) adj, adv, n (pronc) • esp Sth, Midl
backwater n 1 • chiefly Midl
backwoodser n • ?chiefly Midl
bad adj B7 • chiefly Sth, Midl
bad adj B8 • chiefly Sth, Midl
bad adv 2 • appar Sth, Midl
bad child n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
bad place n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
baitworm n • chiefly Midl, Sth
baldface n 3 • chiefly Sth, Midl
balm n (pronc) • Sth, Midl
banjo n (pronc) • Sth, Midl
banter n • chiefly Sth, Midl
banter v 2 • chiefly Sth, Midl
Baptist n (pronc) • esp Sth, Midl
bar n4 • chiefly Sth, Midl, nNY
barlow knife n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
barn lot n • chiefly Midl, Sth (MAP and Map Section)
barrel n B1 • chiefly Midl, Sth
base n B2 • widespread, but esp Sth, Midl, West (MAP)
basket dinner n • chiefly Midl, occas Sth
bat v2 1 • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
bawl v1 2 • widespread but chiefly Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
bayou n (pronc) • esp Sth, Midl
be v B5a • esp Midl, Sth
be v B5b • chiefly Midl, Sth
be v C2a (pronc) • ?chiefly Sth, Midl
bear n1 A (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl
bear n1 B • ?chiefly Sth, Midl
beat n 1 • chiefly NEng, Midl
beat in time v phr • chiefly Midl
bedfast adj • chiefly Midl, West (MAP)
*bellow n, v • widespread, but least freq in Midl (MAP and Map Section)
bench n B • chiefly Midl, West
best woman n • esp Midl
B from (a) bull’s foot, not to know v phr • now chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
big road n • chiefly Sth, Midl
black betty n • chiefly Midl
black-eyed bean n • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
black-eyed pea n • widespread, but esp freq in Sth, Midl
blackguard n, v, adj, adv (pronc) • in Midl
*bleat n • scattered, but least freq in Midl (MAP)
blindfold n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
blindman’s buff n c • chiefly Sth, Midl
blind side n • chiefly Midl
blink adj • chiefly Midl
blink v 1 • chiefly Midl
blixen n • chiefly Midl
blow n2 2 • scattered, but esp common in Midl (MAP)
blow v1 B1 • esp West and Midl
blue beech n • chiefly Midl
bluetick n • Sth, Midl
body n 1 • widespread, but esp Midl
boil n1, v (pronc) • Sth, Midl, NEng
bone orchard n • esp Nth, Midl
boogerman n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
boot n1 1a • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
bore v1 • chiefly Midl
bore for the simples v phr • chiefly Midl
bottom n 2 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
bottomland n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
brag adj • chiefly Sth, Midl
brag on v phr • chiefly Midl
bread v • chiefly Midl, esp S Midl
brickle adj 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
britches n pl 3 • chiefly Sth, Midl
brush arbor n • chiefly Sth, Midl
bubby n2 1 • esp Midl
buck n1 1b • chiefly Nth, Midl
buck n1 1c • chiefly Sth, Midl
buck n1 2a • chiefly Midl, Sth
buck n1 2b • chiefly Midl
buck n1 2c • chiefly Midl, Sth
buck ague n 3 • Midl
bucket n 1 • formerly chiefly Sth and Midl, now more widespread
bucket n 2d • widespread, but esp freq Midl (MAP)
buck-eyed adj2 • chiefly Sth, Midl (Map Section)
buckle v 1 • widespread, but now most common in Nth, least common in Midl
buddy n 1a • widespread, but chiefly Midl, Sth
*buffet n A3 (pronc) • widespread, but infreq in Midl, West
bug dust n 1 • chiefly Midl coal-mining areas
bulge n B1 • esp Midl
bullpen n • chiefly Midl
bull rake n • chiefly Nth, Midl
bull-strong adj • chiefly Midl
bunch bean n • esp Sth, Midl (MAP)
buss n • chiefly Midl
buster n 1 • esp Midl
butter bean n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
butter pea n • Sth, Midl
call-down n • chiefly Nth, Midl
call down v phr • chiefly Nth, Midl
calm n, adj, v (pronc) • esp in Sth, Midl, infreq in NEng
camp meeting n • chiefly Sth, Midl
candle fly n • chiefly Sth, Midl
cap n1 3 • chiefly Midl
cap bundle n • esp Midl (MAP)
caramel n (pronc) • in Midl, esp west of Appalachians
care v B1 • chiefly Midl
case knife n • esp freq in Midl
catabias adj, adv • chiefly Midl, esp S Midl
catawampus adv 2 • chiefly Midl, Sth
cave v • chiefly Midl
checks, cash in one’s v phr • scattered, but esp Nth, Midl
chicken n C2a • Midl
chickie n 1 • widespread, but esp freq in Midl and Sth (MAP)
chili bean n 1 • chiefly Midl, West
chimney n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl, occas NEng
chips and whetstones n pl • chiefly Midl
chist n • scattered, but esp NEng, Midl
chop n1 1 • now chiefly Sth, Midl
chop v B1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
chop v B2 • chiefly Midl
chounse v 1 • Sth, Midl
cigar tree n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
cinch n1 3 • chiefly Midl
cipher n 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
clabber n1 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl and West (MAP and Map Section)
climb v 2c • chiefly Midl, esp VA, NC
clout n1 1 • scattered, but esp Midl
coffee tree n 1 • chiefly Midl
coffin nail n 1 • widespread but esp Nth, Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
cola n • scattered, but esp freq Midl
comb n B2 • chiefly Midl, occas Sth (MAP)
come back (again) v phr • chiefly Midl, scattered Sth
*come in v phr 1 • widespread, but least freq in Midl (MAP)
comfort n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
commode n 4a • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
cooling board n • Sth, Midl
coon v 2 • chiefly Sth, Midl
cope v2 • chiefly Midl, scattered Sth (MAP)
copperhead snake n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
corn bin n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
corn cake n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
corn pone n 1 • orig chiefly Sth, Midl, now widespread exc NEng
corn squeezings n • esp Midl
cover n, v (pronc) • Sth, Midl, occas NEng
cow n (pronc) • esp in NEng, Midl
cowbrute n • chiefly Midl, SW
cow grease n • chiefly Midl
cow lot n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
cowpea n • chiefly Sth, Midl
cow’s tail n 2 • esp Midl, Sth
crab lantern n • ?Midl
crackling n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
crawfish n A • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
*crawfish n A • scattered, but least freq in Midl (MAP)
creep v B2 • chiefly Sth, scattered Midl (MAP)
creep v B3 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
cripe intj • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP)
critter n B2c • esp Midl
crow to pick, have a v phr • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
cud n (pronc) • Sth, Midl
culvert n (pronc) • esp Midl
curtain n B1 • chiefly Nth, Midl
cutter n1 2 • scattered, but chiefly Midl (MAP)
dance in the hog trough v phr • chiefly Midl
devil v 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
dewberry n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
diamond plow n • esp Midl
dishrag n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
dock n2 2 • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP)
Dog Town n • chiefly Nth, Midl, West
done in adj phr • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
double up v phr 2 • chiefly Midl, esp N Midl
down adj D2 • chiefly Midl, West
down-and-out adj 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
drag n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, Midl (MAP)
draggy adj 2 • chiefly Midl, S Atl (MAP)
drib n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
duck fit n • chiefly Sth, Midl
ear fly n • chiefly Midl
earmark n • formerly more widespread, now chiefly Sth, Midl, West (MAP)
ear slit n • chiefly Sth, Midl
ear tag n • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
east n2 • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
Easter flower n 2 • chiefly Midl
edge n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl, eNEng
end of nowhere(s) n • appar Sth, Midl
entrails n pl (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl
ewe n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
eyewink(er) n • esp Midl
falling weather n • chiefly Midl
farewell n 1 • Midl
fat meat n • chiefly Midl; also Sth (MAP)
feeding time n • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
feel good v phr • chiefly Midl
fidget n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
fighting adv • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl
fine-haired adj • chiefly Midl
fire n, v (pronc) • esp Midl
fire-hunt v • chiefly Sth, Midl
first form thing n • chiefly Midl
fish bait n 1 • chiefly Midl, Sth
fisherman’s luck n • scattered, but more freq Sth, Midl
fishing worm n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
fitified adj • chiefly Midl; also Sth
flapjack n 2 • chiefly Midl
flat-out adv • chiefly Sth, Midl
flint n 1 • chiefly Midl, NY
flip n1 1 • Midl, Sth, esp AL
flue n2 1 • Midl
flyings n pl 2 • chiefly Midl
fly-up-the-creek n • chiefly Sth, Midl
forked ppl adj (pronc) • esp Midl
fornent prep • chiefly Midl
fourteen-day pickle n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
fox and hounds n 1 • chiefly Midl
fractious adj 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
frau n • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP)
fried mush n • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP)
full of oneself adj phr • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
funny bone n 1 • widespread, but less common eNEng, Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
fuss n B2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
gape n C2 • chiefly Midl (MAP)
garden truck n • scattered, but esp freq Nth, Midl
gather v B5 • chiefly Midl, NY (MAP)
gee v2 b • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
glade n 1 • esp Midl and S Atl
go v C6 • chiefly Sth, Midl
go v C7 • chiefly Sth, Midl
good man n • Midl, esp S Midl
good measure n • esp Midl
goody n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
goose-drownder n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
go-sheep-go n • chiefly Midl, esp OH (MAP)
grandma n A1 • chiefly Sth, Midl, West (MAP)
grandma n A3 • chiefly Midl; also Sth, West (MAP)
grandpa n A3 • chiefly Midl; also Sth, West (MAP)
grease v A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl
greasy adj A2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
great day (in the morning) exclam • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
great northern bean n • scattered, but esp Sth, Midl
groundhog n 1 • widespread, but esp Midl (MAP)
ground squirrel n a • chiefly Midl, Sth
hard road n • chiefly Midl, esp IL (MAP)
hatchet n B3a • chiefly Nth, Midl
hay hole n 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl, esp PA (MAP)
head n B1 • scattered, but esp Midl, Sth
headcheese n 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
heavy adj • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP and Map Section)
heel plate n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, Midl
hog v C1 • orig Midl, now also Sth
hog lot n • chiefly Midl, Sth
holiness adj • chiefly Sth, Midl, Cent (MAP)
hull n B2a(3) • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
hull v 1 • chiefly Midl (MAP)
hunker n1 • chiefly Midl, Sth
hurry-up n 2 • chiefly Nth, Midl
husk n B4a • chiefly Nth, Midl
Indian cigar n • chiefly Midl, Gt Lakes (MAP)
jack n1 14 • chiefly Sth, Midl
jacket n 1 • chiefly Midl
jack-o’-lantern n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
Jacks, by intj • esp Midl
jag n2 1c • chiefly Midl, esp sAppalachians
jimson weed n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
Job’s turkey n 1 • widespread, but more freq Sth, Midl (MAP)
keep v B3 • scattered, but esp Sth, Midl (MAP)
kernel n 3 • widespread, but more freq Midl (MAP)
knot n1 3 • chiefly Sth, Midl, Cent (MAP)
kraut n 1 • chiefly Midl (MAP)
land frog n • chiefly Midl, C Atl (MAP)
lay out v phr 1 • chiefly Midl, Sth
lettuce bird n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
level full adj phr • scattered, but esp Sth, Midl (MAP)
lie v1 3 • esp NEast, Midl (MAP)
lief adv • chiefly NEast, Midl
lift v 1b(2) • esp Midl
-like suff • chiefly Midl, Sth
limberneck n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
linn n 1 • chiefly Midl (MAP)
loafing barn n • scattered, but chiefly Inland Nth, Midl (MAP)
male adj • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
mash v1 1 • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl; also West (MAP)
mayflower n 7 • chiefly Nth, Midl
median (strip) n 1c • chiefly Midl (MAP)
mess up v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
metheglin n • chiefly Nth, Midl
mile n B • chiefly Sth, Midl
mince v • widespread, but more freq Sth, Midl (MAP)
mincemeat n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
mind v C2 • esp Sth, Midl
mitt n 2 • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP)
most time(s) adv phr • esp Sth, Midl (MAP)
mud dauber n 1 • chiefly Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
mud duck n 1 • chiefly Midl, N Cent (MAP)
mushroom n (pronc) • chiefly NEast, Midl, N Cent (MAP)
mussel n 2 • chiefly Midl, Gulf States
nearside horse n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
need v 2 • chiefly Midl, esp PA
news bee n • chiefly Midl
nigger n1 B11 • scattered, but chiefly Midl, Gulf States, TX (MAP)
off prep C1 • widespread, but more freq Sth, Midl (MAP)
oil n1, v (pronc) • chiefly Midl
on prep, adv (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl, eNEng
on prep B3a • widespread, but more freq Sth, Midl (MAP and Map Section)
orchard grass n • chiefly Nth, Midl, esp S Midl (MAP)
out prep E • chiefly Sth, Midl; also NEast (MAP)
outen prep 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
over n E1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
paling n1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
pan-fried potatoes n pl • chiefly NEast, Midl (MAP)
pap n 1 • chiefly Midl, S Atl (MAP)
partridge n A2 (pronc) • chiefly Nth, Midl, now esp NEng, NY (MAP)
pawpaw n1 • chiefly Midl (MAP)
peach-tree tea n • Sth, Midl
peony n1 1 (pronc) • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
persnickety adj • scattered, but more freq Nth, Midl (MAP)
pheasant n 1a • chiefly Midl, esp PA, sAppalachians
piece n 7 • widespread, but more freq Sth, Midl, TX (MAP)
pie squash n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
pinchers n pl • widely scattered, but esp freq Nth, Midl, TX (MAP)
plain out adv phr • Sth, Midl
plait v • chiefly Sth, Midl, SW (MAP)
play off v phr 1 • esp Midl, Sth (MAP)
poison vine n 1 • chiefly Midl
poke n1 1a • chiefly Midl, esp Appalachians (MAP)
poke n3 1 • chiefly Midl (MAP)
pokeberry n 1 • chiefly Midl, esp S Midl (MAP)
polly-fox v • chiefly Midl
pomace n 2b • chiefly Midl, esp S Midl
poor mouth n • chiefly Midl, Sth
portico n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
pound party n 1 • chiefly Midl, Cent
pour v, n B1a • chiefly Sth, Midl, West (MAP)
powder room n • scattered, but more freq C Atl, Midl (MAP)
powerful adj B1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
privy n 1 • esp Midl
pudding n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Midl, Mid and S Atl (MAP)
pull v 3 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
ragged robin n 2 • chiefly Sth, Midl
rainbird n 1c • chiefly Midl, esp Appalachians (MAP)
rain crow n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
ramsack v • scattered, but esp Sth, Midl
ramstugious adj • esp Midl
rank v 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, Midl (MAP)
rat n 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
*rein n B • widespread, but somewhat less freq Midl (MAP)
rick n 1a • scattered, but chiefly Midl (MAP)
ridge runner n 1 • esp Midl
riding plow n • esp Midl, Gt Lakes (MAP)
rinse v, n 2 (pronc) • esp Midl, Sth (MAP)
roasting ear n A2 (pronc) • scattered, but esp Midl (MAP)
roller towel n • chiefly Nth, Midl, West
sad adj • chiefly Midl, Sth
saft adj • chiefly Sth, Midl
scorpion n B2 • chiefly Sth, Midl
scrap n • chiefly Midl, Gt Lakes (MAP)
scrapple n • scattered, but chiefly Midl, esp PA, MD, C Atl (MAP)
scratcher n 2 • scattered, but esp Midl, SE (MAP)
scrub broom n • esp Midl (MAP)
seven-year itch n 2a • chiefly Midl (MAP)
sheepie exclam • scattered, but chiefly Midl (MAP)
shitepoke n B1 • chiefly Nth, Midl
shock n1 1 • chiefly Midl, Sth, West (MAP)
side ditch n • chiefly Midl, esp Mid Atl (MAP)
side meat n • widespread, but more freq Midl, Sth (MAP)
skift n1 1 • scattered, but chiefly Midl (MAP)
skillet n 1 • widespread, but somewhat more freq Midl, Gulf States, TX (MAP)
smartweed n • widespread, but chiefly Midl, N Cent, Cent (MAP)
snake doctor n 2 • chiefly Midl, Sth (MAP and Map Section)
snake feeder n 1 • chiefly Midl, Plains States (MAP and Map Section)
snead n • chiefly Midl
sook exclam • chiefly Midl, Sth, TX (MAP)
souse n1 C1b • chiefly Midl, Sth, TX (MAP)
Spanish needle n 1 • chiefly Midl, Sth (MAP)
springhouse n • formerly widespread, now chiefly Midl, Sth, esp Appalachians (MAP)
spring onion n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
stairsteps n pl • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
staves, to adv phr • scattered, but chiefly Midl
stew n • esp Midl, Sth
stock barn n • scattered, but esp Midl (MAP)
stop by v phr • scattered, but somewhat more freq Midl, Sth
stripper n 1 • scattered, but more freq Midl
stroy v, ppl adj • Sth, Midl
suck-egg adj • chiefly Sth, Midl
sugar n 1 • esp Midl
sugarberry n 1 • chiefly Midl, S Atl
sugar tree n • chiefly Midl (MAP)
suit n 2 • scattered, but now more freq Sth, Midl
sunfish n 1a • chiefly Nth, Midl, exc NW
swamp grass n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
sweat bee n 1 • chiefly Midl, Gt Lakes, Cent (MAP)
take up v phr 2 • esp Midl, West
tarpole wagon n • chiefly Midl, SW
tear up v phr 2 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
tell v C1 • formerly chiefly Sth, Midl, now widespread
terrapin n B1 • chiefly Sth, Midl, TX (MAP)
thousand-legs n • scattered, but esp freq Sth, Midl (MAP)
three-titter n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
tick n2 • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
*to prep B13 • widespread, but somewhat less freq NEng, Midl (MAP and Map Section)
tooth doctor n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
trestle n B • esp C Atl, Midl (MAP)
trifling adj 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
trigger v • chiefly Midl
trim v 2 • chiefly Midl, Mid Atl (MAP)
trough n A1 (pronc) • scattered, but esp Sth, Midl (MAP)
troutline n • chiefly Midl, Missip Valley (MAP)
truck patch n • chiefly Midl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
tulip poplar n • chiefly Midl, Mid and C Atl (MAP)
tumblebug n 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, Midl
turn in v phr • chiefly Midl
turn off v phr 2 • scattered, but esp Sth, Midl
twist n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Midl, Sth, SW (MAP)
umbrella n A2a (pronc) • widespread, but esp Midl, Sth, SW (MAP)
upping block n • chiefly Midl
walk, strong enough to adj phr • chiefly Sth, Midl, TX (MAP)
want v1 C3 • chiefly Midl, esp wPA
wash n, v (pronc) • widespread but esp freq Midl |wɑrš, wɔrš|
water n B1 • chiefly Midl (MAP)
water haul n • scattered, but chiefly Midl, Sth, TX (MAP)
wax n 2 • esp Midl (MAP)
weatherboard n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
whang v • chiefly Midl (MAP)
wheelbarrow n 2 (pronc) • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
whichaway(s) adv • scattered, but more freq Sth, Midl, TX, N Cent (MAP)
whipstick n • esp Sth, Midl (MAP)
white lightning n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl, SW (MAP)
white mule n • scattered, but esp freq Midl, West (MAP)
whomper-jawed adj 1 • Midl, Sth, TX (MAP)
whomper-jawed adj 2 • chiefly Midl, Sth, TX (MAP)
whooee exclam 2 • widespread exc NEast; most freq Midl, esp IA, IL, IN (MAP)
whopper-jawed adj 2 • chiefly Midl (MAP)
wide place in the road n • chiefly Midl, Sth, West (MAP)
widow woman n 1 • formerly widespread, now esp Midl, Sth (MAP)
wiggleworm n 2 • chiefly Midl (MAP)
wild poinsettia n • chiefly Sth, Midl
winding blades n pl • chiefly Sth, Midl
winter onion n • chiefly Inland Nth, Midl
wire n (pronc) • esp Midl |wɑr|
woodchuck n 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP and Map Section)
wood jack n • chiefly Midl
woodlot n • widespread, but esp Nth, Midl (MAP)
work-brittle adj 1 • chiefly Midl, esp IN (MAP)
yieldy adj • Midl
yolk n A1 (pronc) • widespread, but esp Nth, Midl (MAP)
you-uns pron1 • chiefly Midl
you-uns’ adj, pron2 • chiefly Midl
Midwest, Upper See Upper Midwest
minced form; minced oath; minced phrase See euphemism
baga n • chiefly MI, WI, MN (MAP)
booya n • MI, WI, MN
borrows exclam • esp MI, WI, MN
Chicago n B2 • WI, MN, ND
Christmas fool n • WI, MN, ND, areas of Norw settlement
coulee n 1c • chiefly WI, MN, MT, ND, WY
crazy day n • esp MN
dagwood n • scattered, but esp MN, IA, CO (MAP)
dogan n • nMI, nMN
fattigmanns bakkels n • chiefly in Scan settlement areas, esp MN, WI
heinie n1 2 • esp MN, WI
hodag n2 • chiefly WI, MI, MN
hot dish n 1 • esp MI, WI, MN, ND (MAP)
house n, v (pronc) • nND, MN
ish intj • esp MN, WI
ishy adj • esp MN, WI
jackpine savage n • esp MN, WI
julebukk n • WI, MN, ND in Norw settlement areas
Juneberry n 1 • chiefly MI, MN, WI; also PA (MAP)
kittenball n • IA, MN, WI
krumkake n • chiefly MN, WI
lawyer n B4 • esp MI, MN, WI (MAP)
lefse n • Norw settlement areas, esp MN, WI
limpa n • chiefly IL, MN, ND, WI
menominee n • chiefly MI, MN, WI
minnow n B2e • esp MN, WI
mousie n 1 • esp WI, MN
muskeg n • chiefly AK, MN
northern n 1 • chiefly MN, WI (MAP)
Norway pine n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, esp MI, WI, MN (MAP)
ostkaka n • esp MN
pin cherry n 1 • Nth, esp MI, MN, WI (MAP)
poig exclam • scattered, but esp WI, MI, MN (MAP)
primost n • esp WI, MN
rommegrot n • esp MN, WI
rosette n • chiefly WI, MN
rubber binder n • scattered, but esp MN
sandbakkels n • MN, WI
sewing needle n • esp MI, WI, MN, MA (MAP and Map Section)
shine v • scattered, but chiefly MI, WI, MN (MAP)
sleigh n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, esp MI, WI, MN (MAP)
slough-pumper n • chiefly Upper Missip Valley, esp MN
smear n 2 • chiefly MI, WI, MN (MAP)
sorry adj (pronc) • esp MN, WI |ˈsori|
sylte n • chiefly Scandinavian settlement areas, esp MN
tarred road n • chiefly east of Missip R; also MN (MAP)
then adv B • esp MN, WI
tullibee n • Gt Lakes, esp MN
uff-da exclam, n • orig in Norw settlement areas, esp MN, WI
wapatuli n • orig chiefly WI, MN; now more widespread
Washington poke n • chiefly MN, WI
woodchuck case n • WI, MN
ya hey intj • esp WI, MI, MN
babowa n • [Minorcan]
dory n2 • [Perh Miskito dóri, dúri dugout]
armoire n • chiefly LA, MS (MAP)
bread-dough biscuit n • chiefly Nth, AR, MS (MAP)
care v B2 • chiefly FL, MS, AR, OK, NM (MAP)
cedar robe n • esp LA, MS
coco grass n • chiefly Sth, esp LA, MS
crab-apple switch n • Sth, S Midl, esp MS
egg custard (pie) n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp MS (MAP)
furnish n • MS
hoodoo n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, esp LA, MS (MAP)
jimplecute n 2 • esp AR, MS, MO, TX
jimpsecute n • MS, SW, esp TX
kaiser blade n • chiefly Lower Missip Valley, esp MS (MAP)
limit n • MS
*median (strip) n 1a • widespread exc Pacific, Rocky Mts, LA, MS (MAP)
neutral ground n • chiefly LA, sMS (MAP)
pirogue n • chiefly Missip Valley; now esp MS, LA (MAP)
pump n1 • MS, LA
river shrimp n • LA, MS, AL
share hand n • esp LA, MS
soup bunch n • chiefly Sth, esp LA, MS
tievine n 1 • scattered, but esp TX, LA, MS (MAP)
addition n • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valley
beans, not to know v phr b • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys
boss, get oneself a v phr • chiefly Sth, sMissip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
bubbler n 1 • Missip-Ohio Valleys
buck v1 B1 • scattered, but esp west of Missip-Ohio Valleys
bull snake n • formerly widespread SE; now esp Missip-Ohio Valleys and westward (MAP)
burr n1 3 • chiefly Cent, Missip-Ohio Valleys, TX (MAP)
ferry-flat n • esp Missip-Ohio Valleys, S Atl
fiddler n 1 • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys
fish fry n • scattered Missip-Ohio Valleys, Sth, S Midl
*flat n1 1a • widespread, but less freq Missip-Ohio Valleys, Plains States
goggle-eye n 1a • scattered, but chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
handy-over n, exclam • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, Inland Sth (MAP)
johnboat n 1 • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
Mississippi cat n • Missip-Ohio Valleys
muckle-dun adj 1 • scattered, but esp Missip-Ohio Valleys
mud cat n 1a • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, Gulf States
northern bean n • scattered, but esp Sth, Missip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
parkway n 3 • scattered, but esp Missip-Ohio Valleys, West (MAP)
pig hickory n • esp Missip-Ohio Valleys
planter n 1 • esp Missip-Ohio Valleys
pole barn n • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, Gt Lakes, Upstate NY, CT, Mid Atl (MAP)
pooey exclam • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, Upper MW; also C Atl (MAP)
quillback n • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys
red bean n • scattered, but more freq Gulf States, West, Missip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
red haw n 1 • esp Missip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
sand shell n • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys
sawyer n 4 • esp Missip-Ohio Valleys
shad n 5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Missip-Ohio Valleys
shanty n 3 • esp Missip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
shantyboat n 1 • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys
skimback n • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys
smooth mouth n • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, West
snake n 3b • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, KS, OK (MAP)
sow and pigs n • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
spatzie n 1 • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, PA (MAP)
spreading viper n • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, esp IN (MAP)
staging n • esp Missip-Ohio Valleys
teeter-totter n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, Missip-Ohio Valleys, West (MAP)
throw line n • scattered, but esp Lower Missip Valley, Missip-Ohio Valleys, TX (MAP)
tight line n • esp Missip-Ohio Valleys, Gulf States (MAP)
towboat n 1 • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
towhead n 1 • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys
two-cornered cat n • esp Missip-Ohio Valleys
wagon wheel n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Missip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
water puppy n • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys
water witch n 4 • scattered, but chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, West (MAP)
water witch v phr • scattered, but chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, West (MAP)
woolly worm n • scattered, but chiefly W Midl, Missip-Ohio Valleys, TX (MAP)
adder n 3a • chiefly east of Missip R, esp NEast
all-overs n pl 2 • chiefly east of Missip R
ash maple n • chiefly east of the Missip R
banty n • widespread, esp east of Missip R
beat one down v phr • chiefly east of Missip R, but esp NEast (MAP)
brag n 2 • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP)
bucket n 3 • chiefly Nth and N Midl, east of Missip R (MAP)
bug n1 1 • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP)
cartridge n (pronc) • esp east of Missip R
clay road n • scattered east of Missip R, esp S Atl (MAP)
co v • chiefly east of Missip R
co-nan(nie) v phr • chiefly east of the Missip R, esp Atlantic
crossbar n • chiefly east of Missip R, esp Atlantic
faucet n A1 (pronc) • scattered, but esp freq east of Missip R
gad n1 1 • chiefly east of Missip R
high-test adj • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP and Map Section)
home free exclam • chiefly east of Missip R, esp NY (MAP)
house party n • chiefly east of Missip R
huckleberry n 1 • chiefly east of Missip R
hy spy n 2 • scattered east of Missip R, esp OH (MAP)
letter n 2 • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP)
little Sally Water(s) n • chiefly east of Missip R, esp PA (MAP)
marketing n 1 • scattered, but esp east of Missip R (MAP)
mountain oak n a • east of Missip R
muck n1 1a • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP)
Old Boy n • esp east of Missip R (MAP)
outlander n • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP)
peanut gallery n • scattered, but chiefly east of Missip R (MAP)
pocketbook roll n • chiefly east of Missip R, esp PA (MAP)
sparrowgrass n1 • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP)
spigot n (pronc) • widespread, but more freq east of Missip R..|ˈspɪkt, -ət| (MAP)
sugar n 2 • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP)
tarred road n • chiefly east of Missip R; also MN (MAP)
time out exclam • widespread, but more freq east of Missip R (MAP)
trailer truck n • chiefly east of Missip R, esp NEast; also TX, Cent (MAP and Map Section)
V n 1 • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP)
wood house n • chiefly east of Missip R (MAP)
bum n2 • west of Missip R
chalkie n • chiefly west of Missip R
civet cat n 2 • chiefly west of Missip R (MAP)
cooler n 1 • esp west of Missip R (MAP)
draw n 2b • chiefly west of Missip R
gumbo n 6b • chiefly west of Missip R, Sth
Indian breadroot n • chiefly west of Missip R
king’s ex exclam, n • chiefly west of Missip R, Gulf States, Ohio Valley (MAP and Map Section)
p.g. adj • chiefly west of Missip R, N Cent (MAP)
pound sand down a rathole v phr 1 • chiefly west of Missip R, N Cent, Upstate NY (MAP)
stubble duck n • west of Missip R
tree squirrel n • chiefly west of Missip R (MAP)
work-up n • chiefly west of Missip R, Gt Lakes (MAP)
Mississippi Valley (See also Mississippi Valley, Lower; Mississippi Valley, Upper)
alligator snapper n • Gulf States and Missip Valley
banana n B1 • chiefly mid Missip Valley
bed pot n • scattered, but esp cent Missip Valley
blue martin n • esp Sth, Missip Valley
boot n1 1b • widespread, but esp Atl States, Missip Valley; scattered West
cannonball n • chiefly Missip Valley (MAP)
catarrh n • central Missip Valley
change off v phr • chiefly W Midl, Missip Valley
channel catfish n • chiefly Missip Valley and adjacent areas (MAP)
chicken snake n 1 • chiefly Sth, Missip Valley, TX, OK (MAP)
chuckleheaded catfish n • esp Missip Valley
coonjine n • chiefly Missip Valley
coonjine v • chiefly Missip Valley
cordelle n, v • chiefly Missip Valley
crevasse n • Missip Valley
flat n1 3 • chiefly Missip and Ohio R Valleys, SE coast
flatboat n 1b • chiefly Missip Valley, Ohio Valley (MAP)
gopher n1 2a • chiefly West, Missip Valley, Gulf States
goujon n • Missip Valley, esp LA
gourdseed sucker n • esp Missip Valley
gumbo n 6a • chiefly Missip Valley, West (MAP)
hog molly n 1 • chiefly Ozarks, Missip Valley
hoop net n • chiefly Missip Valley
Jew’s harp n B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Missip Valley, West
jug v1 • chiefly Missip Valley
jug fishing vbl n • chiefly Missip Valley (MAP)
knickknack n1 • esp Sth, Missip Valley (MAP)
lag line n • chiefly West, Missip Valley, sNJ (MAP)
levee n1 1a • chiefly Missip Valley, esp LA
levee n1 1b • chiefly Missip Valley
marble eye n 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, Missip Valley (MAP)
mosquito hawk n 2a • chiefly Sth, but scattered Missip Valley (MAP and Map Section)
mud puppy n b • chiefly Missip Valley
niggerhead n 4 • chiefly Missip Valley
pack v 1 • chiefly West, Missip Valley, sAppalachians (MAP)
pirogue n • chiefly Missip Valley; now esp MS, LA (MAP)
piss elm n • chiefly N Cent, Missip Valley, Upstate NY (MAP)
pitch n2 1 • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY, Delmarva, Missip Valley, Cent (MAP)
pitchfork n 3c • chiefly N Cent, Missip Valley, Cent (MAP)
rat v 1 • esp Gulf States, Missip Valley (MAP)
razorback buffalo (fish) n • chiefly Missip Valley
redfin n 1 • chiefly NEast, Missip Valley
rock shell n • Missip Valley
shad fly n • chiefly NEast; also Missip Valley, GA (MAP)
slider n 1 • esp DE, MD; also Missip Valley
topwater n 1 • chiefly Missip Valley
transport n • chiefly Missip Valley, West, Gulf States, Gt Lakes, Upstate NY (MAP)
troutline n • chiefly Midl, Missip Valley (MAP)
tug n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Missip Valley, West (MAP and Map Section)
turtledove n • now esp Missip Valley, Sth (MAP)
urp v1 • scattered, but chiefly Missip Valley, GA, SW (MAP)
waterspout n 1 • scattered, but esp freq Missip Valley (MAP)
batture n • Lower Missip Valley, esp sLA
blue catfish n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp lower Missip Valley (MAP)
buckshot n 1 • lower Missip Valley
chute n • lower Missip Valley
coal oil n • chiefly Lower Missip Valley and SW
cold drink n • chiefly Sth, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
conquer John n • chiefly Gulf States, Lower Missip Valley
*dinner n 1b • widespread, but less freq Lower Missip Valley, S Atl (MAP)
dry salt adj phr • chiefly Lower Missip Valley, TX
earscrew n • chiefly Gulf States, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
*exchange work v phr, n • widespread, but less freq Inland Sth, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
fast train n • chiefly N Cent, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
fee lark n • chiefly Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
flunky n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
flux n • chiefly sAppalachians, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
from prep B3 • esp Lower Missip Valley, eTX
goober n1 1 • widespread, but chiefly SE, Lower Missip Valley, SW (MAP)
grass sack n • chiefly C Atl, Lower Missip Valley, Ohio Valley (MAP)
*green pepper n 1 • widespread exc SE, Lower Missip Valley (MAP and Map Section)
grindle n1 • chiefly Lower Missip Valley, eTX (MAP)
half a quarter n • Lower Missip Valley
hey exclam 1 • chiefly Sth, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
hog-head souse n • Sth, S Midl, esp Lower Missip Valley
horse lot n 1 • chiefly SE, Lower Missip Valley, TX (MAP)
hound dog n 2 • scattered, but esp Lower Missip Valley, TX, S Atl (MAP)
in prep B7 • scattered, but chiefly S Atl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
joe darter n 1 • esp Gulf States, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
kaiser blade n • chiefly Lower Missip Valley, esp MS (MAP)
kiln n • esp C Atl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
*kraut n 2 • widespread, but less freq Mid and S Atl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
loan v A1 • esp Lower Missip Valley
loggerhead n 5b • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
log wagon n 1 • scattered, but esp Lower Missip Valley, Ohio Valley, C Atl (MAP)
mantelboard n • esp TX, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
maypop n 1 • chiefly SE, Lower Missip Valley
nettle rash n • chiefly SE, Lower Missip Valley, TX (MAP)
net wire n • scattered, but chiefly Lower Missip Valley, TX (MAP)
niggerhead n 3b • chiefly TX, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
nigger navel n • chiefly Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
of prep Bb • esp Appalachians, Lower Missip Valley, SW (MAP)
partridge n A4 (pronc) • chiefly Lower Missip Valley, Mid Atl (MAP)
pop-the-whip n • chiefly Sth, Lower Missip Valley, West (MAP)
quarter n 1 • chiefly Sth, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
red adj Aa(2) • chiefly S Midl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
rise v A1a • chiefly SE, Lower Missip Valley, SW; also NEast (MAP)
rise v A2b • scattered, but esp SE, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
rouster n • chiefly Lower Missip Valley
salt meat n • Lower Missip Valley, esp LA (MAP)
*saw wood v phr • widespread, but less freq S Atl, Inland Sth, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
scaly bark n • chiefly SE, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
section harrow n • chiefly Lower Missip Valley, SE (MAP)
shivaree n B2 • chiefly Lower Missip Valley, esp LA (MAP)
shoestring potato n • scattered, but esp West, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
*shooter n 1 • widespread, but less freq NEng, Inland Sth, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
side harrow n • esp Lower Missip Valley
slide n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Gulf States, Lower Missip Valley, TX (MAP)
slide n 2 • esp Gulf States, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
snuffbox n 1 • esp S Midl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
soda water n • scattered, but esp TX, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
sorry adj B1 • scattered, but esp SE, Lower Missip Valley, TX, OK (MAP)
sow coon n 1 • esp Lower Missip Valley
spoiled adj 1 • chiefly W Midl, Lower Missip Valley, West (MAP)
spreading adder n • chiefly Sth, TX, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
stewer n • chiefly Lower Missip Valley, TX, OK (MAP)
stinging lizard n • chiefly TX, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
stinging snake n • chiefly Lower Missip Valley
*store n B1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, Lower Missip Valley, TX (MAP)
*store n B2 • widespread, but less freq Sth, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
storm house n 2 • chiefly Inland Sth, Lower Missip Valley, TX, OK (MAP)
striped bass n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Atlantic, Lower Missip Valley, CA (MAP)
striped turtle n 1 • esp Lower Missip Valley, TX
*summer squash n • widespread, but less freq C and S Atl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
sun perch n • chiefly S Midl, Lower Missip Valley, Cent (MAP)
swamp rat n 1 • chiefly Gulf States, Lower Missip Valley
take out v phr 5 • esp Lower Missip Valley
throw line n • scattered, but esp Lower Missip Valley, Missip-Ohio Valleys, TX (MAP)
towboat n 1 • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
trash mover n 1 • chiefly Mid and S Atl, Lower Missip Valley
truck patch n • chiefly Midl, Lower Missip Valley
*turn v B1 • widespread, but less freq Lower Missip Valley, nTX, OK, KY (MAP)
turtle n B • formerly widespread, now chiefly Lower Missip Valley, TX, OK
*wiggler n 1 • widespread, but less freq Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
willow cat n a • chiefly SE, Lower Missip Valley
wolf over the river n 1 • chiefly TX, Lower Missip Valley
yearling tick n • esp Lower Missip Valley
bugle n 1 • chiefly Atlantic, upper Missip Valley
democrat bug n • Upper Missip Valley, Cent
dogfish n 2 • chiefly Upper Missip Valley, Gt Lakes (MAP)
frontage road n • chiefly West, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
fruit cellar n • chiefly Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
gosling n 2 • esp Upper Missip Valley
gray gopher n • chiefly Upper Missip Valley
header n 3 • scattered, but esp NEast, Upper Missip Valley
her pron B2 • scattered, but esp West, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
hornyhead chub n • chiefly Upper Missip Valley
johnny darter n • chiefly Upper Missip Valley
klatch n • scattered, but chiefly Upper Missip Valley, Gt Lakes (MAP)
liver sausage n • chiefly Gt Lakes, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
long john n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Upper Missip Valley, Upper MW, Plains States, MI (MAP)
lug n1 1 • chiefly Upper Missip Valley, West (MAP)
machine shed n • widespread, but esp freq Plains States, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
maintainer n • chiefly Upper Missip Valley, esp IA, MO (MAP)
mapleleaf n • Upper Missip Valley
mooneye n 1 • esp Upper Missip Valley
moor hen n 1 • esp MI, Upper Missip Valley
morel n2 • chiefly N Cent, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
Mormon fly n • Upper Missip Valley
mud darter n • chiefly Upper Missip Valley
mug-up n • scattered, but esp N Atl, Upper Missip Valley, AK
mule n1 4 • Upper Missip Valley
netting (wire) n • chiefly Upper Missip Valley, West (MAP)
oyster n B2 • chiefly Upper Missip Valley
*passion mark n • scattered, but less freq NEng, Upper Missip Valley, West (MAP)
pigtoe n • esp Upper Missip Valley
rock n1 5 • chiefly Upper Missip and Ohio Valleys, C and S Atl (MAP)
rock pocketbook n • Upper Missip Valley
rolle bolle n • chiefly Upper Missip Valley; in Dutch and Belgian settlement areas
sand fly n 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, TX, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
sand sturgeon n • esp Upper Missip Valley
sauerbraten n • esp N Cent, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
see you in church exclam • chiefly Nth, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
silk-stocking n attrib • scattered, but esp Gulf States, TX, Cent, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
slough grass n 1 • chiefly Upper MW, Upper Missip Valley, Plains States (MAP)
slough-pumper n • chiefly Upper Missip Valley, esp MN
soft maple n • chiefly wNEng, Upstate NY, nPA, N Cent, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
spread n 3 • esp Upper Missip Valley, MI
stable n 1 • esp PA, Upper Missip Valley
stirring plow n • chiefly Upper Missip Valley, Plains States
stop-and-go light n • scattered, but esp freq Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
striped gopher n • chiefly Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
switchtail n 1 • Upper Missip Valley
terrace n • chiefly Gt Lakes, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
thrash machine n • scattered, but esp Upper Missip Valley, N Cent (MAP)
thunder mug n • widespread, but chiefly NEast, Upper Missip Valley, West (MAP)
wartyback n • chiefly Upper Missip Valley
willow cat n d • Upper Missip Valley
barn martin n • esp KY, MO, TN
eversharp n • scattered, but esp N Cent, Upper MW, KS, MO (MAP)
hall tree n • scattered, but esp N Cent, MO (MAP)
handfish v • esp MO
jimplecute n 2 • esp AR, MS, MO, TX
leaky roof n • esp MO
maintainer n • chiefly Upper Missip Valley, esp IA, MO (MAP)
ornery adj B4 • esp MO (MAP)
outer road n • MO, AR
*pop n1 • widespread, but less freq N Atl, ePA, Sth, eMO, sIL (MAP)
ripgut n 1 • esp MO
rock pink n 1 • esp KS, MO
slab n 1 • scattered, but esp IL, IN, MO (MAP)
soda n B1 • widespread, but esp freq NEast, eMO, sIL (MAP)
straddle board n 2 • chiefly AR, MO
take v B1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl, MO, OK, TX (MAP)
tie-whacker n • esp MO
tiff n • esp MO
coulee n 1c • chiefly WI, MN, MT, ND, WY
flat n1 12 • MT
hunyak n 2 • MT, ND, SD, WY
jerky n1 • chiefly MT
lamb licker n • chiefly MT
pitch-in dinner n • chiefly IN; also MT (MAP)
wild bean n 1f • West, esp MT
willow witch n 1 • esp MT
aunt n B3 • In Mormon polygamous families
gentile n • Esp among Mormons
home evening n • among Mormons
mutual n • among Mormons
stake n • Mormon settlement areas
ward n • in Mormon settlement areas
chittamwood n • [.. chittam is perh of Muskogean origin..]
sofkee n • [Muskogee safki]