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jacal n • [MexSpan < Nahuatl xacalli hut]
mescal n • [MexSpan mezcal ..< Nahuatl mexcalli..]
mesquite n • [MexSpan mezquite < Nahuatl mizquitl]
metate n • [MexSpan < Nahuatl metatl]
nopal n • [MexSpan nopalli, ult < Nahuatl..]
ocote n • [MexSpan < Nahuatl ocotl torch]
peyote n • [MexSpan peyote < Nahuatl peyotl]
pinacate bug n • [MexSpan..< Nahuatl pinacatl]
popotillo n • [MexSpan..ult from Nahuatl popotl broom]
quelite n • [MexSpan < Nahuatl quilitl]
sacahuista n • [MexSpan zacahuiscle, ult of Nahuatl origin]
sacate n • [MexSpan zacate < Nahuatl zacatl]
sotol n • [AmSpan < Nahuatl]
tacamahac n • [From obs Span tacamahaca < Nahuatl..]
tecolote n • [AmSpan tecolote < Nahuatl]
tepopote n • [MexSpan < Nahuatl]
toloache n • [MexSpan < Nahuatl toloatzin]
tule n • [MexSpan < Nahuatl tollin, tullin]
Nantucket See Massachusetts, Nantucket
nocake n • [Narraganset nokehick parched corn meal]
pogy n • [..appar < Narraganset..]
samp n • [Of Algonquian origin; cf Narraganset nasaump “softened by water”]
sannup n • [Algonquian; Narraganset sannop, Abnaki senanbe a married male member of the community]
tautog n • [Narraganset]
wamp n1 • [Prob of Algonquian orig (cf Narragansett wompi white)..]
wampee n • [..(The nasal appearing e.g. in Narragansett wompi “white” reflects..eastern Algonquian langs..)]
supawn n • [Amer Du sapaen boiled corn meal < Algonquian; cf Natick saupaun softened by water]
ahiu n • ?not fully naturalized
boucan n • not fully naturalized
buche n • perh not fully naturalized
busha n • not fully naturalized
hogan n • [Navaho “lodge”]
Hosteen n • [Navaho hastqi’n]
owl’s claws n • [Calque of the Navaho name..]
blowout n • orig NE, now more widespread
chophill n • NE
doodinkus n • chiefly KS, NE
dugout n 1 • chiefly OK, KS, NE
oil mat (road) n • esp NE
pickle n 4 • NE
pump n2 • NE
runza n • chiefly Upper MW, esp NE
sandhiller n 2 • NE
soddy n 1 • chiefly Cent, esp KS, NE
timber squirrel n • esp Upper MW, KS, NE
topsy stove n • chiefly KS, NE
waddy n 2 • NE
angry acacia n • AZ, CA, NV
cow county n • CA, NV
cui-ui n • NV
French frog n • CA, NV
mescrew n 1 • esp NV
miner’s consumption n • chiefly West, esp CA, NV, CO (MAP)
parada n • CA, OR, NV
pocket n 4 • West, esp CA, NV
pogonip n • chiefly NV
pogy n 5 • ceCA, cwNV
solo n • esp NW, NV (MAP)
splatter-ass n • CA, NV, OR
swamp cedar n 4 • NV
-a • chiefly wNEng south through NC (exc NYC and Philadelphia PA areas), Cent and SW
*a prep1 5 • throughout US, but esp freq in Midl, SW; less freq Sth, NEng
Aaron’s rod n 2 • NEng
abeam adj • coastal NEng
Abe Lincoln War n • NEng
Abolition War n • nNEng
Acadian owl n • esp NEng
across lot(s) adv phr 1 • chiefly NEng and settlement area
Adam’s cup n • chiefly NEng
admire v A • chiefly NEng, S Midl
admire v B1 • chiefly NEng, S Midl, and settlement areas
adrift adj • chiefly coastal NEng
afoul of prep • chiefly coastal NEng
after prep, adv, conj, n (pronc) • esp NEng, Sth
after cutting n • NEng and settlement areas
aftermath n • chiefly NEng, Delmarva
all adj1 2 • chiefly NEng
all is adv phr • chiefly NEng, Appalachians
all of a phr • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
allot v • chiefly NEng
all standing adv • NEng
almanac n (pronc) • chiefly NEng, S Midl
alow and aloft adv phr • chiefly NEng
a mind adj phr • chiefly NEng, Sth
amost adv • chiefly NEng, Midl
anadama bread n • NEng
angledog n • chiefly NEng, esp CT and swMA, and settlement areas
angry adj • chiefly NEng, Midl
animal n B1 • chiefly NEng, N Midl, West
ankle-tie n • chiefly NEng
*Annie-over n, exclam • widespread, but least freq in NEng, S Atl (MAP)
ant heap n • NEng
antiques and horribles n pl • NEng
*anymore adv • scattered, but least freq NEng (MAP)
apple bee n • chiefly NEng
apple (brown) betty n • NEng and settlement area
apple John n 1 • NEng
apple John n 2 • chiefly sNEng and settlement areas
apple pandowdy n • chiefly NEng
apple pot-pie n • chiefly sNEng
apple shaker n • NEng
apple slump n • chiefly NEng, esp sNEng
apurpose adv • chiefly NEng, Midl
arch n 2 • chiefly NEng
arnica n B2a • NEng
ask v A1a (pronc) • formerly esp NEng, now chiefly Sth, Midl
astern adv • NEng
astern the lighter adj phr • coastal NEng, esp Nantucket MA
as the feller says adv phr • chiefly NEng, S Midl
aunt n A1 (pronc) • esp eNEng, eVA
aunt n B1 • chiefly NEng
avast v • chiefly coastal NEng
awful adj 1 • NEng
aye, yes or no n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
ayuh adv, intj • chiefly NEng, nNY (MAP)
babies’ feet n • NEng
bachelder n • ?NEng
back v 6 • Atlantic, esp coastal NEng
back along adv phr • NEng
back and fill v phr • chiefly NEng
backen v 1 • NEng
back kitchen n • chiefly NEng
bag leaves n • NEng
bag plant n • NEng
bait n 5 • Nth, esp NEng
baiting vbl n • chiefly NEng
bake n 1 • chiefly NEng
balanced wall n • NEng
ballyhack n • chiefly NEng
bange v • NEng, esp ME
bank v 1 • chiefly NEng
banker n 2 • NEng
banking n 1 • chiefly NEng
bannock n • chiefly Nth, esp eNEng
Baptist cake n • NEng
barge n 2 • NEng
barn chamber n • chiefly NEng, esp ME, NH
barroom n • chiefly NEng
barroom man n • chiefly NEng
barvel n • NEng, esp coastal ME
barway n • chiefly NEng
basket-fish n • NEng coast
bateau n B1 • Nth, esp NEng
bay n2 • chiefly NEng
be v A2 (pronc) • widespread, esp NEng, S Midl
be v B1c • esp NEng & settlement areas; also Sth
be v C1a • chiefly NEng
be v C2b • chiefly NEng, NY, nPA; also Sth, esp eVA, eNC
beach plum n • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
beaft prep • NEng coast
beanwater, be on one’s v phr • NEng
beast n B1 • Sth, S Midl, NEng
beast n B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
beat n 1 • chiefly NEng, Midl
beat out adj phr 1 • scattered, but esp NEng
beau v • chiefly NEng
beaver meadow n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
beef creature n • chiefly NEng
begrudge v (pronc) • chiefly in NEng
being conj • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
bellows n, v A2 • esp S Midl (formerly also NEng)
belly-bump n, adv, v 1 • chiefly NEng (MAP)
belly-bumper n, adv, v 1 • chiefly sNEng, PA (MAP)
belly-bunt n, adv 1 • esp NEngl
belly-butting n, adv • esp NEng
belly girt n • chiefly NEng, S Atl (MAP)
bend doughnut n • sNEng
bendy-bow n 1 • esp sNEng
benjamin n • chiefly NEng
bet n1, v (pronc) • NEng, esp ME
biddy n1 1 • chiefly NEng, S Atl
big loon n • chiefly NEng
bigness n • chiefly NEng
bird n A1 (pronc) • esp coastal Sth, NYC, eNEng
bird cherry n 1b • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
bird’s nest n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
biscuit n A • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
black ice n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
black snap n • chiefly NEng
blanket chest n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
blare v 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
blow n1 • chiefly NEng
blow-leaf n • NEng
blue myrtle n 2 • prob NEng
bluenose n 1 • chiefly NEng
bluenose n 2 • chiefly NEng
bob v • chiefly Gt Lakes and NEng
bog hoe n • NEng
bog meadow n • chiefly NEng, esp CT
bogtrotter n 3 • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
boil adj • chiefly Sth, NEng
boil n1, v (pronc) • Sth, Midl, NEng
boiled cake n • chiefly sNEng
boiled cider n • chiefly NEng
boiling n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
bollicky adj, adv • NEng
bonnyclabber n • esp eNEng
booby hut n • chiefly NEng
boodle n 1 • esp NEng
borning vbl n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
borrow v A1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl and NEng, esp ME
Boston cracker n • NEast, esp NEng
brack n • chiefly NEng
breachy adj • chiefly NEng, West
breakdown n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
brewis n • NEng
brief adj1 • chiefly NEng
brook n • orig chiefly NEng, now widespread but esp common NEast (MAP)
brown bread n • chiefly NEng
browse v 1 • NEng
brustle n, v • chiefly NEng
brute n • chiefly S Midl, occas NEng
*bub n2 1 • widespread, but rare in NEng
bucky n1 • esp sNEng
budge adj • chiefly NEng
buffet n B1 • chiefly NEng
bugger v 1 • NEng
bulkhead n 1 • chiefly NEng (MAP)
bull paddock n • NEng
bunch plum n • NEng
bung up and bilge free adj phr • coastal NEng
burgoo n 1 • chiefly NEng
burn v B3 • scattered, but esp NEng, CA
bush n1 B1a • esp NEng
bush scythe n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
butter bean n 2 • esp NEng
buttery n • Nth, esp NEng (MAP)
cabbage n A2a • esp S Midl, NEng
cabinet pudding n • NEng
cahot n • esp nNEng
calculate v • formerly chiefly NEng, now more widespread
calibogus n • NEng
*calm n, adj, v (pronc) • esp in Sth, Midl, infreq in NEng,
cannikin n 1 • seNEng
cant dog n • chiefly NEng
Cape Cod turkey n • NEng
capful of wind n • NEng
captain’s walk n • NEng
carry v B1 • formerly freq in NEng; now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cat-and-dog fight n • NEng
catch v B3 • NEng
catering adj, adv • chiefly NEng
catouse n • NEng
cat’s foot intj • scattered but esp NEng
cat spruce n • Nth, esp NEng
caulk v B • now chiefly NEng
cellar n1 (pronc) • Nth, esp NEng
cellar case n • NEng
certain adv B1 • esp NEng, also C and S Atl
certain adv B3 • chiefly Mid and S Atl, NEng, Ohio Valley
chair n (pronc) • Sth and S Midl, scattered in PA, NEng
chair n (pronc) • SC, sNEng, Upstate NY
chamber n B1 • chiefly NEng
chamber n B2 • chiefly NEng
chamber mug n • chiefly NEng
chance n (pronc) • esp NEng and VA
chankings vbl n pl • chiefly NEng
checkered adder n • chiefly NEng
chew v (pronc) • esp in NEng
chicken lobster n • NEng
child n A2 (pronc) • chiefly nNEng, Sth, S Midl
chimney n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl, occas NEng
chimney shelf n • esp NEng
china n (pronc) • esp in Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
chirk adj • chiefly NEng
chist n • scattered, but esp NEng, Midl
chit n2 • esp NEng
chockablock adj, adv • esp NEng
chocolate root n • chiefly NEng
choggie n • NEng
chogset n • NEng
choice adj • chiefly NEng
chook intj • chiefly eNEng, Sth
choose v B • chiefly NEng, Sth
chorus jig n • NEng
chowder intj • NEng
chowder n 1 • orig and chiefly NEng, now also Nth, CA, C Atl (MAP)
chowderhead n • chiefly NEng
Christian door n • chiefly NEng
Christly adv, adj • NEng
Christmas tree n 3 • chiefly Sth, nNEng, also S Midl (MAP)
chucklehead n 1 • chiefly NEng
cider n • esp NEng
cider applesauce n • NEng
cider brandy n • NEng
clam n 2 • chiefly NEng
clamshell n • NEng
clap in, clap out n • esp Sth, S Midl, NEng
cleanser n • eNEng, esp Boston MA area
clear adj B2 • NEng
clever adj 3 • formerly NEng, now chiefly Sth, S Midl
clever adj 4 • chiefly NEng
clever adj 5 • NEng
cleverly adj • NEng
cleverly adv 3 • NEng
climb v 2b • chiefly Atl States, esp nNY, wNEng (MAP)
close adj, adv (pronc) • esp in NEng
cloy v (pronc) • esp NEng
coach-dog bean n • NEng
coaf v • esp sNEng
coaster n1 2 • NEng
cockle button n • chiefly NEng
co-dack v phr • chiefly NEng
collateral n • NEng
college n B3 • NEng
college ice n • NEng
come-by-chance n • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl
come up with v phr • esp NEng
common adj 2 • chiefly S Midl, occas NEng
common n 1 • chiefly NEng
common n 2 • chiefly NEng
common cracker n • NEng
common pin n • chiefly NEng
Concord buggy n • chiefly NEng
conduct v • chiefly NEng
coney n1 2 • chiefly nNEng
Congo n2 • chiefly NEng
conquedle n • NEng, esp RI
contra dance n • chiefly NEng
coon cat n 1 • NEng, esp ME
Copenhagen n • prob NEng
corn barn n • esp NEng, S Atl
corner n1 B3 • chiefly NEng
cornhouse n • chiefly NEng, Mid Atl (MAP)
*corn pone n 1 • orig chiefly Sth, Midl, now widespread exc NEng
cosset n • chiefly NEng
cosset v • esp NEng
country n B2c • esp NEng
cousin v • NEng
cover n B2 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng (MAP and Map Section)
cover n, v (pronc) • Sth, Midl, occas NEng
cow n (pronc) • esp in NEng, Midl
cowberry n 1 • NEng
cow lily n 1 • chiefly NEng
cowslop n • NEng
cow yard n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEng
cracker pudding n 1 • NEng
cradle knoll n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
craunch v 2 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
creature n (pronc) • Sth, S Midl, and NEng
*creek n1 B2 • widespread exc in NEng (MAP)
cropper n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
cruelize v • esp NEng
cruiser n 3 • chiefly NEng, N Cent, Mid Atl (MAP)
culch n 2 • chiefly eNEng, esp ME
cunner n1 • NEng
curious adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
cut one’s comb v phr • chiefly Sth, NEng
*cutter n1 1 • chiefly Nth, exc eNEng (MAP)
cymbal n • NEng
dace n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
daddock n • chiefly NEng
daisy ham n • chiefly NEng
dance n, v (pronc) • chiefly eNEng, eVA
daow adv • chiefly NEng
deacon v 1 • chiefly NEng
deacon v 2 • chiefly NEng
deaf adj B1c • chiefly NEng, esp ME, MA
devil and Tom Walker, the n • chiefly NEng, S Midl
devil’s fiddle n 1 • chiefly NEng
dew n (pronc) • Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
dickey up v phr • sNEng
dido n 1 • widespread, but esp NEng, Sth, S Midl
ding-toed adj, adv • NEng
dirt cellar n • chiefly NEng, NY
dish kettle n • chiefly NEng, NY
dish wiper n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
dite n • NEng
dive v 1 • Sth, S Midl, nNEng
doctor v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
dog n1 (pronc) • chiefly NEng, S Midl
doing n 2 • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl
doing n 3 • NEng
doorstone n • chiefly NEng
dooryard n • chiefly NEng, NY
dooryard call n • NEng
dorbug n • chiefly NEng
dote v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
do tell exclam • formerly NEng, now more widespread
double-ripper n • chiefly swNEng
double-runner n • chiefly eNEng (MAP)
double shuffle n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, orig also NEng
double sled n • chiefly NEng
doughboy n1 3 • chiefly NEng
dough dish n • chiefly NEng
dough god n 2 • Nth, esp NEng
down adv B1 • esp NEng
down East adv phr 2 • chiefly NEng
down East n b • chiefly NEng
down Easter n 1b • chiefly NEng
downstreet adv • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
doze v1 • chiefly NEng
drag n 2 • formerly chiefly eNEng, now widespread
drail n • NEng
drail v • NEng
drain v, n1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
draw v C1 • chiefly Upstate NY, wNEng (MAP)
drawbar n 1 • formerly NEng, now chiefly S Midl
dreadful adj, adv • chiefly NEng
dreadful adv B • chiefly NEng
dredger n 2 • NEng
dressing n 5 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng (MAP)
driftway n • NEng, now esp RI
drisk n • NEng
drive n 5 • Nth, esp NEng
drive n 6 • Nth, esp NEng, Gt Lakes
driver n 4 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
drop cake n 1 • chiefly NEng
dropped egg n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
dry bridge n • esp NEng, VA
dubious adj A3 • chiefly S Midl, also NEng, Sth
duff n 1 • chiefly coastal NEng
duff v • chiefly NEng
dumbfish n • NEng
dun v • NEng
dunfish n • NEng
eaceworm n • chiefly sNEng, esp RI
ebenezer n 1 • NEng
edge n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl, eNEng
edge of dark n • chiefly NEng, Mid Atl
eelgrass n 1 • chiefly NEng
eelpout n 2 • chiefly NEng, Gt Lakes
eelspear n • chiefly NEng
eenamost adv • chiefly NEng
effet n • NEng
eighteen-hundred-and-froze-to-death n • NEng, esp ME
either adj, adv, pron, conj (pronc) • esp NEng
election cake n • NEng, esp MA
election pink n • NEng
election sermon n • chiefly NEng
empt v • chiefly NEng
emptins n pl • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY
English bean n • NEng
enough sight adv phr • NEng
entire wheat bread n • NEng
essence peddler n • Nth, esp NEng
ever adv B • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
everlasting adj, adv • chiefly NEng, S Midl
ewe n (pronc) • chiefly NEng, NY (MAP)
ex n1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng, NY (MAP)
express wagon n • chiefly NEng, N Cent, West (MAP)
eyelids, hang by one’s v • NE, esp NEng
eyeteeth, cut one’s v phr • esp NEng
faculized adj • chiefly NEng
faculty n • chiefly NEng
fail up v phr 1 • NEng
*faller n • chiefly Pacific NW; less freq Upper MW, NEng
fare n • NEng, esp MA
Fast Day n • chiefly NEng
father n (pronc) • esp eNEng, Mid Atl
fay v • chiefly NEng
fearnought n • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
feather white adj phr • chiefly NEng
fence n, v (pronc) • esp eNEng, Sth
fence viewer n • chiefly NEng
fiddlehead n 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEng, esp ME
field driver n • NEng
fierce adj B1 • NEng
fierce adj (pronc) • esp NEng
filled cookie n • chiefly NEng
finest kind n, adj phr, adv phr, exclam • chiefly NEng, esp ME
finnan haddie n • NEng
fir balsam n • chiefly NEng
fire and tow n • chiefly NEng, S Midl, Sth
fire hangbird n • esp NEng
fish ball n 1 • NEng
fish warden n • NEng
five-fingers n 4 • NEng
*five hundred n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, but less freq eNEng, NW (MAP)
flake n1 1 • NEng
flake yard n • NEng
flatfish n 2 • Atl coast, esp NEng
flatform n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
flax v 2 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
flinders n pl • chiefly NEng, S Midl, Sth
flipper n1 1 • esp NEng
flow v • chiefly NEng
flower-de-luce n • esp NEng
flue pan n • NEng
fluking ppl adj • NEng
flummadiddle n 1 • NEng
flummery n 1 • chiefly NEng
fodder corn n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
fog mull n • NEng, esp ME
fool plover n • NEng
footy n • NEng
forefather’s cup n • esp NEng
Forefathers’ Day n • chiefly NEng, esp MA
forehanded adj • chiefly NEng
forehead n (pronc) • esp NEng, NYC, Sth, S Midl
forelay v • NEng
foreroom n • chiefly NEng
forthputting ppl adj • NEng
forthputting vbl n • NEng
fortino adv phr • chiefly NEng
four adj, n (pronc) • wNEng, Inland Nth, S Midl
four adj, n (pronc) • eNEng
foxglove n 3 • esp nNEng
freshwater clam n • chiefly NEng
freshwater lobster n • esp NEng
fried pie n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng (MAP)
frock n • chiefly Upstate NY, nNEng (MAP)
frog v 1a • NEng
frost heave n • chiefly NEng
frowy adj1 • chiefly NEng
frowzly adj • esp NEng
fry kettle n • NEng
full chisel adv phr • esp NEng
full up v phr1 • esp NEng
funny bone n 1 • widespread, but less common eNEng, Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
furrow out v phr • esp NEng
fush n • NEng
fush out v phr • NEng
fuss n B1 • esp NEng
*fuss-pot n 1 • chiefly NEast exc nNEng (MAP)
fyke n • orig chiefly NY, NEng; now chiefly C Atl coast
gaff n, v • chiefly NEng
gaffle v 1 • chiefly NEng
gaffle v 2 • appar NEng
gam n1 • chiefly NEng
gam v • chiefly NEng
gambrel roof n • chiefly Upstate NY, NEng (MAP)
gander n1 • NEng
gap-and-swallow n • esp NEng
gape v, n (pronc) • NEng
garden n (pronc) • esp NEng
gaum n1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, but also NEng
gaum n2 • nNEng
gaum v2 • chiefly NEng
gauming adj • chiefly nNEng
gaumy adj2 • chiefly nNEng, esp ME
gawky n • esp NEng
general n C • NEng
gibraltar n • chiefly NEng
gimp n • chiefly NEng
ginger water n • chiefly NEng
girt n • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
glade n 2 • NEng
glade n 3 • esp NEng
glass n (pronc) • esp eNEng
goad n (pronc) • esp nNEng
go by v phr 2 • NEng
Godfrey n, intj • scattered, but chiefly NEng
golden trout n 2 • nNEng
gooney n 1 • scattered, but esp NEng
goose poke n • esp NEng
gore n1 • chiefly NEng
gorry n, intj • chiefly NEng
gosh all hemlock intj • esp NEng
gown n • esp NEng, Sth
grain room n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
grandpa n A6 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEng, Upstate NY MAP
grandsire n • chiefly NEng, S Midl
granther n • chiefly NEng
greasy luck exclam • chiefly sNEng coast
great adj, adv, n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
great beam n • esp NEng
*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 snake n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng (MAP)
grinder n 3 • chiefly NEng (MAP and Map Section)
grind one’s own bait v phr • eNEng
grindstone n (pronc) • esp NEng
groundnut n B1 • esp NEng
ground swamp robin n • esp NEng
grouty adj • esp NEng
grunt n 4 • chiefly NEng
*gully washer n • widespread exc NEng, less freq Inland Nth, Pacific (MAP)
gutter n1 2 • esp NEng, S Atl
hackmatack n 1a • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
hagdon n • NEng
haired up adj phr • NEng
half n, v, adj, adv (pronc) • NEng
handsled n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
hangbird n • esp NEng
Hannah Cook n • chiefly NEng
hardhack n 1 • chiefly NEng
hardhead n 2a • NEast, esp NEng
hard pushed adj phr • esp NEng
harness cask n • chiefly NEng
harry wicket n • NEng
hash adj • esp NEng
hassock n • esp NEng
hasty pudding n 1 • chiefly NEng
haycap n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
hearth brush n • esp NEng
heater piece n • chiefly NEng
hedge grass n • esp NEng
hedgehog n 1 • chiefly NY, NEng
hen clam n 1 • chiefly NEng, esp ME
hen pen n • esp NEng
henroost n • chiefly NEng
hen wire n • NEng
herb n, v A2 (pronc) • now chiefly Sth, S Midl, formerly also NEng
herd’s-grass n 1 • chiefly NEng
hermit n 4 • esp NEng
hern pron • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
herringbone fence n • esp NEng
herring choker n 1 • NEng
hessian n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
*hickey n2 a • scattered, but less freq NEng, S Atl
high beam n 1 • chiefly NEng
highland plover n • NEng
hinder v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
hire v B1 • esp NEng
hisn pron • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
hod n 1 • widespread, but esp freq NEng (MAP)
hogreeve n • chiefly NEng
hold n A1 • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl
hollow n1, adj (pronc) • chiefly NEng
home n, exclam, v, adv • (pronc) esp NEng
honeysuckle n 1 • esp NEng
honeysuckle apple n • esp NEng
hooker n2 • esp NEng
hook Jack v phr • NEng, esp MA
horn-ail n • esp NEng
horned pout n 1 • chiefly NEng (MAP)
horseback n • NEng
horse mackerel n 2 • NEng
horseshoe violet n • NEng, esp MA
hot adj 1 • esp NEng
*hot cake n 2 • widespread, but less freq NEng (MAP)
hot top n • eNEng, TX
house n, v (pronc) • chiefly Atlantic, esp NEng, Mid and S Atl
hovel n 1a • esp NEng, sAppalachians
hovel n 1b • chiefly NEng, esp nNH, ME
how be you exclam • chiefly NEng
*huckster n • scattered, but chiefly N Midl, C Atl, NEast exc nNEng (MAP)
hulled corn n • NEng
humbird n • esp NEng
humility n • chiefly NEng
hurrup v • esp NEng
husking vbl n 2a • esp NEng, N Cent (MAP)
hyla n • esp NEng
hyper v • chiefly NEng
ice-out n • chiefly NEng
idea n 1 (pronc) • scattered, but esp NEng, NY
idea n 2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEng
impetigo n (pronc) • chiefly NEng
Indian n B1a • chiefly NEng
Indiana n 1 (pronc) • NEng, S Midl
Indian bannock n • chiefly eNEng, esp ME, NH
Indian bread n 1 • esp NEng, NY
Indian meal n • esp NEng
Indian pudding n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
Indian shutter n • NEng
innocence n 1 • chiefly NEng
intervale n • chiefly NEng
iron bar n • chiefly NEng
*ivory n1 1a • scattered, but less freq Sth, nNEng (MAP)
ivory plum n • chiefly NEng
ivy n 4 • chiefly Appalachians, sNEng
*jerkwater adj 1 • scattered exc NEng; infreq Sth, Inland Sth (MAP)
jick n • sNEng
jigger n1 1 • coastal NEng
jigger n1 2 • esp NEng
John’s-wort n • NEng
jolly boy n • NEng
jumper n 7c • wNEng, nNY, MI
June pink n • esp NEng
junk n 1 • chiefly NEng, esp ME
junket n • NEng
kedge v, n • NEng
kedgeree n • chiefly NEng
keel up v phr • esp coastal NEng
keeping room n • chiefly NEng
kennebunker n • NEng, esp ME
kid n1 • chiefly NEng
killick n • chiefly NEng
kinky adj • esp nNEng
kit n 2c • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEng
kitchen chamber n • NEast, esp NEng
kittering adv, adj • scattered, but esp NY, NEng
kitty-corner adv, adj 2 • esp NEng
kivver n • chiefly NEng
know v D1 • NEng
knurl n • scattered, but esp NEng
ladies’ delight n • NEng
lady’s eardrop n 2 • NEng
lambkill n • scattered, but esp NEng
lamper eel n 1 • chiefly NEng, Gt Lakes
landlocked salmon n 1 • NEast, esp NEng
landside plow n • esp NEng, TN, KY
last of pea-time(s) n • esp Sth, S Midl, NEng
last run of shad n • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
laugh n, v (pronc) • esp NEng
leaf peeper n • NEng, esp VT
lean v B3 • NEng
lean-to n (pronc) • chiefly NEng
leather apron n • NEng, Upstate NY
lee set n • NEng
*let on v phr • widespread exc NEng (MAP)
levee n2 • chiefly NEng
licorice n (pronc) • chiefly S Midl, nNEng (MAP)
lief adv (pronc) • esp NEng
like v1 C1 • NEng, Sth, S Midl
likely adj 2 • NEng
limb v 1 • chiefly NEng, West
*line n1 1 • widespread, but less freq NEng (MAP)
line storm n • chiefly NEng
linnet n 2 • NEng, esp MA
loafer rake n • NEng
loam n (pronc) • esp nNEng
lobscouse n 1 • chiefly NEng
lobster n (pronc) • esp NEng
London pride n 1 • NEng
lord and lady n 1 • chiefly NEng
lot v1 • chiefly NEng
lower v1 • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
lubber n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
lull v • chiefly Mid and S Atl, nNEng
lumper n • esp NEng
mackerel gull n 2 • chiefly NEng
Mackinaw n 3 • esp NEng
Mainiac n • esp NEng
malahack v • scattered, but esp NEng
malassada n • HI, seNEng
manavelins n pl 1 • esp eNEng
manteltree n • esp NEng
marbleheader n • NEng
March meeting n • NEng
March peeper n • NEng
Marlborough pie n • esp NEng
marlinspike n 1 • chiefly NEng
marsh quail n • NEng
Mary n (pronc) • esp Sth, NEng
master n (pronc) • chiefly NEng, Sth
master hand n • chiefly NEng, S Midl
mast pine n • nNEng
matter n1, v (pronc) • chiefly NEng, Sth
matterate v • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
May breakfast n • NEng
May whitewing n • esp NEng
meadow n (pronc) • chiefly sAppalachians, Ozarks, occas NEng
meadow n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
meal v • esp NEng
mealer n • esp NEng
*measuring worm n • widespread exc NEng, West (MAP)
meatbird n 1 • chiefly NEng
meat pie n • NEng
meech v 1 • chiefly NEng
meeching ppl adj • chiefly NEng
meeting seed n • chiefly NEng
mending hand, on the adj phr • esp NEng
mesh n1, v (pronc) • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl
mess n 1b • esp NEng
midget n 1 • NEast, esp NEng
mile n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng mild
milk room n • scattered, but chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
minister’s face n 1 • esp NEng, S Atl
molasses n (pronc) • esp NEng, Sth
money cat n • chiefly NEng, esp ME (MAP)
money musk n • chiefly NEng
money shower n • esp NEng
mooncurser n • NEng
moonglade n • esp NEng
mooseberry n • Nth, esp NEng
moose maple n • chiefly NEng
moosewood n 3 • scattered, but esp NEng
moral law n • nNEng
mortal adv • esp sAppalachians, NEng
mow away v phr • chiefly NEng, NY, Gt Lakes (MAP)
mowing n attrib • chiefly NEng (MAP)
mud time n • NEng
mulberry n • NEng
mum n1 • chiefly NEng, wPA (MAP)
mummichog n • sNEng, Long Island
mump v • NEng
musicianer n • chiefly S Midl, formerly also NEng
musquash n • chiefly C and N Atl, esp NEng
mux n1 • esp NEng
nailsick adj • NEng
naked bed, (sick) in one’s adj phr • NEng
*nanny n1 • scattered exc nNEng, Upper MW, Cent (MAP)
Nantucket sleighride n • chiefly NEng
nappy n1 • chiefly NEng (MAP)
narrow adj, v, n B1 • chiefly NEng
national adj (pronc) • NEng, NY
neap n1 • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
necessary n • scattered, but chiefly NEng, Mid and C Atl
netop n • NEng, nNY
new-milch adj • chiefly NEng (MAP)
nicely adj • chiefly NEng
nigh adj C3 • esp NEng
nimshi n • chiefly NEng
nipper n 2 • NEng
nocake n • NEng
noon mark n • esp NEng
northwest adv, adj, n (pronc) • NEng
notional adj 2 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
numb adj • chiefly NEng
number plate n • NEng
nutcake n • chiefly NEng
offish adj 1 • chiefly S Midl, NEng
off-islander n • NEng, esp Nantucket MA
off soundings adv phr • chiefly NEng
oil n1, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
oil nut n 1 • chiefly NEng
old-field birch n • chiefly NEng
Old Home Day n • esp NEng, NY
Old Scratch n • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEng (MAP)
on prep, adv (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl, eNEng
on prep B1 • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl
ort n • chiefly NEng
ourn pron • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
out adv, v, adj, prep, n, exclam (pronc) • chiefly nNEng, nNY, Mid Atl, esp eVA
out adv, v, adj, prep, n, exclam (pronc) • chiefly Upstate NY, wNEng
*out n F2b • scattered, but less freq NEng, Sth (MAP)
outlandish adj • esp NEng
overseer n 1 • chiefly NEng
own adj 1 • chiefly NEng, S Midl
ownty do(w)nty n, adj phr • esp NEng
packie n • NEng
paddock n • esp NEng
painted trillium n • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
palm n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEng |pæm|
pandowdy n • chiefly NEng
papa n2 (pronc) • chiefly Nth, esp NEng |ˈpʌpə|
partridge n A1 (pronc) • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
partridge n A2 (pronc) • chiefly Nth, Midl, now esp NEng, NY (MAP)
*passion mark n • scattered, but less freq NEng, Upper Missip Valley, West (MAP)
pasture n1, v (pronc) • esp NEng |ˈpɑsčə, pɑstə|
peabody bird n • esp NEng
peaked adj (pronc) • esp nNEng |ˈpɪkd|
pent road n • NEng, esp VT
peony n1 2 (pronc) • chiefly Cent, Mid Atl, S Midl, NEng (MAP)
pick v 4 • chiefly NEng
picked adj1 • esp nNEng
picked-up adj phr • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
piece bag n • Nth, esp NEng
pigeon plum n 2 • NEng
pigeon woodpecker n 1 • chiefly NEng
piggin n 1 • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl
pig potato n 3 • esp NEng
pig walnut n • chiefly sNEng
pimping adj • scattered, but esp NEng
pindling adj • chiefly NEng, S Midl
pineapple clip n • esp NEng
pinkie n1 • NEng
pippin n • esp NEng
*piss-a-bed n 1 • chiefly C and N Atl exc NEng (MAP)
piss-a-bed n 3 • chiefly sNEng, esp MA (MAP)
piss oak n • chiefly NEng, NY (MAP)
pitch n2 1 • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY, Delmarva, Missip Valley, Cent (MAP)
pitchhole n 2 • NEng, neNY (MAP)
pitchpole v • chiefly NEng
plantation n B1 • NEng, esp ME
plug v 1 • esp NEng
plum n • NEng
pod n 3 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
pod n 4 • esp NEng
pod auger n • NEng
pogy n 1 • chiefly nNEng, S Atl, Gulf States
pogy n 2 • esp NY, sNEng
point n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, formerly also NEng |paɪnt|
poison adv D2 • chiefly NEng
poke n1 2 • NEng
pokelogan n • NEng, Gt Lakes, NW
pokerish adj • esp NEng
poop v, n • widespread, but more freq NEng, NY, Gt Lakes, S Atl, West (MAP)
*poor adj A1 (pronc) • esp Nth (exc neNEng), N Midl, Gulf States
poor adj A2 (pronc) • chiefly neNEng, Sth, S Midl
porch n 1 • chiefly NEng
porgy n1 4 • chiefly NEng
pork-and-beans n • NEng
pork apple pie n • chiefly NEng
porridge ice n • NEast, esp NEng
portemonnaie n • chiefly NEng
Portoreek adj • esp NEng
Portuguese n, adj • esp sNEng, CA, HI Portagee, Porte(r)gee, Portug(u)ee, Portyg(h)ee (MAP)
post-and-rail fence n • chiefly NJ, Delmarva, WV, KY, OH, scattered NEng (MAP)
posy n 1 • Nth, esp NEng
potato thump n • chiefly NEng
Potsfield pickle(s) n • esp NEng
pounding barrel n • esp NEng
pout n • esp NEng
poverty grass n 2a • NEng
powder post n • chiefly NEng
*prissy adj 1 • widespread exc NEng (MAP)
puckerbrush n • Nth, esp nNEng
pudding bag n • NEng
puddlestone n • esp NEng
pudjicky adj • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
puff n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
pug n • chiefly NEng, wGt Lakes, CA (MAP)
pull foot v phr • chiefly NEng
pumpkinseed n 1 • chiefly NEng (MAP)
pung n • chiefly NEng, NY (MAP)
punging vbl n • NEng, NY
quahog v • NEng, esp MA
quail n 1 • formerly chiefly NEng; now widespread east of Rocky Mts
qualmish adj • esp NEng, Sth
quandy n 1 • NEng
quiddle v1 1 • chiefly NEng
quinine n (pronc) • esp eNEng, Sth |ˈkwɪnaɪn, kwɪnˈaɪn|
quintal n • coastal NEng
quoit n A3 (pronc) • esp NEng
ragshag n • esp NEng
raising n 2 • NEast, esp NEng
rareripe n 2 • chiefly sNEng (MAP)
*rattler n 1 • widespread, but less freq NEng, Delmarva (MAP)
rauncher n • esp NEng
rawny adj • NEng, esp ME, NH
real adj, adv (pronc) • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl |re(ə)l|
Rebellion n • Nth, N Midl, esp NEng
red flannel hash n • chiefly NEng
red osier n • scattered, but esp NEng
rent n1 • NEng, esp ME
Rhode Island johnnycake n • esp NEng
ride out v phr 1 • chiefly NEng
rinktum tiddy n • esp NEng
*rinse v, n 4 (pronc) • widespread exc NEng (MAP)
rip n1 2 • chiefly NEng, esp ME
road n1 (pronc) • esp NEng |rʌd, rd|
roader n 1 • NEng
robin-runaway n 1 • chiefly NEng
rock maple n 1 • chiefly NEng (MAP)
rock plover n 1 • NEng
rode n • chiefly NEng
rollway n 2 • chiefly NEng, esp ME
roof n, v (pronc) • esp NEng, Upper MW |r^Uf|
room n (pronc) • scattered, but esp NEng, Mid and S Atl, Gulf States |r^Um|
room n B1 • chiefly NEng, S Midl
root n1, v (pronc) • esp NEng, Upstate NY, Upper MW |r^Ut|
rotary n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
rote n • coastal NEng
rowen n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
rugged adj • chiefly NEng
rule n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
runlet n • chiefly NEng
rut n • coastal NEng
rye and Indian (bread) n • NEng
Sabbath-day n • chiefly NEng
sable n • chiefly NEng
*sack n 1 • widespread, but less freq NEng, sPA (MAP)
saddle board n • scattered, but esp NEng, Gulf States (MAP)
saltbox n • orig NEng, now more widely known
salt horse n • esp NEng
salt pork n • scattered, but somewhat more freq NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
saltwater farm n • NEng, esp ME
Samson n1 • Nth, esp NEng
sand bird n 1 • now esp NEng
sand peep n • esp NEng
sand violet n • esp NEng, WI
sannup n • nNEng
sap beer n • NEng, esp VT
sap house n • chiefly NEng
sapling pine n • chiefly nNEng
*sass-box n • widespread exc NEng (MAP)
sauce n B1 • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl
saw-whet owl n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng, NY (MAP)
scabish n 1 • esp NEng
scaffold n B1 • chiefly NEng
scale v1 • NEng
scale v2 2 • chiefly NEng, NY (MAP)
scarf n2 a • chiefly NEng
scarlet runner n 1 • chiefly NEng
scooch v 1 • scattered, but somewhat more freq NEng
scoop n 3 • NEng
scoot n1 1 • chiefly NEng
scow n1 1 • NEng
scrid n • chiefly NEng
scrimy adj • sNEng
scrog v • NEng
sculch n • NEng
sculpin n 3 • NEng
scup n 1 • chiefly seNEng
scuppaug n • chiefly seNEng
scuttle n • NEng, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sea clam n a • chiefly NEng
sea perch n a • esp NEng
sea turn n • NEng
sea worm n • NEng, esp MA
*second cutting n • widespread, but less freq nNEng (MAP and Map Section)
sedge n • Pronc-sp chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng sage
seed-folks n pl • NEng, esp ME
selectman n • chiefly NEng
*serenade n • chiefly Appalachians, Atlantic exc sNEng (MAP)
set v1 A2b • esp NEng
set v1 B1 • esp NEng
set v1 B2 • esp NEng
shack n5 • NEng
shad spirit n • chiefly NEng
shaft n 1 (pronc) • NEng |šaf, šav, šɑf, šɑv|
shaft n 2 (pronc) • chiefly NEng |šavz, šɑvz|
shagbark hickory n • chiefly NEngl shagbark walnut (MAP)
shagbark hickory n • chiefly NEng, N Cent, sAppalachians (MAP)
shed chamber n • NEng
shell bean n • scattered, but esp NEng (MAP)
shire town n • chiefly NEng
shock v1 • chiefly NEng
shool v • chiefly Atl, esp NEng
*shooter n 1 • widespread, but less freq NEng, Inland Sth, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
shore dinner n 1 • esp NEng
short sauce n • esp NEng
shotten herring n • esp NEng
shrub n2 • scattered, but esp freq NEng
shuck v2 • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
shut v A • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng shed, shet
sight n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
sill cock n • chiefly NEng, N Cent (MAP)
sinkroom n • NEng
sink spout n • NEng
sixty-three n • esp nNEng
skinch v • esp NEng
skunk coot n • NEng
skunk currant n • esp NEng
slack adj 1 • chiefly NEng
slack-salt v • esp NEng
slash fence n • esp nNEng
slat v 1 • chiefly NEng
slat v 4 • chiefly NEng
sled length adj phr • chiefly NEng
sleep over v phr • scattered, but esp NEng (MAP)
slim adj • NEng
slimpsy adj 1 • chiefly NEng
slip n4 2 • chiefly NEng
slip-go-down n • Nth, esp NEng
sliver n, v B1 • coastal NEng
sliver n, v B2 • NEng
sluice v • Nth, esp NEng
slumgullion n 1 • NEng
slump n 1 • chiefly NEng
smart adj 1 • esp NEng (MAP)
smoky southwester n • chiefly NEng
smooch n, v1 • NEast, esp NEng
smoothing harrow n • scattered, but more freq Nth, esp wNEng (MAP)
smother n 1 • chiefly NEng
smur v • chiefly eNEng
smurry adj • chiefly eNEng
snack n 1 • chiefly Sth, NEng
snap v 3 • esp Mid and S Atl, nNEng (MAP)
snapdragon n 3 • esp NEng
snipe-bill n • chiefly NEng
snowball shoe n • esp NEng
snow roller n • formerly chiefly NEng, now more widespread
snowshoe flounder n • esp Long Is. NY, NEng
snug adj 2 • NEng
snum v • esp NEng
snummy v • esp NEng
so-fashion adv phr • esp NEng
soft maple n • chiefly wNEng, Upstate NY, nPA, N Cent, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
soft pie n • esp NEng
soldier bean n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
-some suff • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEng
so ‘s ‘t conj • chiefly NEng
sozzle v • chiefly NEng
spalt adj • NEng
spandy adv • chiefly NEng
spend v B1 • NEng
spider bread n • chiefly NEng
spindle n B2 • esp NEng
spindle buoy n • esp NEng
spleeny adj • chiefly NEng
split n 3 • NEng
spoil v A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl; formerly also NEng
spoil v A3 (pronc) • esp NEng, Sth, S Midl
sport n • NEng, esp ME
sposh n • chiefly NEng
spot dance n • esp NEng
sprawl n1 • NEng
spring bird n 1 • NEng
sproutland n • chiefly NEng, esp CT, MA
spruce gum n • chiefly NEng
spudge v • chiefly NEng
spudger n • chiefly NEng
squail v • esp NEng
square nut n • esp NEng
squeteague n • chiefly NEng
stack chimney n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl, but also NEng
staddle n • chiefly NEng
stake driver n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
steamer clam n 1 • chiefly NEng
steeplebush n • esp NEng (MAP)
step out v phr • chiefly NEng
stern n (pronc) • chiefly NEng
stick n 2 • esp NEng (MAP)
sticking n • chiefly nNEng
stick-knife n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
stinking benjamin n • chiefly NEng
stived ppl adj • NEng, seNY
stiver v (pronc) • NEng, esp MA, ME
stock n C4 • chiefly S Midl, nNEng (MAP)
stodge v • esp NEng
stone n (pronc) • esp NEng |st^-on, stʌn, stoən|
stone n Ba • widespread, but somewhat more freq NEng (MAP)
stone n Bb • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl, esp NEng (MAP)
stone drag n • chiefly NEast, esp eNEng (MAP)
stook n 1 • chiefly NEng, nNY, Gt Lakes (MAP)
Stovepipe City n • chiefly nNEng, NY
straight, right out adv phr, adj phr • NEng, NY
stram v • chiefly NEng
streaked adj • chiefly NEng
striped snake n 1 • chiefly NEng (MAP)
stub scythe n • NEng, esp MA
stump v 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
sugar bush n 1 • chiefly wNEng, Upstate NY, Gt Lakes (MAP)
sugar house n 1 • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY
sugar lot n • scattered, but chiefly NEng, esp VT
sugar on snow n • chiefly NEng
sugar orchard n • chiefly nNEng, sAppalachians (MAP)
sugar pear n • esp NEng
sugar place n • chiefly nNEng, esp VT
summer people n pl • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
sun-squall n • NEng
sun turtle n • chiefly NEng
sure enough adv phr 2 • chiefly Sth, NEng
surveyor n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
suz intj • scattered, but esp NEng
swale grass n • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
swamp Yankee n • sNEng
swanny v • chiefly Sth, S Midl; formerly also NEng (MAP)
sweet fern n 1 • chiefly NEng
sweet walnut n • NEng, NY
switchel n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
swow v • chiefly NEng
syrup on snow n • esp NEng
*tablet n • widespread, but less freq NEng, NYC, nNJ
tad n2 • esp eNEng
tag sale n • chiefly Nth, esp sNEng, NYC
tandem adv, n (pronc) • esp NEng |ˈtænt%Um, ˈtæntrəm, -trɪm|
*tap n1 1 • widespread, but less freq nNEng, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tap v1 • NEng, NY
tap n2 1 • esp NEng, NY
*tar n1 B1 • widespread, but infreq NEng, West (MAP)
tarnal adj • chiefly NEng; less freq S Midl
Taunton turkey n • NEng
tautog n • chiefly NEng
*tea towel n • widespread, but less freq NEng, Sth (MAP)
team n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
team n 2 • chiefly NEng
team n 3 • chiefly NEng
*teensy adj • formerly Sth, S Midl, now widespread, but less freq NEng
tempest n • chiefly seNEng (MAP)
tendful adj • esp NEng
tend out v phr • chiefly NEng
tenement n • chiefly NEng
terrible adj, adv (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl, NEng |ˈtɝəb(ə)l, ˈtɝb(ə)l|
tetchy adj (pronc) • esp nNEng |ˈtɪčɪ|
theirn pron • esp NEng, Sth, S Midl
theirselves pron • chiefly nNEng, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
them pron B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEng
them adj C1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEng
there adv, adj, pron A4 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEng
thirded bread n • NEng
three-decker n • NEng, esp c,eMA
throughway n • chiefly wNEng, NY (MAP)
throw up v phr • NEng
thunder jug n • esp NEng (MAP)
tick-tack-too n 1 • esp NEng (MAP)
tide hole n • NEng
tie-up n • chiefly nNEng
tight adv 1 • scattered, but esp NEng
tilt n 3 • esp sNEng
time n C4 • chiefly NEng
timenation n, exclam • NEng
tinker mackerel n • chiefly NEng
tipcart n • NEng, esp MA
titman n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
*tit-tat-toe n 1 • widespread, but less freq NEng, Gt Lakes (MAP)
to prep B2 • esp NEng
*to prep B13 • widespread, but somewhat less freq NEng, Midl (MAP and Map Section)
toad n 6 • esp NEng
toboggan n 3 • NEng
toilet n 3 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, NEng
tolerable adj, adv B • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEng
toll v1 1 • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl
toll bait n • esp NEng
*tongue n 1 • now widespread exc NEng (MAP and Map Section)
tonic n • chiefly nNEng (MAP and Map Section)
topping adj • NEng
to rights adv phr • chiefly NEng
torn out adj phr • esp NEng
tote sled n • chiefly NEng, Gt Lakes
tote team n • Nth, esp NEng, Gt Lakes
tote wagon n • esp NEng, Gt Lakes
tother pron, adj • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl
tottle v • chiefly NEng
touse n • chiefly NEng, esp ME
town farm n • NEng
town meeting n • chiefly NEng
town meeting cake n • NEng, esp MA
town road n • NEng, Upstate NY, wGt Lakes (MAP)
trace v1 • NEng
trace n3 • chiefly NEng
train v • chiefly NEng
trapdoor n • esp NEng
traverse n • chiefly nNEng (MAP)
trig n • NEng, esp ME
trip n • NEng
truck to keelson, from prep phr • chiefly NEng
trunk peddler n • NEng
Tuesday n (pronc) • scattered, but esp NEng |ˈtɪuz̩de, -̩dɪ|
tumble v 2 • chiefly nNEng
tumble n • chiefly nNEng, wMA (MAP)
tunk n1 1 • chiefly NEng, NY
tunk v • chiefly NEng
tunket n1 1 • chiefly NEng
tunnel n • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
tuque n • Nth, esp Upstate NY, NEng
turkey-turd beer n • NEng
turn v B2 • esp NEng
twan’t v • esp NEng, S Midl
twitch v • chiefly nNEng
twitch grass n 1 • Nth, esp NEng
two-eyed berry n • esp NEng
umbrella n A3 (pronc) • chiefly nNEng, esp ME |ˈæmbrɪl, æmbəˈrɪəl|
up adj C • chiefly NEng
up-country adv phr • esp NEng, Sth
upland plover n 1 • chiefly NEng
upsot v • scattered, but esp S Midl, NEng
upstreeter n • sNEng, NY
van v1 • chiefly NEng
velvet n 1 • NEng
vendue n • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
Virginia fence n • chiefly NEng, Sth
voyage n, v (pronc) • chiefly NEng |ˈvaɪ-|
vum v • chiefly NEng (MAP)
walk v 2 • NEng
*walk-up adj • chiefly NEast exc NEng, N Cent (MAP)
wallopse v • NEng
walnut n (pronc) • chiefly sNEng, Sth, S Midl |ˈwɔnət|
walnut n B2 • scattered, but chiefly NEng
wamble-cropped adj • chiefly NEng
wamp n1 • NEng
*want v1 C2 • widespread exc NEng (MAP)
warn v 1 • chiefly NEng
warn v 2 • NEng
warning n 1 • NEng
warrant n • NEng
water bar n • NEng
weewaw adj A1 • scattered, but esp NEng
well intj (pronc) • esp NEng, Sth, S Midl |wɑl|
whang n4 • NEng
wharfing n • NEng
whay exclam • esp nNEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
*wheat cake n • chiefly N Cent, NEast (exc NEng) (MAP)
whew v • chiefly NEng
white-breasted martin n • chiefly NEng
white-eye n 1 • esp NEng
white-tailed hornet n • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
whiteweed n 1 • chiefly NEng
white-winged coot n • chiefly NEng, esp MA
whitey n 2 • esp NEng
whole adj, n (pronc) • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl |hʌl|
whole adj, n (pronc) • esp NEng |h^-ol|; infreq |hɔl|
whooping owl n • esp NEng, S Atl, Ozarks
whop over v phr • NEng
wicked adv • NEng, chiefly ME, MA
wicopy n • esp NEng
widow’s walk n • orig NEng; now more widespread
wild bean n 2 • esp NEng
wild celandine n • esp NEng
wild hyacinth n 3 • NEng, AK
wild oats n 2b • chiefly NEng
wild oats n 3 • esp NEng
willywags n pl • chiefly nNEng, esp ME
wineglass elm n • esp NEng
wing v • NEng
witchgrass n 1 • chiefly NEng (MAP)
witch hobble n • esp NEng
witchwood n • NEng
withe rod n • esp NEng
without prep, adv, conj A1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
withy adj 2 • esp NEng, S Midl
wizzle v • esp NEng (MAP and Map Section)
wob v • chiefly NEng
wonder n • chiefly NEng
woodcock n 2d • esp NEng
woods queer adj phr • NEng, esp ME
woodwall n • NEng, esp sNH
wopse v • chiefly NEng
wopse n • chiefly NEng
worrit v 2 • esp NEng
wudget n • esp NEng
yard n • chiefly NEng, Pacific NW
yard v • chiefly NEng, Pacific NW
yee-yawed adj • esp nNEng
yellow-bark(ed) oak n • chiefly NEng
yellowbill n 1 • esp NEng
yellow-eyed bean n • chiefly NEng (MAP)
yes adv 2 (pronc) • chiefly NEng
York State n • chiefly NEng, NY, and NEng settlement area
you pron1 A1 (pronc) • chiefly NEng
young-come-up n • NEng
youngster n • NEng, esp MA
younker n • chiefly NEng, esp ME
yourn pron • esp NEng, Sth, S Midl
yowwun n • NEng, esp ME
zounds intj • esp NEng
Newfoundland; Dictionary of Newfoundland English
be v B1g • [Cf DNE xx..]
capelin n • Cf DNE
chowder n • [..DNE 1745 ➝]
chum n1 • [..Newfoundland chum food cooked to a formless mass (DNE)]
civil adj 2 • [DNE 1887➝]
close aboard adj phr • [Cf DNE..]
dickey n2 2 • Cf DNE (at dicky)
finest kind n, adj phr, adv phr, exclam • [Cf DNE 1965➝]
fish n B1 • Cf DNE
fish pea n • Cf DNE
flatjack n • Cf DNE
fog n2 B3 • Cf DNE baker’s fog (at baker)
gad n1 3 • [DNE 1894➝]
gaff n, v A • [..see also EDD (at gaft), DNE]
gansey n • [..also in Newfoundland (DNE 1843➝)]
glinn n • [..cf DNE glim, also glin, glynn “Glow..seen over a distant ice-field”]
greenhouse n 1 • Cf DNE
groaner n • Cf DNE
hagdon n • [DNE 1670➝]
ice bird n • Cf DNE
ice candle n • Cf..DNE
jack mosquito n • [Cf Nfld, Engl dial jacky longlegs crane fly]
junky adj • Cf DNE, DJE, SND
killick n • Cf DNE (and suppl)
lant n • [..DNE 1620 ➝]
lead n 1 • [..DNE lead n2 2 “an animal trail”]
lose v A1 • Cf DNE (at lose v)
pod auger n b • Cf DNE
pod auger v • Cf DNE
porch n 1 • Cf..DNE
quintal n • Cf DNE
rode n • Cf..DNE
rote n • Cf..DNE
rut n • [DNE 1612 ➝..]
salt banking vbl n • Cf..DCan salt-banker, DNE salt trip
scalp n C • [Cf DNE sculp (also scalp)..]
scalp v B1 • [Cf DNE sculp (also scalp)..]
scrod n • Cf DNE
scrog n • [Engl dial. Cf DNE scrag ..]
scurryfunge v • [..DNE scurrifunge 1.“To clean thoroughly, scour” ]
squat v • Cf DNE
stouter n • [..Cf DNE strouter (also stouter)..]
streel n • [Ir dial; cf DNE, DPEIE]
thick of fog n • Cf..DNE
weather light n • [Cf DNE weather light “gleam or flicker of light at sea thought to presage a storm”..]
whore’s egg n • Cf DNE, DPEIE
withe rod n • Cf DNE
wrinkle n • Cf..DNE wrinkle1 n 1
yes-ma’am n • Cf DNE
barn chamber n • chiefly NEng, esp ME, NH
crawm n • sME, seNH
gee-buck v • csNH
hovel n 1b • chiefly NEng, esp nNH, ME
Indian bannock n • chiefly eNEng, esp ME, NH
killhag n • ME, NH
larbo n • NH
minge n • esp ME, NH
poky adj • chiefly NH, ME
rawny adj • NEng, esp ME, NH
sack v 2 • ME, NH
spoonhunt n • chiefly sNH, neMA
spoonwood n 1 • NEast, esp MA, NH
squat v • ME, NH
tiddle board n • neMA, seNH
tomcod n 1a • chiefly ME, MA, NH, NY
toro n 1b • esp VT, NH
water bush n 1 • eMA, sNH
webbing n • chiefly ME, NH
woodwall n • NEng, esp sNH
all anymore adj phr • PA, NJ
apple palsy n • NJ
asparagus n (pronc) • esp NYC, nNJ
baby coach n • chiefly ePA, sNJ, DE, MD (MAP)
bag v 1 • chiefly PA, esp Philadelphia area, and sNJ
barb n • NJ
barn burner n 1 • chiefly PA, sNJ, MD (MAP)
beggar’s needles n • esp NJ
belly-whopper n, v, adv 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NY, NJ (MAP)
blickey n1 • chiefly seNY, NYC, and NJ
block dance n • chiefly NY, NJ
bun n1 1 • esp MD, VA, NJ (MAP)
cat shit n • chiefly PA, NJ, NY (MAP)
catty n1 1 • chiefly MD, NJ, NY, PA (MAP)
cripple n1 • eNY, ePA, NJ
dobber n1 1 • chiefly NY, NJ
duck on davy n • chiefly NJ, PA, IN
eel basket n • nwNJ
file n2 • chiefly NY, NJ, PA
file v1 • chiefly NY, NJ, PA
fire n, v (pronc) • esp Delmarva, sNJ
float n 7 • NJ
food n (pronc) • wPA, sNY, nNJ
freeholder n • NJ
garlicky adj • chiefly DE, MD, NJ, VA (MAP and Map Section)
garvey n • chiefly C Atl coast, esp NJ
goosey night n • NJ
goshawk n • esp PA, NY, NJ (MAP)
greentail n 1 • esp NJ
hake n 4 • esp NJ
half-smoke n • chiefly sNJ
hoagie n • chiefly PA, NJ, but becoming more widely recognized (MAP and Map Section)
hot beans n • esp MD, NJ, PA
Jabib n • NJ, sePA
jack n1 13a • NJ
jagger wagon n • esp NJ and adjoining areas
Jersey devil n • NJ
Jewish pickle n • esp PA, NJ, NY (MAP)
jug handle n 1 • esp NJ
king turtle n • esp NJ
kip n • chiefly NJ, NY
kiskitomas n • chiefly NY, NJ
laggy adj • esp nNJ
lag line n • chiefly West, Missip Valley, sNJ (MAP)
lay low sheepie n • esp PA, NJ (MAP)
leader n 3 • chiefly NY, NJ (MAP)
Leeds devil n • NJ
letter n 3 • Dutch settlement areas, esp NJ, IA
limber lead n • NJ
Lucy Bowles n • scattered, but esp PA, NJ, seNY (MAP)
marrowfat (bean) n • chiefly nNJ, NY, PA (MAP)
marsh sparrow n 1 • chiefly NJ
mayflower n 2 • esp NY, NJ
May pink n 1 • esp NJ
me adj b • esp NJ, ePA
median (strip) n 1b • chiefly PA, sNJ; also HI (MAP)
mischief night n • esp NJ, sePA
mom-mom n • PA, NJ, DE, MD (MAP)
monkey n1 B3 • sePA, sNJ (MAP)
Moor n • chiefly cDE, sNJ
mossbunker n • esp NJ, NY
mow hole n • esp Appalachians, PA, NJ (MAP)
mud gutter n • NYC, NJ, PA
mud shad n 2 • NJ
mud swallow n • chiefly West; also PA, NY, NJ (MAP)
nauseous adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NYC, NJ, PA (MAP)
on prep B11 • chiefly NYC, nNJ
parkway n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp NY, CT, NJ (MAP)
pencil point n • chiefly NJ
pine fly n • esp NJ
piney n1 1 • esp NJ
pinkster n 2 • chiefly NEast, esp NY, NJ
pop-pop n • chiefly PA, NJ, DE, MD (MAP)
post-and-rail fence n • chiefly NJ, Delmarva, WV, KY, OH, scattered NEng (MAP)
pot cheese n • chiefly NY, NJ, nPA, CT (MAP)
quoit n A1 (pronc) • formerly widespread, now esp NJ, PA, Upstate NY, wMA (MAP)
rainspout n • scattered, but esp PA, MD, NJ (MAP)
ratgut n • esp PA, NY, NJ (MAP)
real n • chiefly Nth, esp NY, NJ
red-legged turtle n • esp PA, NJ
rolliche n • NY, NJ
scion v C • esp sNJ
sea pigeon n b • esp NJ
seapoose n • esp seNY, neNJ
shellbark hickory n • esp NJ, PA, WV, N Cent (MAP)
shelving n • esp NJ, NY
shit, meaner than adj phr • chiefly NJ, PA, NY (MAP)
shoobie n • sNJ
skimmelton n • chiefly Hudson Valley, nNJ, nePA (MAP)
skin a flea for its hide (and tallow) v phr • Also esp NJ skin a louse
slank n • esp NJ
slick and a promise n • chiefly NJ (MAP)
sliding pond n • chiefly NYC, nNJ
sloppy joe n 2 • esp NJ
smee n • esp eNJ
smoothbark pine n • NJ
snapper soup n • chiefly NJ, ePA
speckle-back turtle n • esp NJ, DE
spindle n B1 • scattered, but esp NJ
splay v B • chiefly NJ, PA, OH, MI (MAP)
spring peeper n • scattered, but esp PA, OH, nNJ (MAP)
sprinkles n pl • scattered, but esp freq NYC, nNJ
spung n • chiefly sNJ
stone row n • chiefly NJ, PA
strawberry fly n • chiefly NJ (MAP)
*tablet n • widespread, but less freq NEng, NYC, nNJ
tacker n • chiefly DE, MD, NJ, ePA
taffy n 1 • scattered, but esp PA, NJ (MAP)
Texas hot (wiener) n • chiefly nNJ, Upstate NY, PA
thimble-eyed mackerel n • NY, NJ
thundergust n • chiefly NEast, esp PA, NJ
ticklish adj • NJ
ticklish-bender n • chiefly NJ
tickly-bender(s) n • chiefly NEast, esp PA, NJ
tomato pie n • esp CT, NJ, NY, PA
trolley bun n • NJ, PA
turkey beard n 1 • scattered, but esp NJ
viewing n • chiefly PA, NJ, MD, DE; also UT (MAP)
water gap n 2 • orig chiefly NY, NJ, PA; now more widespread in technical language
water ice n • now esp sePA, sNJ
*wheelbarrow n • aspirated |hwil-| forms..least common in NYC, NJ
whinnering owl n • esp NY, NJ, CT
whinny n, v 1 • chiefly Nth, sNJ, WV (MAP)
wicket n • esp PA, NJ (MAP)
womper n • esp NJ
wooden hill n • scattered, but esp NY, PA, NJ
woodpile n attrib • chiefly C and N Atl, esp NJ
care v B2 • chiefly FL, MS, AR, OK, NM (MAP)
checkered-bark juniper n • AZ, NM, TX
colcha n • NM
colchon n • NM
Hosteen n • NM, AZ
luminaria n 1 • chiefly NM
luminaria n 2 • orig NM, now more widespread
majordomo n 2 • esp NM
morral n • SW, esp NM, wTX
mountain laurel n 5 • chiefly TX, NM
penco n • NM, sCO
Penitente n • NM, sCO
ristra n • esp NM
sopaipilla n • esp NM
sotol n • TX, NM, AZ
Spaniard n a • esp TX, NM
Spanish adj 1a • esp TX, NM
stomp n 2 • NM
vara n • SW, esp NM, TX
New Orleans See Louisiana, New Orleans
afterfeed(ing) n • now chiefly nNY
Albany beef n • NY
Arab n B6 • ceNY
ayuh adv, intj • chiefly NEng, nNY (MAP)
bag n B1 • chiefly NY, CT
bar n4 • chiefly Sth, Midl, nNY
barrack n • chiefly NY, C Atl
bastard broadbill n • esp NY, RI
be v C2b • chiefly NEng, NY, nPA; also Sth, esp eVA, eNC
beef on weck n • chiefly cwNY
Belgian adj • NY, esp NYC
belly-gut n, v, adv 1 • chiefly NEast, esp NY, PA (MAP)
belly-whacker n, adv • chiefly NEast, esp NY
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)
binnacle n • NY
binnewater n • NY
blickey n1 • chiefly seNY, NYC, and NJ
block dance n • chiefly NY, NJ
bob veal n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp NY
box oyster n • CT, NY coast
brush n B6 • esp NY, MI (MAP)
bungalow apron n • esp NY
bye n • esp NY
cackany n • esp NY
canal boat n • chiefly NY (MAP)
canaller n 1 • NY
cat n 3a • chiefly NEast, esp NY
cat shit n • chiefly PA, NJ, NY (MAP)
catty n1 1 • chiefly MD, NJ, NY, PA (MAP)
clape n • esp NY
climb v 2b • chiefly Atl States, esp nNY, wNEng (MAP)
clove n • NY, esp Hudson R Valley
con n1 • scattered, but esp NY, CA (MAP)
crimp v 3 • chiefly N Cent, PA, NY (MAP)
crimper n • scattered, but chiefly N Cent, PA, NY (MAP)
cripple n1 • eNY, ePA, NJ
dickey n2 1 • chiefly NY, PA
dickey n2 2 • NY
dirt cellar n • chiefly NEng, NY
dish kettle n • chiefly NEng, NY
dobber n1 1 • chiefly NY, NJ
doc n 1 • chiefly PA, NY (MAP)
dooryard n • chiefly NEng, NY
dug worm n • esp NY
dominie n • chiefly in Du settlement areas, esp NY
eat the greaser v phr • esp NY
eel fly n • cnNY
ewe n (pronc) • chiefly NEng, NY
ex n1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng, NY (MAP)
fag n • scattered, but esp NY, PA, CA
faggot n • scattered, but esp NY, PA
farmer match n • chiefly Upper MW, Gt Lakes, NY, WV (MAP)
feest adj • chiefly in Du settlement areas, esp NY, N Cent
fetticus n • esp NY
file n2 • chiefly NY, NJ, PA
file v1 • chiefly NY, NJ, PA
flatland plow n • NY, nPA
flint n 1 • chiefly Midl, NY
food n (pronc) • wPA, sNY, nNJ
fyke n • orig chiefly NY, NEng; now chiefly C Atl coast
gather v B5 • chiefly Midl, NY (MAP)
gooney n 4 • esp PA, NY
goshawk n • esp PA, NY, NJ
go to business v phr • NEast, esp NY
grandpa n A5 • scattered, but chiefly C Atl, NY (MAP)
great northern diver n • chiefly N Atl, esp NY
gulf n 1 • scattered, but esp NY
hat rack n 1 • scattered but esp NY
hedgehog n 1 • chiefly NY, NEng
Holland Dutch n • esp NY
home bureau n • NY
home free exclam • chiefly east of Missip R, esp NY (MAP)
hour n (pronc) • S Midl, seME, seNY
hunk n2 • NY
idea n 1 (pronc) • scattered, but esp NEng, NY
Indian bread n 1 • esp NEng, NY
Jackson ball n • esp NY
jack wax n 1 • esp NY
jeezum crow intj • VT, nNY
Jewish pickle n • esp PA, NJ, NY (MAP)
jumper n 7c • wNEng, nNY, MI
kill n1 • esp NY, in Du settlement areas
killifish n 1 • chiefly seNY (MAP)
kimmelweck n • wNY, esp Buffalo
kip n • chiefly NJ, NY esp in Dutch settlement areas
kiskitomas n • chiefly NY, NJ
kittering adv, adj • scattered, but esp NY, NEng
Lafayette n 1 • esp NY
leader n 3 • chiefly NY, NJ (MAP)
long drawers n pl • scattered, but chiefly SE, C Atl, seNY (MAP)
louk n • eNY
Lucy Bowles n • scattered, but esp PA, NJ, seNY (MAP)
marrowfat (bean) n • chiefly nNJ, NY, PA (MAP)
mayflower n 2 • esp NY, NJ
Mick n 3 • NY, esp NYC
mossbunker n • esp NJ, NY
moving day n • esp NY, PA
mow away v phr • chiefly NEng, NY, Gt Lakes (MAP)
mud swallow n • chiefly West; also PA, NY, NJ (MAP)
national adj (pronc) • NEng, NY
netop n • NEng, nNY
nigger baby n 1 • scattered, but chiefly N Midl, seNY (MAP)
Old Home Day n • esp NEng, NY
one old cat n 2 • seNY
Oswego bass n • chiefly NY
Otsego (Lake) bass n • chiefly NY
out adv, v, adj, prep, n, exclam (pronc) • chiefly nNEng, nNY, Mid Atl, esp eVA
overshot n 2 • esp NY
pannicake n • chiefly Nth, esp NY, WI
parkway n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp NY, CT, NJ (MAP)
partridge n A2 (pronc) • chiefly Nth, Midl, now esp NEng, NY (MAP)
pied sheldrake n • esp NY
pinkster n 1 • chiefly NY
pinkster n 2 • chiefly NEast, esp NY, NJ
piss oak n • chiefly NEng, NY (MAP)
pitchhole n 2 • NEng, neNY (MAP)
pogy n 2 • esp NY, sNEng
poop v, n • widespread, but more freq NEng, NY, Gt Lakes, S Atl, West (MAP)
pot cheese n • chiefly NY, NJ, nPA, CT (MAP)
*potluck meal n • widespread, but less freq Sth, C Atl, NY (MAP and Map Section)
preacher Jack n • scattered, but more freq NY, PA, wGt Lakes
proof v • chiefly NY
pung n • chiefly NEng, NY (MAP)
punging vbl n • NEng, NY
put up v phr 3 • chiefly NYC, seNY
ratgut n • esp PA, NY, NJ (MAP)
real n • chiefly Nth, esp NY, NJ
rolliche n • NY, NJ
sap bush n • chiefly cNY
saw-whet owl n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng, NY (MAP)
scale v2 2 • chiefly NEng, NY (MAP)
scoop n 1 • scattered, but esp NY, PA, IN (MAP)
seapoose n • esp seNY, neNJ
shad herring n • esp NY
shelving n • esp NJ, NY
shiner n 2a • esp NY
shit, meaner than adj phr • chiefly NJ, PA, NY (MAP)
sizzer n1 • chiefly NEast, esp NY (MAP)
skeeve v • NEast, esp NY
skew- pref b • chiefly Nth, esp NY, MI, WI (MAP)
skidway n a • chiefly Gt Lakes, NY
skinny malink n • esp NY
skip mackerel n • esp NY
skippaug n • NY
smelt n 2b • NY
spiedi(e) n • chiefly csNY
stinkpot n 2 • chiefly nNY (MAP)
stived ppl adj • NEng, seNY
stook n 1 • chiefly NEng, nNY, Gt Lakes (MAP)
stout n • chiefly NY
Stovepipe City n • chiefly nNEng, NY
straight, right out adv phr, adj phr • NEng, NY
supawn n • chiefly NY
sweet walnut n • NEng, NY
tap v1 • NEng, NY
tap n2 1 • esp NEng, NY
thimble-eyed mackerel n • NY, NJ
throughway n • chiefly wNEng, NY (MAP)
timberdoodle n • chiefly NY, wGt Lakes
toggle v 1 • chiefly Nth, now esp NY
tomato pie n • esp CT, NJ, NY, PA
tomcod n 1a • chiefly ME, MA, NH, NY
trefoil n 1 • scattered, but esp wNY, PA (MAP)
tunk n1 1 • chiefly NEng, NY
turnpike (cake) n • chiefly NY
upstreeter n • sNEng, NY
venison bird n • esp NY
vly n • NY
water biscuit n • cwNY
water gap n 2 • orig chiefly NY, NJ, PA; now more widespread in technical language
weaser n • NY
wedge n1 2 • chiefly seNY
whinnering owl n • esp NY, NJ, CT
white pizza n • chiefly NY
wooden hill n • scattered, but esp NY, PA, NJ
yellow pike n • chiefly Gt Lakes, esp wNY
York State n • chiefly NEng, NY, and NEng settlement area
airy-way n • Brooklyn NY
bunk v1 2 • NYC, esp Brooklyn
kimmelweck n • wNY, esp Buffalo
*-a • chiefly wNEng south through NC (exc NYC and Philadelphia PA areas), Cent and SW
aikie(s) intj • chiefly NYC
alter kocker n • NYC and other Jewish settlement areas
appoint v (pronc) • NYC
asparagus n (pronc) • esp NYC, nNJ
Belgian adj • NY, esp NYC
bird n A1 (pronc) • esp coastal Sth, NYC, eNEng
black Tom n • chiefly NYC
blickey n1 • chiefly seNY, NYC, and NJ
box ball n • chiefly NYC
bunk v1 2 • NYC, esp Brooklyn
*crazy bone n • widespread, but least freq in Sth, NYC (MAP)
curl n, v (pronc) • chiefly in NYC
ditzy adj 2 • esp NYC
dog park n • NYC
egg ball n • NYC
egg cream n • chiefly NYC
elevator apartment n • esp NYC
fins exclam 2 • chiefly NYC
first adj, adv (pronc) • NYC, scattered Sth
first by day(, last by night) phr • NYC
floor-through n • NYC
forehead n (pronc) • esp NEng, NYC, Sth, S Midl
foreign adj (pronc) • esp NYC
forest n (pronc) • esp NYC, Sth
for-two-cents-plain n • NYC
four adj, n (pronc) • NYC
four-box baseball n • NYC
French flat n • NYC
girl n (pronc) • NYC
gutter n1 5 • NYC
hall bedroom n • chiefly NYC
hero n • scattered, but esp NYC (MAP and Map Section)
huge adj (pronc) • esp NYC, Long Island NY
human n (pronc) • esp NYC, Long Island NY
ice pop n • esp NYC area
I should worry phr • orig NYC
Italian ice n • esp NYC area
Johnny-on-the-pony n • chiefly NYC
king-queen n • NYC
learn v (pronc) • chiefly NYC, sLA
Mardi Gras n 2 • scattered, but esp Gulf States, NYC
Mick n 3 • NY, esp NYC
mocky n1 • chiefly NYC
mud gutter n • NYC, NJ, PA
nauseous adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NYC, NJ, PA (MAP)
nebbish n • esp NYC
off-the-point n • NYC
oil n1, v (pronc) • chiefly NYC
on prep B11 • chiefly NYC, nNJ
parky n2 • NYC, IL, WI
piccolo n • chiefly S Atl; also NYC
pie wagon n • chiefly NYC area
pipe, take the v phr • esp NYC, C Atl (MAP)
play street n • NYC
pollynose n • chiefly NYC
pot n 5 • NYC
potsy n 1 • chiefly NYC (MAP)
private house n • NYC
punchball n • esp NYC
put up v phr 3 • chiefly NYC, seNY
railroad flat n • chiefly NYC
rent party n • chiefly NYC
ring-a-levio n 1 • chiefly NYC
saluggi n • NYC
schlepp n 2 • esp NYC
schlepp v • chiefly NYC, but becoming more widely used
schlepper n • orig NYC; now more widely used
shoestring n 3 • chiefly NYC, C Atl (MAP)
sirree bob n • scattered, but esp Sth, wTX, N Midl, NYC (MAP)
skelly n • NYC
slap ball n • NYC
sliding pond n • chiefly NYC, nNJ
spaldeen n • chiefly NYC
spoil v A2 (pronc) • esp NYC
sprinkles n pl • scattered, but esp freq NYC, nNJ
stickball n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp NYC (MAP)
stoopball n • esp NYC
street checkers n • esp NYC
super n • scattered, but chiefly NYC
*tablet n • widespread, but less freq NEng, NYC, nNJ
tag sale n • chiefly Nth, esp sNEng, NYC
take v B6 • esp NYC
thirty n, adj, pron (pronc) • esp NYC |ˈɵɞti|
those pron, adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, NYC..|doz|
toilet n 1 (pronc) • esp NYC
*wheelbarrow n • aspirated |hwil-| forms..least common in NYC, NJ
ofay n • [..If the word originated in Harlem c1920 it may be, as has often been asserted, pig Latin for foe.]
New York, Hudson (River) Valley
clove n • NY, esp Hudson R Valley
olykoek n • chiefly Hudson Valley NY
skimmelton n • chiefly Hudson Valley, nNJ, nePA (MAP)
winkle-hawk n • chiefly Hudson River Valley (MAP)
huge adj (pronc) • esp NYC, Long Island NY
human n (pronc) • esp NYC, Long Island NY
mummichog n • sNEng, Long Island NY
pightle n • Long Is. NY
quail snipe n • esp Long Is. NY
snowshoe flounder n • esp Long Is. NY, NEng
swellbelly n • chiefly Long Is. NY
torup n • esp Long Is. NY
salt potato n • esp Syracuse NY
brush broom n2 • chiefly NEast, esp upstate NY (MAP)
chair n (pronc) • SC, sNEng, Upstate NY
downstreet adv • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
draw v C1 • chiefly Upstate NY, wNEng (MAP)
emptins n pl • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY
finger n B1b • chiefly Upstate NY
friedcake n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp Gt Lakes, Upstate NY (MAP)
frock n • chiefly Upstate NY, nNEng (MAP)
gambrel roof n • chiefly Upstate NY, NEng (MAP)
grandpa n A6 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
griddle n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp Upstate NY, VT (MAP)
hoggy n 1 • Upstate NY
horning n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp Upstate NY, nPA (MAP)
lake trout n 1 • chiefly Gt Lakes, Upstate NY (MAP)
leather apron n • NEng, Upstate NY
lobber v • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, esp Upstate NY, CT, MI (MAP and Map Section)
lower v1 • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
mall n 1 • chiefly Upstate NY (MAP)
matterate v • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
muley adj, n2 A3 (pronc) • chiefly Upstate NY, nPA, wGt Lakes (MAP)
muskellunge n 1 • chiefly Gt Lakes, OH, PA, Upstate NY (MAP)
neap n1 • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
night pasture n • scattered, but esp eGt Lakes, Upstate NY (MAP)
out adv, v, adj, prep, n, exclam (pronc) • chiefly Upstate NY, wNEng
pank v • chiefly nMI; also PA, Upstate NY
pass n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, esp Upstate NY (MAP)
piss elm n • chiefly N Cent, Missip Valley, Upstate NY (MAP)
pitch n2 1 • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY, Delmarva, Missip Valley, Cent (MAP)
pole barn n • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, Gt Lakes, Upstate NY, CT, Mid Atl (MAP)
pound sand down a rathole v phr 1 • chiefly west of Missip R, N Cent, Upstate NY (MAP)
punkie n1 1 • chiefly Upstate NY, PA (MAP)
quoit n A1 (pronc) • formerly widespread, now esp NJ, PA, Upstate NY, wMA (MAP)
root n1, v (pronc) • esp NEng, Upstate NY, Upper MW |r^Ut|
salt pork n • scattered, but somewhat more freq NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
skipjack n 4 • Upstate NY
soft maple n • chiefly wNEng, Upstate NY, nPA, N Cent, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
spring beauty n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp N Cent, PA, Upstate NY
storm house n 1 • Nth, esp Upstate NY, Gt Lakes (MAP)
strawberry bass n 1 • chiefly Gt Lakes, Upstate NY
stump lot n • chiefly CT, MA, Upstate NY
sugar bush n 1 • chiefly wNEng, Upstate NY, Gt Lakes (MAP)
sugar house n 1 • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY
swale grass n • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
Texas hot (wiener) n • chiefly nNJ, Upstate NY, PA
titman n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
town road n • NEng, Upstate NY, wGt Lakes (MAP)
transport n • chiefly Missip Valley, West, Gulf States, Gt Lakes, Upstate NY (MAP)
tunk n1 2 • chiefly VT, Upstate NY
tunnel n • chiefly NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
tuque n • Nth, esp Upstate NY, NEng
tureen dinner n • chiefly Upstate NY, wPA (MAP and Map Section)
whay exclam • esp nNEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
woodchuck n 6 • Upstate NY
wrist n • Upstate NY
New Zealand; Dictionary of New Zealand English
scarf n2 • Cf AND, DNZE
scrub n 1 • [..chiefly Austr, NZ]
unfinancial adj 1 • [Cf OED2 financial a. 2..; this sense is very common in Australia and New Zealand.]
unfinancial adj 2 • Cf AND, DNZE (at financial)
haddo n • [Nisqualli huddoh]
skowitz n • [Nisqualli..]
again prep, adv, conj (pronc) • chiefly Nth, N Midl
agate-eye n • chiefly Nth, esp Gt Lakes
agree to disagree v phr 1 • chiefly Nth, West
Albany sleigh n • Nth
alderman n • Nth
all-ee all-ee (all) in free exclam • chiefly Nth (MAP)
alley n1 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
all in adj 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
all in but one’s shoestrings adj phr • Nth
all of a phr • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
all the way through adv phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, TX (MAP)
all two adj, pron, conj • Nth
anchor ice n • Nth
andiron n • formerly chiefly Nth; now throughout US
and like (of) that conj phr • ?esp Nth
angel n 4 • chiefly Nth, West
angleworm n • chiefly Nth and West (MAP)
anise root n • chiefly Nth
antsy adj • chiefly Nth
appleknocker n 3 • chiefly Nth
apple paring n • chiefly Nth
apron n (pronc) • chiefly Nth, Midl
arctic n1 • chiefly Nth
ark n 3 • Nth
armful n • formerly chiefly Nth; now widespread, but esp common in Nth (MAP)
*armload n • widespread, but least freq in Nth (MAP)
ash breeze n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
ashpan n • widespread, but esp Nth, Midl (MAP)
ashpit n • chiefly Nth
ass end n • chiefly Nth
ass-end-to adv phr • chiefly Nth (MAP)
Astor’s pet horse n • chiefly Nth
*at prep 2 • widespread exc in Nth, though gaining currency throughout US (MAP)
Aunt Jane’s room n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
ax n • Nth
ax-handle n 2 • Nth
aye, yes or no n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
babiche n • Nth, esp AK
babushka n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
baby house n • Nth
back v 2 • ?Nth
back cant n • Nth
back-end-to adv phr • chiefly Nth
back forty, the n • Nth, West
backside-to adv phr • chiefly Nth (MAP)
backslider exclam • Nth
back water v phr • chiefly Nth, Atlantic
bait n 5 • Nth, esp NEng
baker’s bread n • throughout US, but esp Nth, N Midl, West (Map Section)
bald-headed adj 2 • ?Nth
bald-headed adv 1 • chiefly Nth, West
balsam n 1 • chiefly Nth
banjo n B2 • chiefly Nth, West
bank v 3 • chiefly Nth
banking ground(s) n • chiefly Nth
bannock n • chiefly Nth, esp eNEng
bar n1 3 • chiefly Nth, NW
barbaree n, exclam • Nth
barber chair n, v • Nth
bare-naked adj • scattered, but chiefly Nth (MAP)
barf v, n • chiefly Nth, West
barn boss n 1 • Nth
barn door n 1 • Nth
barn door n 2a • chiefly Nth
barn raising n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
barnyard n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
barnyard golf n • chiefly Nth
basket n 4 • Nth
basket wagon n • Nth
bateau n B1 • Nth, esp NEng
battleship n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
beanery n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
beans, not to know v phr a • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
beat it v phr • widespread, but most freq in Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
beaver meadow n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
bed slipper n • ?Nth
bee n2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
beet greens n pl • chiefly Nth, scattered West (MAP)
belly-flop n, v, adv • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West
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)
bending ice n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
bent n2 2 • chiefly Nth
biddy n2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West
big-feeling adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl
big wheels n pl • chiefly Nth
billy-be-damned n • chiefly Nth
bird cherry n 1b • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
birl v • Nth
biscuit n B5 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
bitch n 4 • ?chiefly Nth, N Midl
bitch v • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
bittersweet n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
blaa n, v • chiefly Nth
blackcap n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
black diphtheria n • chiefly Nth
black-eyed bean n • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
blanket chest n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
blankie-lie-low exclam, n • chiefly Nth
blare v 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
blast n 4 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West, scattered Sth (MAP)
blat n, v 2 • chiefly Nth and West (MAP and Map Section)
blazes n, intj • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
blindman’s buff n a • widespread but esp common Nth, N Midl
block party n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
blood relative n • esp Nth, N Midl, West
bloodsucker n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
blossom n 1 • chiefly Nth
blotch n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
blow v1 A2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, and scattered Nth (MAP)
bluecoat n 1 • esp Nth, N Midl
blue fly n • esp Nth
bluenose n 3 • chiefly Nth, Pacific
blue wasp n • esp Nth
bluff v 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
boarder n • esp Nth, N Midl
board-stretcher n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
boat n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
bob n3 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
bobber n • chiefly Nth
bobsleigh n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
bock beer n • chiefly Nth
body n 2 • chiefly Nth
boiled dinner n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
boiler n1 3 • chiefly Nth, Pacific NW
boil up v phr • chiefly Nth, Pacific NW
bollix v • chiefly Nth, N Midl
bone orchard n • esp Nth, Midl
boo n1 • scattered, but esp Nth
booby n2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
boodle n 2c • chiefly Nth
boogaloo n • esp Nth, N Midl
boogie n 2 • chiefly Nth
boogie n 3 • esp common Nth
boom v 1 • chiefly Nth
booze belly n • esp Nth, N Midl
boozer n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
bore n1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
borsch n • chiefly Nth
boss adj • scattered but esp in urban areas of Nth, N Midl, Pacific
boss n1 2 • chiefly Nth and West (MAP)
botheration exclam • chiefly Nth
boughten adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
bounce, give one the v phr • esp Nth (MAP)
bow-and-arrow n • chiefly Nth
box social n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
box stove n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
boyfriend n • chiefly Nth
bozo n • esp Nth, N Midl
braces n pl • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
bread-dough biscuit n • chiefly Nth, AR, MS (MAP)
break v B2 • Nth
break v C4 • chiefly Nth
*breastbone n • scattered, but least freq in Nth and Sth
bringing up vbl n • Nth, N Midl
bromegrass n • Nth, esp Upper MW, Gt Lakes
brown betty n 1 • chiefly Nth
brush v C1 • chiefly Nth
brush scythe n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
bub n2 3a • chiefly Nth
bubbler n 2 • Nth, N Midl; esp freq in WI
bubble-top n • Nth, N Midl
bubby n2 2 • chiefly Nth
buck n1 1b • chiefly Nth, Midl
buck n1 2e • Nth, N Midl
buck n1 4 • chiefly Nth, N Midl exc Rocky Mts, NW (MAP)
buck v2 1 • chiefly Nth
buck buck n 2 • Nth, N Midl
bucker n2 1 • Nthn logging areas, esp Pacific NW
bucket n 2b • Nth, esp NEast
bucket n 2c • Nth, east of IL
bucket n 3 • chiefly Nth and N Midl, east of Missip R (MAP)
buck fever n 1 • widespread, but esp freq in Nth
buckle v 1 • widespread, but now most common in Nth, least common in Midl
bucksaw n • Nth, N Midl
buckskin n 2 • Nthn logging areas
buckwheat n 5 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
buddy n 1c • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Atlantic
budget n 3 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
buff n 2 • chiefly Nth
bullfly n • chiefly Nth
bullhead n 1b • chiefly Nth (MAP)
bull of the woods n 1 • chiefly Nth, Pacific NW
bull rake n • chiefly Nth, Midl
bum, on the adj phr • esp Nth
bum’s rush n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
bunch n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
bunch onion n • chiefly Nth
bung eye n • esp Nth
bunk sled n • Nth
bunt v2 • Nth
bunter n 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
burdock n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
burr n1 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
bush n1 B1b • Nth, esp AK
bushwa n2, exclam • chiefly Nth
bust a tug v phr • chiefly Nth
buttercup squash n • chiefly Nth
buttery n • Nth, esp NEng (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)
buzz off v phr • Nth
by guess and by gosh adv phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cabbage night n • Nth
cabbage salad n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
calamity n • Nth
call-down n • chiefly Nth, Midl
call down v phr • chiefly Nth, Midl
Canada jay n • chiefly Nth
Canada lynx n • chiefly Nth
Canada thistle n • chiefly Nth
canary grass n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
can’t-see-um n • chiefly Nth
Canuck n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
canyon n • chiefly West, scattered Nth (MAP)
capish v • Nth
caramel n (pronc) • in Nth, West
cart v 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
cart v 2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl
cat ice n • Nth
cat spruce n • Nth, esp NEng
cellar n1 (pronc) • Nth, esp NEng
center n1 • Nth
changed ppl adj 1 • chiefly Nth
change work v phr, n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
charge v B2 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
charge v B3 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
chase oneself v phr 1 • esp Nth
cheater n 1b • esp Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
checks, cash in one’s v phr • scattered, but esp Nth, Midl
chestnut n 3 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
chewing match n • chiefly Nth
chicken coop n 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
chicken tracks n pl • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
chicory n 1 • chiefly Nth, C Atl
chimney n B2 • Nth, N Midl
china n B2 • esp Nth, N Midl
Chinee n2 • esp West and Nth
Chinese pheasant n • chiefly Nth, esp OR, WA
chink n3 2 • Nth, esp NW
chintzy adj1 • widespread, but esp Nth, N Midl, West
chin-whisker adj • Nth
chip n1 4 • chiefly Nth (Map Section)
chipmunk n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast, though becoming more widespread
chipping sparrow n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
chipping squirrel n • chiefly Nth
chip together v phr • chiefly Nth
chizzly adj • esp Nth
choke v1 • Nth
choke a horse v phr • chiefly Nth
chokecherry n 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
choker n 1 • Nth, esp Pacific NW
chopper n 1 • chiefly Nth
chopper n 2 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
chopping vbl n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
chore v • chiefly Nth, N Midl
chore boy n • chiefly Nth, West
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)
Christopher intj • chiefly Nth, also N Midl
chuck n2 • chiefly Nth
chuck boat n • Nth
chuke n1 • Nth, esp states bordering Canada
chunk v 4 • Nth
chunk pickle n • esp Nth
churn-butted adj • Nth
cig n • esp Nth and West (MAP)
cinch n1 1 • scattered, but esp West, Nth (MAP)
cipher n 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
circus n 1 • chiefly Nth
clacker n 2 • chiefly Nth
clear adj B1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
click n • Nth
clipper n 1 • Nth
clobber n1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
clock shelf n • chiefly Nth
clodhopper n 2 • ?esp Nth
close one n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
closet n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp RI
clothes rack n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
clothes room n • Nth, esp NAtl
clothes tree n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
cluck v • Nth, esp PA, WI, Upper MW
clunk n 1 • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
*coal oil n • widespread, but least freq in Nth, S Atl (MAP)
coast v 1 • prob orig Boston MA area, now chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cob n2 3 • Nth
co-boss(ie) v phr • chiefly Nth (MAP)
cock n2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cock v1 • Nth
cocked ppl adj • chiefly Nth
cock of the woods n • chiefly Nth
cod v • chiefly Nth
coffin nail n 1 • widespread but esp Nth, Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
colony house n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
coltsfoot n 3 • chiefly Nth
come v A5a • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
come again v phr • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
come on n 1 • chiefly Nth
comforter n 2 • Nth
commode n 1 • chiefly Nth
commode n 4b • scattered, but esp Atl, Nth
compressed yeast n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
conductor (pipe) n • Nth, esp NEast
cook v 1 • chiefly Nth, esp in Ger and Scan settlement areas
cookee n b • chiefly Nth
cookie n1 3 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
coop n1 (pronc) • Nth, N Midl
cope v2 (pronc) • Nth
cork n2 2 • chiefly Nth
cork n2 3 • chiefly Nth
corker n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cornmeal bread n • chiefly Nth, CA (MAP)
corn mush n • esp Nth
corporation n • Nth
cottage fried potatoes n pl • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cottage pudding n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
country n B2b • chiefly Nth
couple-three, (a) adj phr • chiefly Nth (MAP)
cover n, v B2 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng (MAP and Map Section)
cow corn n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
cow-kicked, I’ll be exclam • chiefly Nth
cowslip n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
cow yard n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEng
coydog n • Nth, esp NEast
crab n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp Gt Lakes (MAP)
crab v1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth (MAP)
crackerberry n • chiefly Nth
crackerjack n • scattered, but chiefly Nth (MAP)
cradle knoll n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
craunch v 1 • Nth
craunch v 2 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
crawler n1 1 • chiefly Nth
creeper n 7 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
crib v 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
crib v 2 • chiefly Nth
cribbage n • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
cricket n2 • chiefly Nth
criminy intj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
cripe intj • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP)
critter n B2a • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West
critter n B2b • chiefly Nth
croaker n1 2 • esp Nth, N Midl
crock n1 2 • chiefly Nth
crocked ppl adj 1 • esp Nth, N Midl
crocus n1 2a • chiefly Nth, esp Inland Nth
crowbait n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
cruiser n 1 • Nth
crust n B1 • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
cupboard n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cupola n B1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
curb n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl
curdle v • chiefly Nth, N Midl
curdled ppl adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
curl n B5 • esp Nth, N Midl
curtain n B1 • chiefly Nth, Midl
cut from the same cloth adj phr • chiefly Nth
cutter n1 1 • chiefly Nth, exc eNEng (MAP)
dago red n • chiefly Nth and West (MAP)
Danish pastry n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
deacon n 1 • chiefly Nth
deacon seat n 2 • chiefly Nth, esp ME
deadhead n 2 • esp Nth, N Midl
deaf adj B1d • chiefly Nth
dear intj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
deck n 1 • Nth
deck v • chiefly Nth
deeryard n • Nth
democrat wagon n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
de-nut v • chiefly Nth, N Midl
deuce, the n b • chiefly Nth
devil’s darning needle n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth (MAP)
deviltry n • chiefly Nth
dicker n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
dicker v 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
dingle n1 • Nth, esp MA
dirt n 2 • chiefly Nth, scattered West (MAP)
dirty spoon n • esp Nth, N Midl
discharge v, n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
discombobulate v • chiefly Nth, N Midl
divvy v • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
dock n2 2 • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP)
dodo n1 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
dog n1 (pronc) • chiefly Nth, N Midl
dog v 8 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West
dog’s age n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
dog-toes n • chiefly Nth
Dog Town n • chiefly Nth, Midl, West
dogwood n 3 • chiefly Nth
dolt n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
done in adj phr • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
donkey n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp Pacific NW
donnybrook n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
dope v 5 • chiefly Nth
dopey adj 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
dopey adj 2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
double Dutch n 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
double sawbuck n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
dough god n 2 • Nth, esp NEng
down adj D1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
down cellar adv phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
dowser n 2 • chiefly Nth
dowsing rod n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
dragsaw n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
*drain ditch n • scattered, but less freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
drain, go down the v phr • chiefly Nth
draw n 1a • chiefly Nth, Sth (MAP)
draw v B2 • esp Nth, West (MAP)
dray n 1 • chiefly Nth
dray v • Nth
dressing n 5 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng (MAP)
dribs and drabs n pl • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
drip n 1 • chiefly Nth
drive n 5 • Nth, esp NEng
drive n 6 • Nth, esp NEng, Gt Lakes
drive v B3 • chiefly Nth
driver n 4 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
driving vbl n • Nth
drought n A4 (pronc) • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
dry-ki n • chiefly Nth, esp ME
duck v 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast
duck bumps n pl • chiefly Nth (MAP)
duck on a rock n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
due adj, n (pronc) • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West
duff n 5 • chiefly Nth
duffer n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
dumb v, adj, intj • chiefly Nth
dummkopf n • chiefly Nth
Dutch cheese n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
Dutch love, hotter than adj phr • Nth
Dutchman’s breeches n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
dynamite n • chiefly Nth
eagle beak n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
ear tag n • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
ease v 1 • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl
eat dried apples v phr • Nth, esp N Atl
eaves pipe n • Nth
eaves spout n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
eaves trough n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
eave swallow n • chiefly Nth
eddy n 3 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
egg n B3 • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
elastic (band) n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp N Atl (MAP)
elephant n 2 • scattered, but more freq Nth
el ropo n • chiefly Nth
*entrails n pl • scattered, but less freq Nth (MAP)
entryway n 1 • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
essence peddler n • Nth, esp NEng
euchre n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp N Cent (MAP)
evener n 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP and Map Section)
ex n1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng, NY (MAP)
explode v1 • chiefly Nth N Midl (MAP)
eye-drop n • chiefly Nth
face fly n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp N Cent
fair-weather Christian n • Nth
fairy n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
farmer n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
faucet n B1 • formerly chiefly Nth; now widespread, but less freq Mid and C Atl
feast n • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl
feather n B4 • esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
feather n B9 • chiefly Nth, Pacific
feather bed n 1 • chiefly Nth
feather cloud n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
feed, off (of) one’s adj phr • chiefly Nth
fest n • chiefly Nth
fester n • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl
Fibber McGee(’s) closet n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
field mouse n • chiefly Nth
fill n2 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
fine cut adj phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
fire v C5 • chiefly Nth
firebug n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, PA (MAP)
fireplace shelf n • chiefly Nth
first adj B3b • chiefly Nth, N Midl
fishworm n • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl, Cent (MAP)
fit to be tied adj phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Mid Atl
five hundred n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, but less freq eNEng, NW (MAP)
five hundred n 3 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
flail n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
flail v • chiefly Nth, N Midl
flannelmouth n 2 • chiefly Nth
flat n2 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
flax v 2 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
flop n 7 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
flowerpot n 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
fodder corn n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
food sale n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
fool hen n 2 • Nth
foolish adj 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
fop n • chiefly Nth
for all of me adv phr • chiefly Nth
forenoon n • esp Nth
four corners n pl 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
fox and geese n 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Plains States, Rocky Mts (MAP)
frau n • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP)
free stall n • chiefly Nth
freeze tag n • chiefly Nth
Frenchy n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
freshet n 2 • chiefly Atlantic, Nth (MAP)
friction match n • Nth
fridge n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
friedcake n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp Gt Lakes, Upstate NY (MAP)
fried mush n • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP)
fritz, on the adj phr, adv phr • chiefly Nth (MAP)
frogeater n • chiefly Nth
from prep B5 • chiefly Nth
frosting n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
fudge intj • chiefly Nth
funnel n B1 • Nth
fuss v C5 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, CA (MAP)
fuss v C6 • Nth
fussbudget n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
futz v • esp Nth
gain, on the adj phr • Nth, esp NEast
galley-west adv, adj • chiefly Nth (MAP)
garden stuff n • scattered, but chiefly Nth
garden truck n • scattered, but esp freq Nth, Midl
garden worm n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
garret n 1 • scattered, but esp Nth
gelding n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
gem n • chiefly Nth
gentleman n B2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
German coffee cake n • Nth
German fried potatoes n pl • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
gesundheit intj • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
giant cracker n • chiefly Nth
glassie n • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
glass towel n • chiefly Nth
glim n 2 • esp Nth, West
glowworm n • scattered, but esp Nth, West
goad n B • chiefly Nth
goal n (pronc) • chiefly Nth
goal n B • chiefly Nth (MAP)
goboon n • chiefly Nth, West
go down v phr 1 • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
graham bread n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
grain v 2 • esp Nth
grandma n A2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
grandma n A4 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
grandma n A8 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
grandpa n A2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
grandpa n A6 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
grass finch n 1 • chiefly Nth
gravy n 2 • scattered, but more freq Nth, N Midl, WV (MAP)
grease v A1 (pronc) • chiefly Nth, West
greasy adj A1 (pronc) • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
greasy adj B • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
great guns exclam • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
green pea n 1 • chiefly Nth
green pepper n 2 • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
griddle cake n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
grow v 2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
growler n2 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
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)
guinea hen n 1 • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
gum n1, v1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
hackmatack n 1a • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
hairy woodpecker n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
half-assed adj • scattered, but more freq Nth
half-mast n • chiefly Nth
handsled n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
hanger-on n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
happy adj 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
hard maple n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
hardpan n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West
hard sauce n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
hardtack n 3 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
hare and hound(s) n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
harebell n 1 • chiefly Nth
harvest n B • chiefly Nth, N Midl
harvest fly n • chiefly Nth
hatchet n B3a • chiefly Nth, Midl
hawker n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
haycap n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
hay chute n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
hay hole n 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl, esp PA (MAP)
hayrack n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
hayseed n 1 • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl
hayshaker n 1 • chiefly Nth
haywire adj 1 • chiefly Nth
headcheese n 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
hearthstone n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
heartsease n 2 • chiefly Nth
heave v B1 • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
heavy adj • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP and Map Section)
heel plate n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, Midl
hell-to-breakfast, from adv phr • chiefly Nth, West
hen coop n • esp Nth (MAP)
*hey exclam 2 • scattered, but less freq Nth, Atlantic, West (MAP)
high-muck-a-muck n • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl
hinder n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
hindside-to adv • chiefly Nth, N Midl
hired man n • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
hitch v 1 • chiefly Nth
hitch v 3 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
hither and thither adv phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl
hither and yon adv phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl
ho v a • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
hog-wrestle n • esp Nth
hog yard n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
hoist v C1a • chiefly Nth, N Midl
hoity-toity adj • esp Nth, N Midl, CA (MAP)
home n B4a • chiefly Nth
*home base n 1 • widespread, but somewhat less freq Nth (MAP)
honeysuckle n 4 • chiefly Nth
Hoover n 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
horned lark n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
horse rake n • chiefly Nth
how adv 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl
hubbard squash n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (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)
hun n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl
Hungarian goulash n • esp Nth, N Midl
Hunk n3 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
hunter n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, CA (MAP)
hurricane n A1a • scattered, but chiefly Nth, esp NEast
hurry-up n 2 • chiefly Nth, Midl
husk n B2a • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
husk n B4a • chiefly Nth, Midl
husk v B1a • chiefly Nth, N Midl
*hydrant n 1a • scattered, but less freq Nth, Atlantic (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)
Indian pipe n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
Indian tobacco n 4 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
inkslinger n • Nth
inwards n pl (pronc) • esp Nth (MAP)
jack frost n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
jag n2 1a • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
jag n2 2 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
jeez intj • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
jell n • chiefly Nth
Jewish bread n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (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)
jill poke n • Nth
John Bull n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
johnnycake n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth (MAP)
Jonah n B1 • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
Judas n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
jumper n 7a • Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
kaput adj B • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
kettle n (pronc) • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
kettle n B2 • Nth
kit n 2b • widespread, but somewhat more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
kitchen dance n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
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-corner adv, adj 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
knife n • esp Nth (MAP and Map Section)
knob n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth (MAP)
knob n 3 • scattered, but esp Nth (MAP)
*knot n1 2a • widespread, but less freq Nth (MAP)
knothole n 1 • esp Nth
lalapalooza n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
landing n 1 • chiefly Nth
larch n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
licking good adj phr • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
*lightning bug n • widespread, but slightly less freq Nth, Pacific (MAP and Map Section)
ling n 1a • chiefly Nth
linnet n 3 • Nth
lippy adj • esp Nth
little mite, a adv phr • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
liverwurst n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
locie n • Nth, esp Pacific NW
lodge v • chiefly Nth
*loft n 1 • widespread, but less freq Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
logy adj 1 • scattered, but more freq Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
long drink of water n • chiefly Nth
longies n pl • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP and Map Section)
Louisiana n (pronc) • esp Nth, N Midl
low beam n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, C Atl, West (MAP)
lubber n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
lumber wagon n • chiefly Nth, Cent (MAP)
lummox n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
lung fever n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
ma n A1 (pronc) • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
macht nichts phr • chiefly Nth
mad adj 1c • chiefly Nth (MAP)
make v1 C7 • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
*mamma n1 1 • widespread, but less freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
mammoth adj, n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
marry v (pronc) • chiefly Nth
marsh marigold n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
May basket n • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl, Plains States (MAP)
May beetle n • chiefly Nth
mayflower n 7 • chiefly Nth, Midl
meadow n (pronc) • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West
meadow rue n • chiefly Nth
meg n 1 • chiefly Nth
metheglin n • chiefly Nth, Midl
Michaelmas daisy n • chiefly Nth
Mick n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
mig n • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
milk train n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
milquetoast n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, CA (MAP)
minnow n A4 • esp Nth
mitt n 2 • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP)
mitten n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
mitten v 1 • Nth
moist yeast n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
monkey v • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
mooseberry n • Nth, esp NEng
moosebird n • Nth, esp ME
mopboard n • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
mountain ash n 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
mow n1 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
mow v • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
moxie n 2 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
Mrs. n (pronc) • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West
murphy n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
mush n2 • esp Nth, West
mustard pickle n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
nana n1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
nauseous adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NYC, NJ, PA (MAP)
near adj C • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
needle n 3 • chiefly Nth
new adj (pronc) • widespread, but esp Nth, N Midl
nib n1 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
nigger heaven n 1 • chiefly Nth, Plains States, Rocky Mts, CA (MAP)
nigger in the fence n • esp Nth
nix adv 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
noogie n • chiefly Nth
no-see-um n 1 • chiefly Nth, Pacific (MAP)
notional adj 2 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
nut v • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
off-color adj • esp Nth
off ox n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
old maid n 4 • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
old maid n 5 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
one old cat n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
oozy adj • Nth, N Midl (MAP)
open adj B1 • chiefly Nth
orchard grass n • chiefly Nth, Midl, esp S Midl (MAP)
ought v C1a • widespread, but chiefly Nth
ought v C2b • widespread, but more freq Nth
outlaw n 3 • Nth
paddy n1 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West, esp NEast (MAP)
pail n 1 • formerly chiefly Nth, now more widespread
pail n 2b • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
palsy-walsy adj, n • esp Nth, N Midl, West
pannicake n • chiefly Nth, esp NY, WI
pantywaist n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
papa n2 (pronc) • chiefly Nth, esp NEng |ˈpʌpə|
partridge n A2 (pronc) • chiefly Nth, Midl, now esp NEng, NY (MAP)
pat n3 • Nth, esp MI (MAP)
patch n 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
pathmaster n • chiefly Nth
pea soup n 2 • chiefly Nth
peddle v a • chiefly Nth, West, Mid Atl (MAP)
peg v C2 • chiefly Nth
peggy n1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
pelter n • Nth
pencil-pod bean n • esp Nth
peony n1 1 (pronc) • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
pernickety adj • scattered, but chiefly Nth
persnickety adj • scattered, but more freq Nth, Midl (MAP)
phiz n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
picked-up adj phr • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
pickle n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
*piddle v 1 • widespread, but less freq Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
piece bag n • Nth, esp NEng
pie social n • esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
pig n1 B16 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
pig yard n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
pimp stick n • esp Nth, West (MAP)
pin cherry n 1 • Nth, esp MI, MN, WI (MAP)
pinchers n pl • widely scattered, but esp freq Nth, Midl, TX (MAP)
pitch n1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
pitchfork n 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
pitchhole n 1 • Nth
*pith n • widespread, but less freq Nth, West (MAP)
plank road n • scattered, but more freq Nth, N Midl
plowed adj • esp Nth
pod n 3 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
poke n2 1 • chiefly Nth
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)
Polish sausage n • scattered, but esp Nth (MAP)
pollywog n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
poor adj A1 (pronc) • esp Nth (exc neNEng), N Midl, Gulf States
pope’s nose n 1 • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl, CA, TX (MAP)
porky n2 • chiefly Nth, nCA (MAP)
porridge n B1 • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
posy n 1 • Nth, esp NEng
potato bun n • chiefly Nth, esp PA
pothole n 3 • scattered, but more freq Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
*pour piss out of a boot v phr • scattered, but less freq Nth (MAP)
pram n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
princeton n • esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
prisoner’s base n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
proboscis n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
puckerbrush n • Nth, esp nNEng
puckersnatch n • Nth, esp NEast
puddingstone n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
pudjicky adj • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
puffball n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Cent
pull v 3 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
punky adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
punt n • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl, CA (MAP)
push broom n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
pussy n 4 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
put up v phr 2 • esp Nth
quadrille n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
quick-and-dirty n • Nth
quick consumption n • esp Nth
quickwater n • chiefly Nth, esp ME
quill pig n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
quoit n B • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl, Plains States, Pacific, esp NEast (MAP)
raised ppl adj 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
rake v1 B2 • chiefly Nth
rampike n • Nth
rat n 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
*rawbone adj • widespread, but somewhat less freq Nth (MAP)
raw-fried potatoes n pl • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
reach n B1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
real n • chiefly Nth, esp NY, NJ
Rebellion n • Nth, N Midl, esp NEng
reef v 1 • chiefly Nth
resin n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
ridgeboard n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
riley adj 1 • Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
rise v B3 • chiefly Nth
river drive n • chiefly Nth
river hog n • Nth
Robin Hood’s barn, go (all the way) around v phr • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, C Atl, WV (MAP)
roller broom n • esp Nth
roller towel n • chiefly Nth, Midl, West
roly-poly n 5a • chiefly Nth
root house n • chiefly Nth, esp Gt Lakes, WA (MAP)
rope n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
rotten adj 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
round ball n • Nth
round barn n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
round square n • esp Nth (MAP)
row n 4 • chiefly Nth, Atlantic, Gulf States (MAP)
rubber ice n • chiefly Nth, wN Midl (MAP)
ruffed grouse n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
rule n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
run v B9b • scattered, but more freq Nth, N Midl
runs n pl • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
run sheep run n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
saffron bread n • Nth, esp MI (MAP)
saleratus n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
salt rheum n • chiefly Nth
Samson n1 • Nth, esp NEng
sauce n B2 • chiefly Nth
saucedish n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
sauerkraut n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
sauerkraut n 2 • chiefly Nth, esp NW, Upper MW (MAP)
sawbuck n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
saw-whet owl n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng, NY (MAP)
schnozzle n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
schoolmarm n • chiefly Nth
Scotch adj • esp Nth, N Midl, Plains States (MAP)
scum n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
*seed n 1 • widespread exc Nth (MAP and Map Section)
seed onion n • esp Nth
see you in church exclam • chiefly Nth, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
shakedown n 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
sheeny n1 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
sheepshead n 6 • esp Nth, N Midl
shifty adj 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
shirttail adj 2 • esp Nth
shitepoke n B1 • chiefly Nth, Midl
shoes, throw up one’s v phr • chiefly Nth, West
short meter n 1 • chiefly Nth
shove v 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
shuck n1 1d • formerly more widepread, now esp Nth (MAP)
shuck n1 4 • scattered, but chiefly Nth (MAP)
side n2 1 • chiefly Nth, esp Pacific NW
sidehill n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
sidehill n 2c • chiefly Nth (MAP)
-sie suff • chiefly Nth, N Midl
sinker n 2b • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
sire n 1 • widespread, but somewhat more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
skate n2 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
skeezicks n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
skew- pref a • chiefly Nth, CA (MAP)
skew- pref b • chiefly Nth, esp NY, MI, WI (MAP)
skijoring n • Nth, esp AK, NEast
skip v 1 • widespread, but esp freq Nth (MAP)
skite v • esp Nth, N Midl
skunk blackbird n • chiefly Nth
slapjack n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
slash v • Nth
slash n2 • chiefly Nth, nCA
slashing n 1 • Nth
*sled n • widespread exc Nth (MAP and Map Section)
slip-go-down n • Nth, esp NEng
slop v • esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
sluice v • Nth, esp NEng
smoothing harrow n • scattered, but more freq Nth, esp wNEng (MAP)
snow angel n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
snowshoe n 2 • Nth
snuck n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
snuffer n1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
snug adj 1 • chiefly Nth
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)
*soda pop n • widespread, but less freq Nth (MAP)
soldier v C • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
song sparrow n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
souse n1 C4 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
span adv • chiefly Nth
spark n • Nth
speakeasy n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
spendy adj • chiefly Nth, esp NW
spider n 1 • chiefly Nth; also Mid and S Atl (MAP)
split pea soup n • chiefly Nth, Pacific (MAP)
split the wind v phr • esp freq Nth, West
spring beauty n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp N Cent, PA, Upstate NY
squeaky cheese n • chiefly Nth, esp WI
squirrel whiskey n • chiefly Nth
stage n • esp Nth, West
statues n pl 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
stitch n 1 • chiefly Nth (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)
stonebolt n • Nth
stone hedge n • Nth
storm house n 1 • Nth, esp Upstate NY, Gt Lakes (MAP)
storm porch n • chiefly Nth
storm vestibule n • chiefly Nth
stove handle n • esp Nth (MAP)
stove lid n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
straight pen n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
stump v 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
stump farm n • chiefly Nth
sucker n 6 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
sugar off v phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast
*sugar pie n • scattered exc Nth, N Midl (MAP)
sulky plow n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
sumac n (pronc) • esp Nth, N Midl somewhat old-fash |ˈš(ɪ)umæk|
summer kitchen n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, exc NW (MAP)
summer wood n • chiefly Nth, West
sun dog n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
sunfish n 1a • chiefly Nth, Midl, exc NW
sure adj, adv 1 (pronc) • formerly chiefly Nth, N Midl; now more widespread
swale n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast, MI (MAP)
swamp v C1 • chiefly Nth
swamp v C2 • chiefly Nth
swamp blueberry n a • chiefly Nth
swamper n 2 • chiefly Nth
swamp grass n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
swamp hook n • chiefly Nth, esp MI, WI
swamp moss n 1 • chiefly Nth
*swap day n • scattered, but less freq Nth
Swede n 2b • chiefly Nth, esp Pacific NW
Swedish condition(er) powder n • Nth
sweeper n 1 • Nth
sweet corn n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl; also West (MAP)
swell-body (sleigh) n • Nth
swing-dingle n • Nth
switchel n • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
*sycamore n B • widespread, but less freq Nth (MAP)
tag alder n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp Gt Lakes (MAP)
tag sale n • chiefly Nth, esp sNEng, NYC
tag-tail n • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
take v B8 • esp Nth (MAP)
tamarack n 1 • chiefly Nth, West
tar n1 B2 • esp Nth
tarvia n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp MI (MAP)
team n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng
teem v 2 • scattered, but esp Nth
teenty adj • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
tell n 1 • chiefly Nth
tennis flannel n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
tent caterpillar n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
thank-you-ma’am n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
thick milk n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp PA (MAP)
thill n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
three old cat n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
three-titter n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
thundercap n • esp Nth
tick n1 2 • esp Nth (MAP)
tick n2 • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP)
tiger-eye n • esp Nth
tiger lily n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, nCA (MAP)
*till prep B3 • widespread, but less freq Nth (MAP)
timber beast n • Nth, esp Pacific NW
timber wolf n 1 • chiefly Nth, West
titman n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
titman n 2 • chiefly Nth
to prep B1a • scattered, but esp freq Nth
to prep B1c • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, CA (MAP and Map Section)
to prep B12 • esp Nth
to adv C2 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast; also Pacific (MAP)
toad n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
toad in the puddle, biggest n • chiefly Nth
toadstabber n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
toboggan n 2 • esp Nth
toes, throw up one’s v phr • esp Nth
toggle v 1 • chiefly Nth, now esp NY
tog out v phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
Toonerville trolley n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
top n 2 • esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
toper n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
top milk n • esp Nth
top onion n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
torpedo sandwich n • orig NEast, now esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
tote v A2b • Nth, esp ME, WI
tote road n • chiefly Nth, esp ME
tote-road shagamaw n • Nth
tote team n • Nth, esp NEng, Gt Lakes
towel shower n • chiefly Nth
tracks n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
tree toad n 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
tree, up a adj phr 2 • Nth
Tuesday n (pronc) • widespread, but esp Nth, N Midl |ˈtuz̩de, -̩dɪ|
tug n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Missip Valley, West (MAP and Map Section)
tumpline n • chiefly Nth
tuque n • Nth, esp Upstate NY, NEng
turkey n B1 • chiefly Nth
turkey trot n 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
twitch grass n 1 • Nth, esp NEng
two old cat n 1 • chiefly Nth (MAP)
*umbrella n A2b (pronc) • widespread, but less freq Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
unsight unseen adv phr, adj phr • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
up island adv phr • Nth, esp NEast
upside-down bird n • esp Nth
variety shower n • chiefly Nth
vino n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West, esp CA (MAP)
waken v • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
water n B2 • chiefly Nth
wen n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp nOH (MAP)
whee exclam • chiefly Nth
wheel v • chiefly Nth, N Midl
whinny n, v 1 • chiefly Nth, sNJ, WV (MAP)
whinny n, v 3 • esp Nth
whippletree n • chiefly Nth (MAP)
whisk broom n A2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth
whiskey jack n • Nth (MAP)
white daisy n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
white grub n • esp Nth (MAP)
white lampblack n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
white lily n • esp Nth
widow-maker n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NW
wild buckwheat n 1 • chiefly Nth
wild rice n 1 • widespread, but esp Nth
with prep, adv A3 (pronc) • also Nth
withy adj 1 • chiefly Nth
woodchuck n 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl (MAP and Map Section)
woodlot n • widespread, but esp Nth, Midl (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)
yah adv • scattered, but chiefly Nth, esp N Cent, Upper MW, Plains States (MAP)
yap n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, West (MAP)
Yid n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
yolk n A1 (pronc) • widespread, but esp Nth, Midl (MAP)
yonder adv, adj, n A2 (pronc) • chiefly Nth
you betcha adv phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, CA, TX; now esp Upper MW, NW (MAP)
you guys pron • orig chiefly Nth; now widespread
you guys'(s) adj phr, pron • chiefly Nth
your guys'(s) adj phr, pron • chiefly Nth, West
youse guys pron • chiefly Nth
youse guys'(s) adj phr • chiefly Nth
*zinnia n (pronc) • widespread, but less freq Nth, Pacific |ˈzinjə|
alewife n • chiefly C Atl, N Atl, Gt Lakes
anan intj • chiefly N Atl
antymire n • chiefly N Atl, C Atl, sAppalachians
anxious bench n • chiefly N Atl, Sth, S Midl
appletree-er n • N Atl coast
ass from one’s elbow, not to know one’s v phr • chiefly N Atl (MAP)
ataunto adv, adj • chiefly N Atl
athwart prep • N Atl
athwartships (of) adv • N Atl
baitfish n • chiefly Atl, esp C Atl, N Atl
bake n 2 • ?chiefly N Atl
blackfish n 1 • chiefly N and C Atl
blanket n 1 • chiefly N Atl
blink n2 • chiefly N Atl coast
bonnyclabber n • chiefly N Atl
breeze v • chiefly N Atl, C Atl
bunker n1 • N and C Atl
caboose n1 1 • esp N Atl coast
cat’s-paw n 7 • chiefly Atl, esp N Atl
civil adj 2 • N Atl
clambake n • chiefly N Atl
clam pie n • N Atl
close aboard adj phr • N Atl
clothes room n • Nth, esp N Atl
creek n1 B1 • Atlantic, esp Mid and N Atl
*davenport n • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl, N Atl (MAP)
dory n2 • chiefly N Atl (MAP)
double-ender n 1 • chiefly N Atl
dredge n1 (pronc) • chiefly N and Mid Atl, Delmarva
east’ard adv, n • N Atl
easting n • N Atl
eat v A2b • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, N Atl (MAP)
eat v A3b • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, N Atl (MAP)
eat dried apples v phr • Nth, esp N Atl
eel rack n • C and N Atl
egg pop n • N Atl
elastic (band) n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp N Atl (MAP)
English corn n • N Atl
English walnut n • chiefly N and C Atl, CA
escarole n • chiefly N and C Atl
*grandpa n A4 • scattered, but less freq N Atl, Pacific (MAP)
great northern diver n • chiefly N Atl, esp NY
green n 1 • chiefly N Atl
green cod n 1 • N Atl coast
grubby n 2 • Atlantic, esp N Atl
haul v 1 • chiefly N and C Atl
housen n1 1 • chiefly N Atl
kindling n • esp N and C Atl
king n 2 • esp N and C Atl (MAP)
ling n 2 • esp N Atl coast
littleneck n 1 • chiefly N Atl
*lot n 1b(2) • widespread, but less freq N Atl, West (MAP)
mixed-breed n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, N Atl (MAP)
mug-up n • scattered, but esp N Atl, Upper Missip Valley, AK
muskmelon n (pronc) • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl, N Atl (MAP)
musquash n • chiefly C and N Atl, esp NEng
open-and-shut adj • chiefly N Atl (MAP)
pheasant duck n • chiefly Atlantic, esp N Atl
piss-a-bed n 1 • chiefly C and N Atl exc NEng (MAP)
plant v 3 • esp N and C Atl coast
poke n1 1b(2) • N Atl, AK
*pop n1 • widespread, but less freq N Atl, ePA, Sth, eMO, sIL (MAP)
punk n2 2 • formerly chiefly N and C Atl; now esp PA (MAP)
quahog n 1 • chiefly N Atl coast, esp MA, RI (MAP)
railbird n • chiefly N and C Atl
salt hay n • chiefly N Atl (MAP)
sand flounder n 1 • N Atl
sandworm n • chiefly N and C Atl
sea bass n 1a • chiefly N Atl
shedder n • chiefly N and Mid Atl
skimmer n 2 • N and Mid Atl
soft-shell clam n • chiefly N and C Atl (MAP)
soft-shell crab n • chiefly Delmarva, N Atl (MAP)
southward adv, adj, n (pronc) • chiefly N Atl |ˈsʌðə(r)d|
*sowbelly n • widespread, but less freq N and Mid Atl, PA, c,sCA (MAP)
*sucker n 7 • widespread, but less freq N Atl (MAP)
*tadpole n 1 • widespread, but somewhat less freq N Atl, West (MAP)
thatch grass n • N Atl
thorn n • formerly N and C Atl, now widespread
*tobacco spitter n • scattered, but less freq N Atl, Gulf States, West (MAP)
tread v 1 • N and Mid Atl
*turn v C1 • widespread, but less freq N Atl (MAP)
whinny n, v 2 • esp N and C Atl
winter cress n • esp N and C Atl
woodpile n attrib • chiefly C and N Atl, esp NJ
woods fly n • esp N and C Atl, OH (MAP)
-a • chiefly wNEng south through NC (exc NYC and Philadelphia PA areas), Cent and SW
aboon prep, adv • wNC
applejack n 4 • chiefly NC
arm baby n • esp NC
baby-waker n • VA, NC
bad adj B4 • chiefly Appalachians, esp wNC, eTN
baldhead n 3 • chiefly VA, NC
banker n 1 • chiefly NC
baseborn adj • chiefly Delmarva, wNC
bay n1 3 • SC, NC
be v C2b • chiefly NEng, NY, nPA; also Sth, esp eVA, eNC
beach robin n • esp NC
blind v 1 • NC
blowing fly n • esp NC, VA
bluetail hawk n • esp KY, sIN, NC
bob jack n • chiefly NC
boomer n1 1 • chiefly sAppalachians, esp eTN, wNC
bottled drink n • chiefly Sth, esp NC
break n1 1 • chiefly VA, NC
Brunswick stew n • chiefly Sth, esp VA, NC, GA (MAP)
buffalo n B1 • chiefly C Atl, NC (MAP)
candy stew n • KY, NC, VA
carpet, on the adj phr • Sth, S Midl, esp NC, TX, AR (MAP)
climb v 2c • chiefly Midl, esp VA, NC
climb v 2e • esp VA, NC
co-cow v phr • NC
cotton plow n • NC
country ham n • chiefly KY, NC, VA
Croatan n • NC, SC
damper n 1 • Mid Atl, esp eNC (MAP)
devil’s shoestring n 2 • chiefly NC
drop net n • esp NC
elbow, go (all) around one’s v phr • chiefly SE, esp NC (MAP)
eyeball n 1 • NC, SC
fifty-o n • NC
fire-lighting vbl n • esp NC (MAP)
flowerpot n 1 • chiefly VA, NC
gee-haw whimm(e)y-diddle n • sAppalachians, esp wNC
hicatee n • NC
hickey n1 3 • esp eNC
high adj (pronc) • NC
jimmy n 3 • Chesapeake Bay, VA and NC coasts
John Canoe n • NC
johnny gaugghy n • NC
jumping mullet n 1 • chiefly Mid Atl, esp NC
juniper n 2c • esp NC
knee baby n • Sth, S Midl, esp NC
laurel n 3 • chiefly sAppalachians, esp NC
liver mush n • NC, SC, GA, TN
lodging n • chiefly eNC, Delmarva
ma n A4 (pronc) • esp NC
maggot-eater n • NC, VA
make v1 D11 • esp GA, NC
mammock v 3 • esp NC
maninose n • chiefly Delmarva, NC
May pea n • now esp NC
monkey n1 B4a • SC, NC
muddle n • esp eNC
mutton-ham sail n • eNC
nullify v • esp eNC
on prep B10 • NC
oniony adj • chiefly NC, VA (MAP and Map Section)
packhouse n • esp GA, NC, eSC, VA (MAP)
peawood n • wNC, eTN
pestle-tail n • esp NC
piece meal n • esp NC, VA, WV, Ohio Valley
pine-bark stew n • NC, SC
pink in v phr • NC
plunder n 2b • esp KY, NC
pocosin n • chiefly NC, VA, MD
pony penning n • coastal VA, NC
popcracker n • VA, NC
poplar-leaf snake n • esp NC
potato riffle n • esp NC
robin n 2 • esp NC
robin n 3 • esp NC
rosemary pine n • chiefly Sth, esp NC
Russian rat n • NC
sailor’s choice n 1a • esp NC, SC
Sally Lunn n 1 • esp NC, VA (MAP)
sand fiddler n • Sth, esp NC
sea chicken n • esp NC
sea mullet n 1 • esp NC
Shawnee haw n • chiefly NC
she-balsam n • esp NC
silver cloud n • esp eTN, wNC
slick n 3 • wNC, eTN
slick n 8 • wNC, eTN
slipe n • esp NC, VA
sochan n • chiefly wNC
soda dope n • esp NC
son n • esp NC
sora n 1 • formerly chiefly VA, NC; now more widespread
stick gig n • chiefly NC, VA
stock house n • esp NC
stump-hole liquor n • Sth, S Midl, esp NC, SC (MAP)
Sunday baby n • esp NC
swamp turtle n 1 • esp NC
sweet Betsy n 1 • esp NC, TN
sweet pitcher plant n • esp NC, SC
swipe net n • NC
table tapper n • esp GA, SC, eNC
tar kiln n a • scattered, but esp NC
they exclam • esp NC, GA
thrift n 2 • esp NC, GA
tisswood n 2 • chiefly wNC, eTN
toddick n • chiefly NC
tom thumb n 1 • chiefly NC
tow bag n • formerly widespread, now esp NC (MAP)
trash mover n 2 • SE, esp NC, SC
travel v • esp NC
Virginia mullet n • chiefly NC
wahoo n1 3 • NC, TN, KY, VA
whirlygust n • esp NC, TN
whiz oak n • NC
widdie intj • chiefly S Midl, esp NC
wing n (pronc) • esp NC |hwɪŋ, (h)weŋ, wɛŋ|
worriation n • chiefly Mid Atl, esp SC, NC
yaupon n • chiefly Mid Atl, esp NC
yellowtail n 3 • esp NC
Old Buck n • Outer Banks NC
adder’s tongue n 1 • chiefly NEast and N Cent (MAP)
all adj2 • chiefly PA, also N Cent (MAP)
American fried potatoes n pl 1 • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent (MAP)
baby cab n • chiefly N Cent
black hornet n • chiefly N Cent, esp MI
black man n 2 • chiefly N Cent, Cent (MAP)
blue flag n • chiefly NEast, N Cent
boulevard n 1 • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent (MAP)
box-elder bug n • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent (MAP)
brooder house n • widespread exc West; esp freq N Cent (MAP)
brought up in a barn adj phr • scattered, but esp freq NEast, N Cent (MAP)
buck n1 3a • ?esp N Cent, Upper MW
*buffet n A2 (pronc) • widespread, but least freq NEast, N Cent
bull nettle n 1 • chiefly N Cent, Cent, TX, LA (MAP)
bunco n • scattered, but chiefly N Cent (MAP)
burg n • scattered, but esp N Cent, Cent (MAP)
burr oak n • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, Cent (MAP)
buttermilk sky n • scattered, but esp N Cent, Inland Sth (MAP)
butterprint n • esp N Cent
can n 3c • chiefly NEast, N Cent, C Atl (MAP)
capsheaf n 1 • chiefly N Cent (MAP)
catish adj • chiefly N Cent
cat-licker n • chiefly N Cent (MAP)
cellarway n • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
cluck adj • chiefly PA, N Cent, Upper MW
cluck n 1 • chiefly PA, N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
cockleburr n 1 • widespread, but chiefly N Cent,Upper MW, West (MAP)
creep v B1 • widespread, but chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
crimp v 3 • chiefly N Cent, PA, NY (MAP)
crimper n • scattered, but chiefly N Cent, PA, NY (MAP)
cruiser n 3 • chiefly NEng, N Cent, Mid Atl (MAP)
cruller n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent, C Atl (MAP)
danke schoen exclam • scattered, but esp N Cent, NEast (MAP)
dip n1 5 • scattered, but esp N Cent (MAP)
dornick n 1a • formerly more widespread; now esp N Cent, PA (MAP)
Dutch town n • esp N Cent
eh interrog exclam • chiefly N Cent, NEast (MAP)
euchre n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp N Cent (MAP)
eversharp n • scattered, but esp N Cent, Upper MW, KS, MO (MAP)
express wagon n • chiefly NEng, N Cent, West (MAP)
extension club n • chiefly Cent, N Cent
face fly n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp N Cent
far piece n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, N Cent (MAP)
fast train n • chiefly N Cent, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
*faucet n B2 • widespread, but less freq NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)
feather party n • N Cent
feeder n 5 • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent, SE (MAP)
feedlot n • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW
feest adj • chiefly in Du settlement areas, esp NY, N Cent
fire iron n 1 • chiefly Gulf States, S Atl, N Cent (MAP)
fix v B1e • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl, N Cent (MAP)
foxtail n 1 • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, West (MAP)
fresh fried potatoes n pl • esp N Cent (MAP)
frog n B2 • chiefly NEast, N Cent, Pacific (MAP)
fuss-button n • chiefly PA, N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
gee horse n • scattered, but esp N Cent, Gt Lakes (MAP)
German potato salad n • chiefly Gt Lakes, N Cent, esp WI (MAP)
get up there v phr • scattered, but esp N Cent, C Atl (MAP)
goosetown n • scattered, but esp N Cent, Upper MW
gopher n1 2b(1) • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, Rocky Mts
gopher n1 2c • chiefly N Cent, esp KY
grab onto v phr • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent (MAP)
grandpa n A8 • esp NEast, N Cent
grease ant n • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, CA (MAP)
gully n 2 • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
hall tree n • scattered, but esp N Cent, MO (MAP)
hard-shell turtle n • chiefly N Cent, Cent, Gulf States (MAP)
heaves n pl • widespread, but more freq NEast, N Cent, C Atl (MAP)
hedge n • chiefly N Cent, Cent (MAP)
*highway n • widespread, but less freq N Cent, NEast, C Atl (MAP)
hip-roofed barn n • chiefly N Cent, NEast (MAP)
hog house n 1a • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent; also S Midl (MAP)
hold v C2b • esp N Cent
hole n 10d • scattered, but esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
hopper n 1 • chiefly West, N Cent (MAP)
horse n B7 • chiefly Atlantic, N Cent
horse pulling n • esp N Cent, NEast
husking vbl n 2a • esp NEng, N Cent (MAP)
inchworm n • widespread, but esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
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)
Johnny Marzetti n • scattered, but esp OH, N Cent
June bug n 3 • esp N Cent
junker n • scattered, but chiefly N Cent, NEast (MAP)
kike n • widespread, but more freq NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)
knee-deep n • esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
knick-knock n • esp N Cent
knob n 1 • widespread, but more freq N Cent, Appalachians (MAP)
*knock v 1 • scattered exc N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
kuchen n • Ger settlement areas, esp N Cent, PA (MAP)
leatherback n 2 • esp N Cent
light-fingered adj • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
longear n 1 • chiefly N Cent, West (MAP)
love child n • scattered, but more freq NEast, N Cent, Mid Atl (MAP)
low-test adj • chiefly NEast, Mid Atl, N Cent (MAP)
macadam n 1 • widespread, but chiefly NEast, Mid Atl, N Cent (MAP)
mandrake n • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
mantel n • esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
May bug n 1 • esp N Cent (MAP)
meat platter n • chiefly N Cent, N Midl, C Atl (MAP)
mib n • scattered, but chiefly N Cent, NEast (MAP)
milk snake n 1 • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
mister n 1 • scattered, but chiefly N Cent, PA (MAP)
morel n2 • chiefly N Cent, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
mud duck n 1 • chiefly Midl, N Cent (MAP)
mushroom n (pronc) • chiefly NEast, Midl, N Cent (MAP)
New England (boiled) dinner n • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
nib n2 1 • chiefly N Cent, NEast (MAP)
nigger v 1 • esp NEast, N Cent
off adj D2 • scattered, but somewhat more freq NEast, N Cent (MAP)
old cat n 1 • N Cent, Plains States (MAP)
Ole Ole Olson all in free exclam • chiefly N Cent, Pacific; also NEast (MAP)
*overseer n 2 • formerly chiefly NEast; now scattered, but less freq N Cent, NEast (MAP)
overtown adv, n • chiefly NEast, N Cent
oxeye daisy n 2 • chiefly NEast, N Cent, sAppalachians
pa n A1 (pronc) • widespread, but esp NEast, N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
paper wasp n • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
parking n 2a • chiefly NW, Plains States, IA; also N Cent, sCA (MAP)
parlor n B1 • scattered, but esp C Atl, N Cent, NW (MAP)
peeper n1 1 • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
penoche n • chiefly NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)
p.g. adj • chiefly west of Missip R, N Cent (MAP)
picker n 1 • chiefly NEast, N Cent
pickerelweed n • esp NEast, N Cent
pick up v phr 1 • chiefly NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)
pig house n 1 • esp N Cent, Upper MW
pike perch n • chiefly NEast, N Cent
pill n 1 • scattered, but chiefly NCent, Cent, West (MAP)
pinch bug n • chiefly N Midl, N Cent (MAP)
piss elm n • chiefly N Cent, Missip Valley, Upstate NY (MAP)
pitchfork n 3c • chiefly N Cent, Missip Valley, Cent (MAP)
please interrog exclam • chiefly N Cent, esp OH
poison sumac n • chiefly NEast, N Cent, W Midl (MAP)
pooh out v phr • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
pound sand down a rathole v phr 1 • chiefly west of Missip R, N Cent, Upstate NY (MAP)
powder n B • chiefly NEast, N Cent, Appalachians (MAP)
pricker n • NEast, N Cent
puffball n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Cent
pussley n 1a • scattered, but esp freq NEast, NCent, Atlantic (MAP)
redhorse n 1 • chiefly N Cent, Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
rotten adj 1 • scattered, but esp C Atl, N Cent (MAP)
rounders n pl 1 • esp N Cent
rum n3 • NCent, PA (MAP)
sandburr n 1 • chiefly West, Upper MW, N Cent, C Atl
sauce n (pronc) • chiefly Inland Nth, N Cent, West |sɑs|
saucer n B2 • esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
sauerbraten n • esp N Cent, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
scavenger hunt n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
scholar n • scattered, but esp Atlantic, N Cent (MAP)
scour v • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, Cent
scratch pad n • esp N Cent
scrub n 2 • chiefly NEast, N Cent, TX, Gulf States (MAP)
sea foam n 1 • esp PA, Mid and C Atl, N Cent (MAP)
semi n • scattered, but chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, West (MAP)
shagbark hickory n • chiefly NEng, N Cent, sAppalachians (MAP)
shank’s pony n • chiefly N Cent, Pacific (MAP)
shanty Irish n pl • chiefly NEast, N Cent
share farmer n • esp PA, N Cent (MAP)
shellbark hickory n • esp NJ, PA, WV, N Cent (MAP)
shilling n • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
shuck v1 1c • chiefly NEast, N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
siehst du interrog exclam • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
sill cock n • chiefly NEng, N Cent (MAP)
sizzler n 3 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)
slam n 1 • esp N Cent, Gt Lakes (MAP)
smartweed n • widespread, but chiefly Midl, N Cent, Cent (MAP)
snag n 1 • chiefly NEast, N Cent
sneaker n 1 • widespread, but somewhat more freq NEast, N Cent (MAP)
soaker n1 • chiefly Nth, N Cent (MAP)
soft maple n • chiefly wNEng, Upstate NY, nPA, N Cent, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
sponge mushroom n • chiefly N Cent, IA (MAP)
spook yeast n • chiefly N Cent
spring beauty n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp N Cent, PA, Upstate NY
straw shed n 2 • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent
stump mushroom n • esp N Cent
submarine sandwich n • orig scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent, C Atl; now widespread (MAP)
sugar camp n • chiefly N Cent, WV, wPA (MAP)
sugar melon n • esp N Cent
swamp buttercup n • chiefly N Cent
swamp elm n • scattered, but esp NEast, N Cent
syrup camp n • esp N Cent, NEast
syrup grove n • esp N Cent
ted v • chiefly NEast, N Cent, cAppalachians (MAP)
tedder n • chiefly NEast, N Cent, cAppalachians (MAP)
thrash machine n • scattered, but esp Upper Missip Valley, N Cent (MAP)
timber lot n • esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
toot v, n3 • chiefly N Cent, W Midl, Gulf States (MAP)
top n 3 • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
transformation n • chiefly Atlantic, N Cent (MAP)
tree strip n • esp N Cent
trunk n 2 • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, esp WI (MAP)
turnpike v • chiefly NEast, N Cent
twister n 2 • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
two-step n • esp N Cent, West (MAP)
ugly adj B2 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent, TN (MAP)
umbrella plant n a • chiefly N Cent, PA (MAP)
vinegar fly n • chiefly NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)
visitation n • scattered, but chiefly N Cent (MAP)
wake-robin n 3 • chiefly NEast, N Cent, Mid Atl (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)
wamus n • chiefly N Cent, PA (MAP)
warm sugar n • NEast, N Cent
warty toad n • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
wheat cake n • chiefly N Cent, NEast (exc NEng) (MAP)
whichaway(s) adv • scattered, but more freq Sth, Midl, TX, N Cent (MAP)
whopper-jawed adj 1 • chiefly C and Mid Atl, SE, N Cent (MAP)
wienie n • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, N Cent, West (MAP)
wine plant n • esp NEast, N Cent
winter squash n • scattered, but esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
witch v • chiefly N Cent, Cent, nCA (MAP)
witch yeast n • esp N Cent
woods kitty n • esp N Cent
woods pussy n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
woolly bear n 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
X’s-and-O’s n • esp N Cent, PA, WV (MAP)
yah adv • scattered, but chiefly Nth, esp N Cent, Upper MW, Plains States (MAP)
bluff n1 b • chiefly ND, WI
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
farmhand n • NW, ND, SD
flickertail n 2 • chiefly Upper MW, esp ND
hot dish n 1 • esp MI, WI, MN, ND (MAP)
house n, v (pronc) • nND, MN
hunyak n 2 • MT, ND, SD, WY
julebukk n • WI, MN, ND in Norw settlement areas
limpa n • chiefly IL, MN, ND, WI
sand grass n 1c • ND, Plains States
slushburger n • ND, SD
stone johnny n • esp ND, SD
stubbleberry n • esp ND, SD
adder n 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, NEast; rare in West (MAP)
adder n 3a • chiefly east of Missip R, esp NEast
adder’s flower n • prob NEast
adder’s tongue n 1 • chiefly NEast and N Cent (MAP)
aggravate v B • largely avoided as nonstd in NEast
airtight n 1 • chiefly NEast
airy adj1 1 • chiefly Sth, NEast (MAP)
all day with one, be v phr • chiefly NEast
alley n2 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
*anti-over n, exclam • widespread, but least freq NEast, Gulf States
Arctic owl n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes
ash breeze n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
ash can n 2 • chiefly NEast
ass-wiper n • NEast
bag of meal n • NEast
*banana pepper n • widely scattered exc NEast, West (MAP)
bare-ass(ed) adj, adv • chiefly NEast (MAP)
bark n2 5 • chiefly NEast
barn ball n • chiefly NEast
basement n 1 • widespread, but least common in NEast (MAP)
bay n1 1 • chiefly NEast
bay lynx n • NEast
be v B1a(1) • chiefly NEast, Sth
be v B1d • chiefly NEast
beach plum n • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
beat one down v phr • chiefly east of Missip R, but esp NEast (MAP)
belay v • chiefly NEast coast
belly-bunk n, adv • NEast
belly-gut n, v, adv 1 • chiefly NEast, esp NY, PA (MAP)
belly-whacker n, adv • chiefly NEast, esp NY
bender n 1 • esp NEast
bill n2 • NEast
*billfold n • widespread, but least freq in NEast, Pacific (MAP)
birch beer n • NEast
bird’s nest n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
black ash n 1 • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes
blackcap n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
black cat n 1 • NEast
black duck n 1 • chiefly NEast, Mid and C Atl (MAP)
black fly n • chiefly NEast
black frost n 1 • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, C and S Atl, CA (MAP)
black ice n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
black ice n 2 • chiefly NEast, Rocky Mts and Pacific, esp WA, OR
black Protestant n • chiefly NEast
blat n, v 1 • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP and Map Section)
blind n 1 • chiefly Sth, NEast (MAP)
*blind n 2 • widespread, but least freq NEast, Sth (MAP)
blinger n • chiefly NEast
blue as a whetstone adj phr • chiefly NEast
blue flag n • chiefly NEast, N Cent
bluegrass n 2 • chiefly NEast
blue hubbard squash n • esp NEast
bob n3 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
bob calf n • NEast (MAP)
bob veal n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp NY
bog grass n • chiefly NEast
bogtrotter n 3 • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
bologna n • chiefly NEast and West
bonnyclabber cheese n • scattered NEast
*born in a barn adj phr • widespread exc in NEast (MAP)
bosh n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
Boston cracker n • NEast, esp NEng
boys exclam • chiefly NEast
bran sack n • NEast
bright n 1 • NEast
brimstone match n • chiefly NEast
brook n • orig chiefly NEng, now widespread but esp common NEast (MAP)
brother n A4 • esp NEast
brought up in a barn adj phr • scattered, but esp freq NEast, N Cent (MAP)
brush broom n2 • chiefly NEast, esp upstate NY (MAP)
bubble and squeak n • chiefly NEast
bucker n1 1 • chiefly NEast
bucket n 2b • Nth, esp NEast
buddy adj • chiefly NEast
*buffet n A2 (pronc) • widespread, but least freq NEast, N Cent
bug n1 5a • chiefly NEast (MAP)
bullnose pepper n • chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bunch n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
bundle v1 C1 • chiefly NEast
burr n1 2a • esp NEast
bus n1 B • chiefly NEast (MAP)
bush hook n • chiefly Sth, NEast (MAP)
butter and sugar corn n • NEast
butter tub, sit in a v phr • NEast
buttonball n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
buttonwood n 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
cabbage n B2 • chiefly NEast, Sth (MAP)
calling hours n pl • chiefly NEast, also OH, IN (MAP)
callithumpian n • chiefly NEast
calm n, adj, v (pronc) • in NEast
camp n 1 • chiefly NEast, Gulf States
can n 3c • chiefly NEast, N Cent, C Atl (MAP)
Canada plum n • NEast
candy pulling n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast, CA (MAP)
canker rash n • chiefly NEast
Canuck n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
cape-race n • NEast
capsheaf n 2 • chiefly NEast
cart v 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
cat n 3a • chiefly NEast, esp NY
catamount n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast
*catawampus adj 1 • widely scattered exc NEast (MAP)
cellar kitchen n • chiefly NEast
cellarway n • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
certain adj, adv (pronc) • esp NEast, Sth, S Midl
chain lightning n • chiefly NEast, West
chair n (pronc) • NEast and Mid Atl
chalk-line n • NEast
chank v • chiefly W Midl, NEast
charge v B3 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
*Charley horse n • widespread, but least freq NEast and Sth
cheese pumpkin n • NEast
chic sale(s) n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Midl, West (MAP)
chill v • chiefly NEast
chip dirt n • chiefly NEast
chipmunk n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast, though becoming more widespread
chipping sparrow n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
chopping vbl n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
Christmas intj • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
chuck v 1 • scattered, but esp freq NEast (MAP)
chunked adj 1 • chiefly NEast
cinch n1 2 • scattered, but esp NEast, Atlantic
clapboard n, v • scattered, but chiefly NEast (MAP)
clobber n1 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
clothespress n 2 • chiefly NEast, eN Midl (MAP)
clothes tree n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
coal v • chiefly NEast
cobb n2 • NEast
cobble n1 1 • chiefly NEast and West
cobble n2 • NEast
cobblestone n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
cockeyed adj 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast (MAP)
cocksfoot grass n • NEast
co-day v phr • chiefly NEast, MI (MAP)
codfish aristocracy n • chiefly NEast
codfish ball n • chiefly NEast
coffin-carrier n • NEast coast
co-jack v phr • chiefly NEast
cold cellar n • NEast (MAP)
cold-water n attrib • chiefly NEast
cold-water flat n • scattered, but chiefly NEast (MAP)
colony house n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
come again v phr • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
*come fresh v phr • scattered exc NEast (MAP)
comfortable n B2 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
conductor (pipe) n • Nth, esp NEast
corky adj • chiefly NEast
corn broom n • scattered, but chiefly NEast (MAP)
corn oyster n • esp NEast
cornstarch pudding n • chiefly NEast
cottage n • chiefly NEast
cottage pudding n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
couch grass n 1 • chiefly NEast
cove n1 1b • scattered, but chiefly NEast, Mid Atl (MAP)
cowboy n 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
cow corn n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
cow pass n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
cowslip n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
coydog n • Nth, esp NEast
crack n 2 • chiefly NEast, C Atl (MAP)
cranberry bean n • scattered, but esp NEast, S Atl
creamery n • chiefly NEast
creep v B1 • widespread, but chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
creeper n 7 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
cross-lot(s) adv • chiefly NEast (MAP)
crow duck n 1 • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes
cruller n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent, C Atl (MAP)
curd n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Gulf States, S Atl, NEast (MAP)
cushion n (pronc) • esp in NEast
cusk n 2 • NEast, esp ME
danke schoen exclam • scattered, but esp N Cent, NEast (MAP)
darning needle n 1 • chiefly NEast, Inland Nth, West (MAP)
dear intj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
devil’s paintbrush n 1 • chiefly NEast
do v A3 (pronc) • chiefly NEast
doctor v 4 • NEast
*dog n1 B3 • scattered, but less freq NEast, Upper MW, NW (MAP)
dog grass n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp RI
donation party n 1 • scattered, but esp NEast
door n (pronc) • chiefly NEast
double house n 2 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Midl (MAP)
*doubletree n • widespread exc NEast (MAP and Map Section)
*doughball n 2 • scattered, but less freq NEast, C and S Atl, Pacific (MAP)
down cellar adv phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
downfall n 1 • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes
down under n 1 • chiefly NEast
dowser n 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast (MAP)
dowsing rod n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
dozy adj • chiefly NEast, esp ME
draft n1 B3 • chiefly NEast
dragon arum n • chiefly NEast
dresser n • esp NEast
dribs and drabs n pl • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
drop reaper n • esp NEast
dry off v phr 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
dry wall n • chiefly NEast, C Atl (MAP)
duck v 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast
duff n 4 • NEast, Pacific NW
*Dutch adj 1 • scattered, but less freq Sth, NEast
earlapper n 1 • NEast
egg n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast
eh interrog exclam • chiefly N Cent, NEast (MAP)
eight-hooter n • esp NEast
either adj, adv, pron, conj (pronc) • esp urban areas of the NEast
ell n1 1 • widespread, but most freq NEast, least freq West
English grass n • chiefly NEast
English hay n • NEast
-er • chiefly S Midl; also NEast
eyelids, hang by one’s v phr • NEast, esp NEng
facecloth n • chiefly NEast, Sth
fall away v phr 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast
fallow n (pronc) • esp NEast
fallow n B • chiefly NEast
fall snipe n • chiefly NEast
fantastic n • chiefly NEast, Sth
farrow adj • chiefly NEast
farzino phr • NEast
fatback n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEast (MAP)
*faucet n B2 • widespread, but less freq NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)
fearnought n • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
find v B1 • chiefly NEast, S Atl
firkin n • esp NEast
fish v C4 • esp NEast
fish and game club n • chiefly NEast
five-and-ten n 1 • widespread, but more freq NEast, C Atl
flagroot n • esp NEast
flat n1 1e • chiefly NEast, West (MAP)
flat n1 8 • NEast
flatjack n • chiefly NEast
flea in one’s ear n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
flesh up v phr • chiefly NEast
float v 2 • NEast
flop n 7 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
flyspatter n • chiefly NEast
fogo n • chiefly NEast
follow v (pronc) • esp NEast
food sale n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
fool n2 • esp NEast
foolish adj 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
footing n • esp NEast
fore-and-after n 1 • chiefly NEast
forty-five n 1 • NEast
frail n 1 • chiefly S Midl, NEast (MAP)
frankfurt n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
freehearted adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
freeze on to v phr • chiefly NEast, S Midl
fritter n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
frog n B2 • chiefly NEast, N Cent, Pacific (MAP)
frostbird n 1a • esp NEast
frostfish n 1 • chiefly NEast
fuddy-dud n • chiefly NEast
fuss-pot n 1 • chiefly NEast exc nNEng (MAP)
gain, on the adj phr • Nth, esp NEast
gate night n • esp NEast
gaup v 1 • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
giant steps n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
Gill-over-the-ground n • scattered, but esp NEast
gin mill n • esp NEast
glue n1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
*gob n1 2 • widespread, but less freq NEast (MAP)
goldfinch n 2 • NEast
goldthread n 1 • chiefly NEast
golumpki n pl • chiefly NEast
gorge n1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, Appalachians, Gt Lakes, SW (MAP)
go to business v phr • NEast, esp NY
grandpa n A8 • esp NEast, N Cent
grange n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
grass n 1 • chiefly NEast, Pacific (MAP)
grass scythe n • esp NEast
gravy n 1 • chiefly NEast
greaseball n 1 • esp NEast
greenback n 1 • esp NEast
griddle n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp Upstate NY, VT (MAP)
grig n1 • esp NEast
*groomsman n • widespread exc NEast, West (MAP)
ground cedar n 2 • chiefly NEast, Pacific NW, AK
ground robin n 1 • chiefly NEast
*grubworm n 1 • widespread exc NEast, Pacific (MAP)
Guinea n1 3 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
*Guinea n1 5 • widespread exc NEast, Pacific (MAP)
gully n 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
gully n 2 • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
haily-over n, exclam • esp NEast, OH (MAP and Map Section)
hain’t v • chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl, esp Appalachians
hall rack n • esp NEast, OH
hamburg n 1 • chiefly NEast, C Atl, OH, MI (MAP)
hardhead n 2a • NEast, esp NEng
harp n 3 • chiefly NEast
hatchel n 1 • chiefly NEast
hatchway n • chiefly NEast, OH (MAP)
hat tree n • chiefly NEast
hawk v2 • scattered, but esp NEast, S Midl
hay barrack n • chiefly NEast, C Atl
hayrig n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
header n 3 • scattered, but esp NEast, Upper Missip Valley
heaves n pl • widespread, but more freq NEast, N Cent, C Atl (MAP)
hebe n • scattered, but esp NEast (MAP)
hedgehog n 2 • chiefly NEast, C Atl
heinie n1 1 • chiefly NEast, West (MAP)
hen harrier n • NEast
hennery n a • chiefly NEast (MAP)
hepatica n • chiefly NEast, N Midl, Gt Lakes (MAP)
*her pron B1 • scattered, but less freq NEast
hey interrog exclam 2 • scattered, but esp NEast (MAP)
hide-and-coop n • chiefly NEast
high-jack v a • esp NEast
*highway n • widespread, but less freq N Cent, NEast, C Atl (MAP)
hip-roofed barn n • chiefly N Cent, NEast (MAP)
hitch n1 1 • esp NEast
hobblebush n • esp NEast
hoe out v phr • NEast
*hog n B1a • widespread, but least freq Pacific, NEast
*hog fence n • scattered, but less freq NEast
hog’s head cheese n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast, esp S Atl, Gulf States (MAP and Map Section)
hoist n D1 • chiefly NEast
hold v C1b • chiefly NEast, Mid Atl (MAP)
hole n 9a • esp NEast (MAP)
hole n 10d • scattered, but esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
home fried potatoes n pl • chiefly NEast, OH (MAP and Map Section)
homely adj (pronc) • esp NEast
hopper n 4 • esp NEast
hoptoad n 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast (MAP)
horning n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp Upstate NY, nPA (MAP)
horse mackerel n 1 • NEast
horse pulling n • esp N Cent, NEast
horse stable n • chiefly NEast, C Atl, eGt Lakes (MAP)
hot cross bun n • esp NEast (MAP)
hot-weather bug n • esp NEast, Mid Atl
hubbly adj • chiefly NEast
huckster n • scattered, but chiefly N Midl, C Atl, NEast exc nNEng (MAP)
Hull’s Victory n • NEast
hurricane n A1a • scattered, but chiefly Nth, esp NEast
inchworm n • widespread, but esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
Indian pipe n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
Indian tobacco n 4 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
instead adv (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast
into prep B1 • chiefly NEast, S Atl
Italian pepper n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
Italian sandwich n • NEast, esp ME (MAP)
ivory n2 • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
ivy n 5 • esp NEast
jack v 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP and Map Section)
jacklight v • scattered, but chiefly NEast (MAP)
jam v 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP and Map Section)
jelly doughnut n • widespread, but esp freq NEast, S Atl, CA (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)
jimmies n pl2 • esp NEast
Joe-Pye weed n 1 • chiefly NEast, Mid Atl (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)
Judas n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
jugarum n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
jumper n 7a • Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
June grass n 1c • esp NEast, Gt Lakes
junker n • scattered, but chiefly N Cent, NEast (MAP)
keeler n • chiefly NEast, Mid Atl
keel over v phr • esp NEast
keg n, v A1 (pronc) • chiefly NEast, S Midl, Sth
kerosene oil n • scattered, but esp SE, NEast (MAP and Map Section)
kettle n (pronc) • chiefly S Midl, also NEast (MAP)
kick the stick n • esp NEast
kielbasa n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, esp in Polish settlement areas
kike n • widespread, but more freq NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)
kitchen chamber n • NEast, esp NEng
kitten n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
knee-deep n • esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
lace v 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
ladies’-tobacco n b • NEast
ladies’ tresses n pl • scattered, but chiefly NEast
lamplighter n 1 • chiefly NEast
lamplighter n 2 • NEast
landlocked salmon n 1 • NEast, esp NEng
last run of shad n • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
law n1 (pronc) • esp NEast
law n2, intj • now chiefly Sth, S Midl, formerly also NEast
lay n1 2a • esp NEast
lay out v phr 2b • esp NEast
leverwood n1 • esp NEast
licking good adj phr • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
lie v1 3 • esp NEast, Midl (MAP)
lief adv • chiefly NEast, Midl
light-fingered adj • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
lily pad n 1 • formerly chiefly NEast, now widespread
ling n 1b • chiefly NEast
little mite, a adv phr • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
loam n (pronc) • scattered, but more freq NEast
lobber v • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, esp Upstate NY, CT, MI (MAP and Map Section)
log v 1 • esp NEast
lollipop n 1a • widespread, but esp freq NEast (MAP and Map Section)
long clam n 1 • chiefly NEast
long jeans n pl • scattered, but esp C Atl, NEast (MAP)
long sled n • esp NEast
loo v, n1 • chiefly NEast, N Midl
lop v1 2 • esp NEast
lot n 2 • formerly chiefly NEast; now more widespread
love child n • scattered, but more freq NEast, N Cent, Mid Atl (MAP)
low-test adj • chiefly NEast, Mid Atl, N Cent (MAP)
lozenger n • scattered, but chiefly NEast
*ma n A2 (pronc) • widespread, but less freq NEast (MAP)
macadam n 1 • widespread, but chiefly NEast, Mid Atl, N Cent (MAP)
mackerel sky n • scattered, but chiefly NEast (MAP)
make of v phr • chiefly NEast
mandrake n • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
mantel n • esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
maple bush n • esp NEast
maple camp n • esp NEast, Gt Lakes
maple cream n • esp NEast, Gt Lakes
maple honey n • esp NEast
maple molasses n • esp NEast
maple wax n • esp NEast, Gt Lakes
market-wagon n • esp NEast
mauger adj • NEast
*mayapple n 1 • widespread exc West; less freq NEast, Sth (MAP)
mayflower n 1 • chiefly NEast
mayflower n 3d • chiefly NEast
maywings n • esp NEast
meadow n B1 • chiefly NEast
meadow hen n 1 • chiefly NEast
meadow mole n 1 • esp NEast
mean adj 3 • esp NEast
meeting n 1a • chiefly NEast, S Midl
mercury n 1 • NEast, esp ME
mess n 1a • chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl
mib n • scattered, but chiefly N Cent, NEast (MAP)
Mick n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
midge n 2 • chiefly NEast
midget n 1 • NEast, esp NEng
mighty adj • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl, NEast
milch cow n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
*milk cow n • widespread, but less freq NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
milking cow n • scattered, but esp NEast (MAP)
milk snake n 1 • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
mince pie n • esp NEast (MAP)
mistrust v • esp NEast
moccasin flower n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
mog v 1 • chiefly NEast
mongrel n (pronc) • widespread, but esp NEast (MAP)
moose flower n • NEast
Mother Carey’s chicken n 1 • esp NEast
moth fly n 1 • esp NEast
*mouth harp n 1 • scattered, but less freq NEast, W Midl (MAP and Map Section)
move-up n • esp Ohio Valley, NEast (MAP)
moxie n 2 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
mud wasp n • chiefly NEast; also Inland Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP and Map Section)
*mumblety-peg n 2 • widespread, but less freq NEast, C Atl (MAP)
mushroom n (pronc) • chiefly NEast, Midl, N Cent (MAP)
musky adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl; scattered NEast (MAP)
mux v • esp NEast
nail n 1 • esp NEast
nana n1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
nape n (pronc) • esp NEast, Sth, S Midl
*narrow adj, v, n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, less freq NEast
nasty-neat adj • scattered, but esp NEast (MAP)
*nasty-nice adj • scattered, but less freq NEast (MAP)
nature n (pronc) • chiefly NEast, S Midl
nauseated ppl adj (pronc) • esp NEast
*navy bean n • widespread, but less freq NEast (MAP)
near adj C • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
nerved up adj phr • chiefly NEast (MAP)
New England (boiled) dinner n • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
nib n2 1 • chiefly N Cent, NEast (MAP)
*nicker n1, v • widespread exc NEast, Gt Lakes; less freq S Atl (MAP and Map Section)
nigger v 1 • esp NEast, N Cent
nigh horse n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
night walker n 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
nipsy n • chiefly NEast
no-account adj • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Midl (MAP)
nodding lily n • esp NEast
noddy n 3 • NEast
none pron (pronc) • esp NEast
Norway pine n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, esp MI, WI, MN (MAP)
notch n 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
*notch n 2 • scattered, but less freq NEast, West (MAP)
o-be-joyful n • scattered, but esp NEast
of prep Bh • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast
of prep C2 • chiefly NEast
of prep C4 • widespread, but esp NEast, eN Midl (MAP)
off adj D2 • scattered, but somewhat more freq NEast, N Cent (MAP)
off ox n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
oiled road n • scattered, but chiefly West, NEast (MAP)
oil of hazel n • esp NEast
Ole Ole Olson all in free exclam • chiefly N Cent, Pacific; also NEast (MAP)
*out n F2a • scattered exc NEast, C Atl (MAP)
out n F3 • chiefly NEast
out prep E • chiefly Sth, Midl; also NEast (MAP)
oven n 2 • chiefly NEast, OH, MI, CA (MAP)
*overseer n 2 • formerly chiefly NEast; now scattered, but less freq N Cent, NEast (MAP)
overstreet adv • chiefly NEast
overtown adv, n • chiefly NEast, N Cent
oxeye daisy n 2 • chiefly NEast, N Cent, sAppalachians
pa n A1 (pronc) • widespread, but esp NEast, N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
*pa n A2 (pronc) • widespread exc NEast (MAP)
pad n2 3 • widespread, but esp NEast (MAP)
paddy n1 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West, esp NEast (MAP)
painted trillium n • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
pan-fried potatoes n pl • chiefly NEast, Midl (MAP)
panhagen n • NEast
panther n C1 • widespread, but chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
pantod n • NEast
paper wasp n • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
paring bee n • chiefly NEast
parkway n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp NY, CT, NJ (MAP)
partridge n B2 • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes
partridge woodpecker n • esp NEast
payoff n • esp NEast (MAP)
pea bean n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
pea soup n 1 • chiefly NEast, nGt Lakes (MAP)
peeler n2 1 • chiefly NEast
peeper n1 1 • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
peggy n1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
penny social n • esp NEast
penoche n • chiefly NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)
pepperidge n • chiefly NEast
perch bug n • chiefly NEast
piano n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl, NEast |paɪˈænə, piˈænɪ, piˈjænɚ|
piazza n • chiefly NEast, S Atl (MAP)
picker n 1 • chiefly NEast, N Cent
pickerel n 2b • chiefly NEast
pickerelweed n • esp NEast, N Cent
pick up v phr 1 • chiefly NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)
*picture show n • widespread, but less freq NEast, C Atl, Pacific (MAP)
*piddle v 1 • widespread, but less freq Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
pig n1 B16 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
piggery n 1 • esp NEast (MAP)
*pigtail exclam a • scattered, but less freq NEast, S Atl (MAP)
pike perch n • chiefly NEast, N Cent
pinkster n 2 • chiefly NEast, esp NY, NJ
*pinto bean n • orig chiefly SW, but now widely scattered exc NEast (MAP)
pismire n 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
*piss ant n 1 • widespread, but somewhat less freq NEast, Gulf States (MAP)
pitchfork n 3b • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
plague n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEast (MAP)
play-toy n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pluck n 1 • esp NEast, C Atl
poison n, v, adj, adv (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEast..|ˈpaɪz(ə)n|
*poison oak n 1 • widespread, but slightly less freq NEast (MAP)
poison sumac n • chiefly NEast, N Cent, W Midl (MAP)
poke v3 • esp NEast
Polander n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
pole n 1a • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
polish up v phr • scattered, but esp Inland Sth, W Midl; also NEast (MAP)
*poor boy n 1 • orig New Orleans LA; now widespread exc NEast, Mid Atl; esp freq Gulf States, TN, TX
(MAP)
poor man’s fertilizer n • chiefly NEast
popple n1 • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, IN (MAP)
porridge ice n • NEast, esp NEng
Portland sleigh n • esp NEast
pothole n 3 • scattered, but more freq Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
powder n B • chiefly NEast, N Cent, Appalachians (MAP)
*preach v • widely scattered, but less freq NEast, West (MAP)
pretty adj, adv, n A1c (pronc) • esp NEast, Sth
pricker n • NEast, N Cent
prompt v • chiefly NEast
publish v • chiefly NEast
puckersnatch n • Nth, esp NEast
pudding n 2 • NEast
puddingstone n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
pussley n 1a • scattered, but esp freq NEast, NCent, Atlantic (MAP)
pussy n 4 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
put v C • chiefly NEast, S Midl
Quaker ladies n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp PA (MAP)
quarrel n, v (pronc) • esp NEast |ˈkwɑrəl|
quawk n2 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast
quill pig n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
*quit v 1 • widespread, but less freq NEast, West
quoit n B • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl, Plains States, Pacific, esp NEast (MAP)
*rack v1 • scattered exc NEast (MAP)
racket n1 • NEast
railroad worm n • chiefly NEast
raising n 2 • NEast, esp NEng
ram v 1 • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
range shelter n • esp NEast (MAP)
rareripe n 1 • chiefly NEast
redfin n 1 • chiefly NEast, Missip Valley
red kidney bean n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
red lion n • esp NEast
reefer n • esp NEast (MAP)
reindeer moss n • esp NEast
relievo n • chiefly NEast, esp MA
*rest room n • scattered exc NEast, but esp freq S Midl (MAP)
*ridge roll n • widespread, but less freq NEast, Gt Lakes, Pacific (MAP)
ridgeboard n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
rifle n1 • chiefly NEast
rift n • esp NEast
rise v A1a • chiefly SE, Lower Missip Valley, SW; also NEast (MAP)
*roasting ear n B1 • widespread exc NEast (MAP)
*rock n1 4a • widespread, but less freq NEast (MAP)
*rock fence n • widespread exc NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
rock oak n 1 • chiefly NEast
rotten v • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
route n A1 (pronc) • chiefly NEast, C Atl (MAP)
route n B1 • chiefly NEast, WV, OH, IL, C Atl (MAP and Map Section)
rum n1 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, Mid Atl (MAP)
rum-dum n 1 • scattered, but esp NEast, C Atl (MAP)
rummy n 1 • chiefly NEast, C Atl (MAP)
*running off (at the bowels) n • widespread exc NEast, C Atl, Gt Lakes (MAP)
saleratus n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
salmon trout n 1b • Gt Lakes, NEast
salt hole n • NEast
salute n • scattered, but more freq NEast, rare West (MAP)
samp n • chiefly NEast
Sanko n • NEast
sap works n • esp NEast
sap yoke n • chiefly NEast
saucebox n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
saucer n B2 • esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
*saw logs v phr • widespread exc NEast (MAP)
sawmill, born in a adj phr • chiefly NEast, C Atl (MAP)
scale n • esp NEast, Sth (MAP)
scallion n (pronc) • esp NEast |ˈskʌljən| (MAP)
scallion n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, S Atl (MAP)
scary adj B • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEast (MAP)
scatterings n pl • chiefly NEast
scavenger hunt n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
scoot n1 2 • chiefly NEast
*scoot v 2 • widespread exc NEast, C Atl (MAP)
scratch harrow n • esp NEast
scrub n 2 • chiefly NEast, N Cent, TX, Gulf States (MAP)
see v B2a • scattered, but chiefly Atl, esp NEast
*see v B3a • widespread, but less freq NEast, Gt Lakes, CA (MAP)
self-sown adj phr • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
*setting hen n • widespread, but somewhat less freq NEast (MAP)
setting out n • chiefly NEast
setting room n • chiefly Atlantic, esp NEast
*seven-year itch n 1 • scattered, but less freq NEast, West (MAP)
shack n2 1 • esp NEast
shack v1 1 • esp NEast
shack v2 • esp NEast
shadblow n • chiefly NEast
shad fly n • chiefly NEast; also Missip Valley, GA (MAP)
shank of the evening n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEast
shanty Irish n pl • chiefly NEast, N Cent
share n, v (pronc) • also chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEast |šir|; infreq |šʌr|
shepherd’s pie n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, esp PA (MAP)
shilling n • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
shiner n 1 • scattered, but esp NEast, Gt Lakes, Gulf States (MAP)
shoat n • esp NEast
shock n2 • chiefly NEast
shove v 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
shuck n1 2b • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
shuck v1 1c • chiefly NEast, N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
shuck v2 • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
shunpike n • esp NEast
shut adj a • formerly chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast; now more widespread
sick abed in the woodbox adj phr • chiefly NEast
side v 4 • esp NEast
side and side adv phr • chiefly NEast; also Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sidehill n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
sidehill n 2b • chiefly NEast (MAP)
sides adv, prep • chiefly Sth; formerly also NEast
*singletree n • widespread exc NEast, MI (MAP)
siss v • esp NEast
*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)
skeeve v • NEast, esp NY
skep n1 • esp NEast
*skift n2 1 • widespread exc NEast, Sth, SW (MAP)
skijoring n • Nth, esp AK, NEast
skitching vbl n • esp NEast, Gt Lakes
slack adj 3 • NEast (MAP)
*slop bucket n 1 • widespread, but less freq NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
*slough n1 • widespread exc NEast, C Atl (MAP)
slumpy adj 1 • chiefly NEast
smack n1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast
smooch n, v1 • NEast, esp NEng
snag n 1 • chiefly NEast, N Cent
snake spit n • NEast
snap-the-whip n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
snath n • chiefly NEast
sneak n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
sneaker n 1 • widespread, but somewhat more freq NEast, N Cent (MAP)
*snipe hunt n • widespread exc NEast (MAP)
snook n2 • esp SE, NEast
snow squall n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
snuck n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
soda n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast |sodɪ, -i|
soda n B1 • widespread, but esp freq NEast, eMO, sIL (MAP)
*soo exclam a • widely scattered, but rare NEast, C Atl, West (MAP)
*sookie exclam • scattered, but rare NEast (MAP)
soot n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, less freq NEast |sʌt|; occas |sut|
spa n • NEast, esp MA
spade v • formerly esp NEast, now widespread
spearing n • chiefly NEast
special n • chiefly NEast (MAP)
spile n2 • chiefly NEast, MI (MAP)
splint broom n • esp NEast
split-leaf maple n • esp NEast
spoon n, v (pronc) • esp NEast |sp^Un|
spoon victuals n pl • esp NEast
spoonwood n 1 • NEast, esp MA, NH
spotted adder n 1 • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
spreader n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes
sprills n pl • esp NEast
spunk up v phr • orig chiefly NEast, now more widespread
squamish adj • scattered, but esp NEast, Mid Atl
square n1, adj, adv (pronc) • esp NEast, Sth, S Midl |skwæə(r)|, less freq |skweə(r)|
squarehead n 1 • scattered, but esp NEast, TX (MAP)
squat tag n • esp NEast (MAP)
squirrel cups n • esp NEast
squirrel hake n • chiefly NEast
squitch v, n • NEast
squush v 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
stake-and-rail fence n • esp NEast
stale n 1 • NEast
stanchel n • scattered, but esp NEast (MAP)
statie n • chiefly NEast, esp MA
stave v 1 • chiefly NEast
stave v 2 • chiefly NEast
stave v 3a • chiefly NEast
stave v 4 • chiefly SE; less freq NEast
steak fish n • NEast
steam n 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast (MAP)
stent n, v • scattered, but esp NEast
stickball n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp NYC (MAP)
sticky bun n 1 • orig esp NEast; now more widespread
stone drag n • chiefly NEast, esp eNEng (MAP)
stone school n • chiefly NEast
stone wall n • scattered, but chiefly NEast (MAP)
stoop n 1 • orig esp NEast; now more widespread
stork shower n • scattered, but esp NEast, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
storm enclosure n • scattered, but esp NEast (MAP)
streaked snake n • chiefly MI, NEast (MAP)
*streetcar n • widespread exc NEast (MAP)
stretch n B • scattered, but esp NEast (MAP)
striped squirrel n 1 • chiefly NEast
stuboy exclam, v • scattered, but esp NEast
stump n1 6b • esp NEast
stump fence n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
submarine sandwich n • orig scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent, C Atl; now widespread (MAP)
sucker n 6 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
sugar v • chiefly NEast, esp VT
sugaring off n • esp NEast
sugaring-off party n • esp NEast
sugar off v phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast
sugar party n • chiefly NEast, esp VT
sugar snow n • esp NEast, Gt Lakes
sugar supper n • esp NEast
summer people n pl • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
summons v • chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
swale n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast, MI (MAP)
swamp alder n • chiefly NEast
swamp angel n 1 • NEast
swamp apple n 1 • chiefly NEast
swamp apple n 2 • NEast
swamp azalea n • esp NEast
swamp candle n 1 • esp NEast
swamp cedar n 1 • esp NEast
swamp elm n • scattered, but esp NEast, N Cent
swamp maple n 1 • chiefly NEast
swamp marigold n 1 • esp NEast
swamp pink n 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
swift water n • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
swill n • esp NEast
swill v • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
swill pail n 1 • scattered, but esp NEast, MI (MAP)
swivel plow n • NEast
syrup camp n • esp N Cent, NEast
syrup off v phr • chiefly NEast
tackle n (pronc) • esp NEast |ˈtek%Ul|
take v B2 • chiefly NEast
take on v phr • chiefly Sth; also S Midl, NEast (MAP)
tanglewood n 1 • esp NEast
tarry v • orig esp NEast; later more widespread
tarve n • esp NEast
*taw n C1a • widespread exc NEast, Gt Lakes, Upper MW (MAP)
ted v • chiefly NEast, N Cent, cAppalachians (MAP)
tedder n • chiefly NEast, N Cent, cAppalachians (MAP)
teenty adj • chiefly Nth, esp NEast
teeter n 4 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, nOH (MAP)
*tennis shoe n • widespread, but less freq NEast (MAP)
tent caterpillar n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
tew v • chiefly NEast
tew n1 • NEast
thank-you-ma’am n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
thimbleberry n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, NW, nCA (MAP)
thorn plum n 1 • chiefly NEast
thoroughwort n 1 • esp NEast
thrin n • esp NEast
thundergust n • chiefly NEast, esp PA, NJ
thunder mug n • widespread, but chiefly NEast, Upper Missip Valley, West (MAP)
tickly-bender(s) n • chiefly NEast, esp PA, NJ
timber lot n • esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
tip-up n 3 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
to adv C2 • chiefly Nth, esp NEast; also Pacific (MAP)
tobacco pipe n • esp NEast
tomato n A3 (pronc) • NEast, SE
top n 3 • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
top n 4 • esp NEast; also S Midl
top onion n • chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
Tophet n • chiefly NEast
torpedo sandwich n • orig NEast, now esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
tother-end-to adv • chiefly NEast
tother-side-up adv • chiefly NEast
touch-hole n • esp NEast
town house n 1 • chiefly NEast
trailer truck n • chiefly east of Missip R, esp NEast; also TX, Cent (MAP and Map Section)
tree belt n • NEast, esp MA
*tree frog n 1 • widespread, but less freq NEast (MAP)
trim v 1 • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
trolley n • widespread, but esp freq NEast (MAP and Map Section)
trolley park n • chiefly NEast, esp PA
trough n A2 (pronc) • scattered, but esp NEast (MAP)
trough n A4 (pronc) • scattered, but esp NEast
trudget n • NEast
tub sugar n • NEast
tumblesault n, v • chiefly NEast, C Atl; also Gulf States (MAP)
tumbleset n, v • chiefly SE, Gulf States; also NEast (MAP)
turnpike v • chiefly NEast, N Cent
tush n C1 • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth, W Midl, Cent, TX; scattered NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
twine n • NEast
twister n 2 • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
two n, adj, pron (pronc) • chiefly NEast, Sth |tju, tiu|
two-leaved Solomon’s seal n • esp NEast
ugly adj B1 • chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
ugly adj B2 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent, TN (MAP)
up attic adv phr • chiefly NEast
up island adv phr • Nth, esp NEast
upstreet adv • formerly widespread, now esp NEast
vendue n • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
vessel n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
vinegar fly n • chiefly NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)
visiting hours n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, OH (MAP)
*volunteer n 1a • widespread exc NEast (MAP)
wackie v, n • NEast
wagon shed n • scattered, but esp NEast, eN Midl (MAP)
*wagon wheel n 1 • scattered, but rare NEast (MAP)
wait on v phr 1 • chiefly NEast, Sth
wake-robin n 3 • chiefly NEast, N Cent, Mid Atl (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)
wanigan n 5 • chiefly NEast
want v1 C1 • formerly chiefly NEast, now more widespread
warm sugar n • NEast, N Cent
warty toad n • chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
wax n 1 • NEast
weasle v • esp NEast (MAP)
weewaw adj A2 • NEast
weewaw v B • esp NEast
well n • esp NEast (MAP)
wheat cake n • chiefly N Cent, NEast (exc NEng) (MAP)
which and tother n, adj phr, adv phr • chiefly NEast
whiffet n 1 • chiefly NEast, esp PA
whiffle-minded adj • NEast, esp ME
whiffletree n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
white daisy n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, esp NEast (MAP)
white-faced hornet n • chiefly NEast
whitefish n 2 • NEast
white goldenrod n • chiefly NEast
white poke n • chiefly NEast
white sumac n 1 • esp NEast
white-tailed hornet n • chiefly NEast, esp NEng
whitewood n 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
whiting n 2 • esp NEast
*whooee exclam 2 • widespread exc NEast; most freq Midl, esp IA, IL, IN (MAP)
whoopie pie n • chiefly NEast
wicked adj • esp NEast, Sth
widow’s watch n • chiefly NEast
wild beet n c • esp NEast
wild lily of the valley n 2 • chiefly NEast
wild pear n • chiefly NEast, esp ME (MAP)
wild turnip n 1 • chiefly NEast (MAP)
wild yellow lily n • esp NEast
wineberry n 1 • scattered, but esp NEast, PA
wine plant n • esp NEast, N Cent
winter chippy n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes
winter squash n • scattered, but esp NEast, N Cent (MAP)
with prep B1 • esp NEast, Sth, S Midl
without conj B • chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl
wood gray (fox) n • chiefly NEast
woods pussy n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
woolly bear n 1 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent (MAP)
woolly caterpillar n • esp NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
wop n1 1 • widespread, but esp freq NEast, Pacific (MAP)
wop n1 2 • esp NEast
work party n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
wrack n • esp NEast
wudge n • esp NEast
wudge v • esp NEast
X-Y-Z exclam • esp NEast
yellowbird n 1 • chiefly NEast, S Midl (MAP)
yellow daisy n 1 • esp NEast
yellow jay n • esp NEast
yellow oak n 1 • esp NEast
yellow-tailed hornet n • esp NEast
yesterday adv, n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEast |ˈjɪstɪ̩dɪ|
youse pron 1 • esp NEast, N Midl, Gt Lakes
again prep, adv, conj (pronc) • chiefly Nth, N Midl
ague n (pronc) • N Midl
alley n1 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
all the • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP)
all the way through adv phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, TX (MAP)
ambitious adj 2 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP)
animal n B1 • chiefly NEng, N Midl, West
Anthony-over n, exclam • chiefly C Atl, N Midl
Aunt Jane’s room n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
baker’s bread n • throughout US, but esp Nth, N Midl, West (Map Section)
barn raising n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
barnyard n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
battleship n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
beanery n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
beans, not to know v phr a • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
beat it v phr • widespread, but most freq in Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
bee n2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
belly-flop n, v, adv • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West
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)
bending ice n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
bib overall(s) n • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
biddy n2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West
big-feeling adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl
bitch n 4 • ?chiefly Nth, N Midl
bitch v • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
bittersweet n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
blast n 4 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West, scattered Sth (MAP)
blazes n, intj • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
blindman’s buff n a • widespread but esp common Nth, N Midl
block party n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
blood relative n • esp Nth, N Midl, West
bluecoat n 1 • esp Nth, N Midl
boarder n • esp Nth, N Midl
board-stretcher n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
boat n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
boiled dinner n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
bollix v • chiefly Nth, N Midl
booby n2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
boogaloo n • esp Nth, N Midl
booze belly n • esp Nth, N Midl
boozer n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
bore n1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
boss adj • scattered but esp in urban areas of Nth, N Midl, Pacific
boughten adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
box social n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
box stove n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
bozo n • esp Nth, N Midl
braces n pl • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
brat n1 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl
bringing up vbl n • Nth, N Midl
bubbler n 2 • Nth, N Midl; esp freq in WI
bubble-top n • Nth, N Midl
buck n1 2e • Nth, N Midl
buck n1 4 • chiefly Nth, N Midl exc Rocky Mts, NW (MAP)
buck buck n 2 • Nth, N Midl
bucket n 3 • chiefly Nth and N Midl, east of Missip R (MAP)
bucksaw n • Nth, N Midl
buckwheat n 5 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
buddy n 1c • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Atlantic
budget n 3 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
bum’s rush n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
burdock n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
burr n1 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (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)
by guess and by gosh adv phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cake turner n • chiefly C Atl, eN Midl (MAP)
Canadian thistle n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl
canary grass n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
cart v 2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl
cat in a bag n • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cave n 1 • chiefly N Midl (MAP)
cave n 2 • scattered, but esp N Midl (MAP)
change work v phr, n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cheater n 1b • esp Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
chestnut n 3 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
chicken tracks n pl • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
chic sale(s) n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Midl, West (MAP)
chimney n B2 • Nth, N Midl
china n B2 • esp Nth, N Midl
chintzy adj1 • widespread, but esp Nth, N Midl, West
chipping sparrow n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
chore v • chiefly Nth, N Midl
chore time n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
Christopher intj • chiefly Nth, also N Midl
close one n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
clothespress n 2 • chiefly NEast, eN Midl (MAP)
clothes rack n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
coast v 1 • prob orig Boston area, now chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cock n2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
commie n • chiefly N Midl, Inland Nth (MAP)
compressed yeast n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cookie n1 3 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
coop n1 (pronc) • Nth, N Midl
corker n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cottage fried potatoes n pl • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cow yard n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEng
crab n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp Gt Lakes (MAP)
creek n1 (pronc) • esp Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
crib v 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
crimanetly intj • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
criminy intj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
critter n B2a • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West
croaker n1 2 • esp Nth, N Midl
crocked ppl adj 1 • esp Nth, N Midl
crowbait n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
cupboard n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
cupola n B1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
curb n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl
curdle v • chiefly Nth, N Midl
curdled ppl adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
curl n B5 • esp Nth, N Midl
Danish pastry n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
deadhead n 2 • esp Nth, N Midl
dear intj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
de-nut v • chiefly Nth, N Midl
dicker n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
dicker v 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
dirty spoon n • esp Nth, N Midl
discombobulate v • chiefly Nth, N Midl
divvy v • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
dodo n1 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
dog n1 (pronc) • chiefly Nth, N Midl
dog v 8 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West
dolt n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
donnybrook n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
donsie adj 2a • esp N Midl (MAP)
doodlebug n 6b • chiefly Gulf States, Cent, N Midl (MAP)
dopey adj 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
dopey adj 2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
do-re-mi n 2 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl
double Dutch n 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
double house n 2 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Midl (MAP)
double sawbuck n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
double up v phr 2 • chiefly Midl, esp N Midl
down adj D1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
down cellar adv phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
dragsaw n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
*drain ditch n • scattered, but less freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
draw v C5 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl
dressing n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP)
dribs and drabs n pl • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
drought n A4 (pronc) • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
duck v 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast
duck on a rock n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
due adj, n (pronc) • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West
duffer n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
Dunkard n • chiefly N Midl (MAP)
Dunker n • chiefly N Midl, esp PA
Dutchman’s breeches n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
Dutch rub n • chiefly N Midl (MAP)
eagle beak n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
ease v 1 • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl
easy adv 2 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl
eaves spout n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
eaves trough n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
eddy n 3 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
egg n B3 • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
either adj, adv, pron, conj (pronc) • esp N Midl
elastic (band) n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp N Atl (MAP)
euchre n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp N Cent (MAP)
explode v1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
face fly n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp N Cent
fairy n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
farmer n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
feast n • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl
feather n B4 • esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
feather cloud n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
fester n • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl
fester v • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, CA (MAP and Map Section)
Fibber McGee(’s) closet n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
fine cut adj phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
first adj B3b • chiefly Nth, N Midl
fish-eater n • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP)
fishworm n • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl, Cent (MAP)
fit to be tied adj phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Mid Atl
five hundred n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, but less freq eNEng, NW (MAP)
five hundred n 3 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
flail n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
flail v • chiefly Nth, N Midl
flat n2 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
flier n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
flip-flop n 2 • esp N Midl, S Atl (MAP)
flowerpot n 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
fluff n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl
four adj, n (pronc) • N Midl
fox and geese n 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Plains States, Rocky Mts (MAP)
Frenchy n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
fridge n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
frosting n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
fruit basket n c • scattered, but chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP)
fuss v C5 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, CA (MAP)
fussbudget n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
gelding n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
gentleman n B2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
German fried potatoes n pl • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
gesundheit intj • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
glassie n • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
goop n • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
graham bread n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
grandma n A2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
grandma n A4 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
grandma n A8 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
grandpa n A2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
grandpa n A6 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEng, Upstate NY (MAP)
gravy n 2 • scattered, but more freq Nth, N Midl, WV (MAP)
greasy adj B • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
great guns exclam • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
green pepper n 2 • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
griddle cake n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
grinnie n 1 • chiefly N Midl, esp wPA
grow v 2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
growler n2 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
*gutter n1 1 • widespread, but somewhat less freq Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP and Map Section)
hairy woodpecker n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
hand-me-down adj, n • chiefly N Midl, West
hanger-on n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
happy adj 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
hard maple n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
hardpan n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West
hard sauce n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
hardtack n 3 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
hare and hound(s) n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
harvest n B • chiefly Nth, N Midl
hatching jacket n • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl
hawker n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
hay chute n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
hay ladder n • esp N Midl (MAP)
hayrack n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
hayseed n 1 • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl
hearthstone n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
hepatica n • chiefly NEast, N Midl, Gt Lakes (MAP)
high-muck-a-muck n • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl
hinder n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
hindside-to adv • chiefly Nth, N Midl
hired man n • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
hither and thither adv phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl
hither and yon adv phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl
hog yard n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
hoist v C1a • chiefly Nth, N Midl
hoity-toity adj • esp Nth, N Midl, CA (MAP)
Hoover n 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
horned lark n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
how adv 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl
hubbard squash n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
huckster n • scattered, but chiefly N Midl, C Atl, NEast exc nNEng (MAP)
hull n B1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
hun n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl
Hungarian goulash n • esp Nth, N Midl
Hunk n3 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
husk n B2a • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
husk v B1a • chiefly Nth, N Midl
ice-cream social n • scattered, but chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP)
ice tag n2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp PA (MAP)
icky adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
jack n2 2a • esp N Midl
jack n2 2b • esp N Midl (MAP)
jack frost n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
jag n2 1a • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
jeez intj • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (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)
Jonah n B1 • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
Judas n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
kaput adj B • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
kettle n (pronc) • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
kit n 2b • widespread, but somewhat more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
kitchen dance n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
kitchen garden n • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
kitten n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
kitty-corner adv, adj 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
lalapalooza n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
land turtle n • scattered, but chiefly N Midl, C Atl (MAP)
larch n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
last dog is hung, until the adv phr • esp Inland Nth, N Midl
liverwurst n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
*loft n 1 • widespread, but less freq Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
loggerhead n 3 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, C Atl (MAP)
logy adj 1 • scattered, but more freq Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
longies n pl • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP and Map Section)
loo v, n1 • chiefly NEast, N Midl
Louisiana n (pronc) • esp Nth, N Midl
low beam n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, C Atl, West (MAP)
lummox n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
lung fever n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
ma n A1 (pronc) • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
mackerel-snapper n • esp Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
make v1 C7 • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
*mamma n1 1 • widespread, but less freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
marsh marigold n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
May basket n • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl, Plains States (MAP)
meadow n (pronc) • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West
meat platter n • chiefly N Cent, N Midl, C Atl (MAP)
Mick n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
milk train n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
milquetoast n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, CA (MAP)
minnow n A3 • chiefly N Midl, Inland Nth (MAP)
mitten n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
moist yeast n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
monkey v • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
mow n1 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
mow v • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
Mrs. n (pronc) • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West
mud hen n 1b • widespread, but more freq Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
mud wasp n • chiefly NEast; also Inland Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP and Map Section)
mumblety-peg n 3 • scattered, but esp Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP)
murphy n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
mustard pickle n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
nauseous adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NYC, NJ, PA (MAP)
new adj (pronc) • widespread, but esp Nth, N Midl
nib n1 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
nibby adj • esp N Midl
nigger baby n 1 • scattered, but chiefly N Midl, seNY (MAP)
no-account adj • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Midl (MAP)
nut v • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
oats bug n 1 • chiefly N Midl (MAP)
of prep C4 • widespread, but esp NEast, eN Midl (MAP)
old maid n 4 • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
old maid n 5 • chiefly Nth, N Midl
one old cat n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
oozy adj • Nth, N Midl (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)
palsy-walsy adj, n • esp Nth, N Midl, West
panhas n • scattered, but chiefly N Midl, esp PA (MAP)
pantywaist n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
pass n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, esp Upstate NY (MAP)
pasture-bred adj • chiefly N Midl (MAP)
patch n 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
penknife n • chiefly N Midl, C Atl (MAP)
phiz n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
pickle n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
piece n 8 • chiefly N Midl, West (MAP)
piece v 1 • chiefly N Midl, West (MAP)
pie social n • esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
pinch bug n • chiefly N Midl, N Cent (MAP)
pitch n1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
plank road n • scattered, but more freq Nth, N Midl
pod v 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP)
Polack n • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl (MAP)
pole n 1a • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
pollyanna n • chiefly N Midl, esp PA
poor adj A1 (pronc) • esp Nth (exc neNEng), N Midl, Gulf States
pope’s nose n 1 • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl, CA, TX (MAP)
porridge n B1 • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
potpie n 1 • scattered, but chiefly N Midl, esp PA (MAP)
prat n • esp Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
princeton n • esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
prisoner’s base n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
proboscis n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
punky adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
punt n • scattered, but esp Nth, N Midl, CA (MAP)
push broom n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
quack grass n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, Appalachians (MAP)
quadrille n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
quoit n B • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl, Plains States, Pacific, esp NEast (MAP)
rack wagon n • chiefly N Midl, esp cIL (MAP)
raised ppl adj 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
*rattlesnake n 1 • widespread, but less freq Inland Nth, N Midl, C Atl (MAP)
raw-fried potatoes n pl • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
Rebellion n • Nth, N Midl, esp NEng
redd v 3a • scattered, but chiefly N Midl, esp PA (MAP)
redd v 3b • scattered, but chiefly N Midl, esp PA (MAP)
red-neck n 4 • chiefly N Midl, West (MAP)
resin n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
riley adj 1 • Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
Robin Hood’s barn, go (all the way) around v phr • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, C Atl, WV (MAP)
rope n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
rotten adj 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
round barn n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
rubber ice n • chiefly Nth, wN Midl (MAP)
run v B2 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
run v B9b • scattered, but more freq Nth, N Midl
runs n pl • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
run sheep run n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
saucedish n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
sauerkraut n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
sawbuck n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
schnozzle n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
Scotch adj • esp Nth, N Midl, Plains States (MAP)
scum n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
seep v 2 • esp N Midl (MAP)
sheeny n1 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
sheepshead n 6 • esp Nth, N Midl
shifty adj 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
shove v 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
sick time n • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
-sie suff • chiefly Nth, N Midl
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)
skate n2 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
skeezicks n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
skite v • esp Nth, N Midl
slapjack n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
sleep in v phr • widespread, but chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
slop v • esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
smearcase n • chiefly N Midl, esp PA, OH, MD, WV (MAP)
snake n 3a • scattered, but more freq Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
snipe n 8 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
snow angel n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
snuffer n1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
so exclam a • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West; also S Atl (MAP)
soak n1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
soldier v C • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
song sparrow n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
souse n1 C4 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
speakeasy n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
statues n pl 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
*stick v 1 • widespread, but less freq Inland Nth, N Midl, West (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 fence n • widespread, but esp freq Inland Nth, N Midl (MAP)
stove lid n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
straight pen n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
sucker n 6 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
sugar off v phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast
*sugar pie n • scattered exc Nth, N Midl (MAP)
sulky plow n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
sumac n (pronc) • esp Nth, N Midl somewhat old-fash |ˈš(ɪ)umæk|
summer kitchen n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, exc NW (MAP)
sun dog n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
sure adj, adv 1 (pronc) • formerly chiefly Nth, N Midl; now more widespread
sweet corn n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl; also West (MAP)
tarvia n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp MI (MAP)
tennis flannel n • chiefly Nth, N Midl
tent caterpillar n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp NEast (MAP)
thick milk n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp PA (MAP)
tiger lily n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, nCA (MAP)
to prep B1c • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, CA (MAP and Map Section)
toad n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
toadstabber n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
tog out v phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
tongue fight n • esp N Midl (MAP)
Toonerville trolley n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
top n 2 • esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
toper n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
torpedo sandwich n • orig NEast, now esp Nth, N Midl (MAP)
tracks n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
Tuesday n (pronc) • widespread, but esp Nth, N Midl |ˈtuz̩de, -̩dɪ|
tug n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Missip Valley, West (MAP and Map Section)
turkey trot n 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl (MAP)
twist n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
*umbrella n A2b (pronc) • widespread, but less freq Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
vino n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West, esp CA (MAP)
wagon shed n • scattered, but esp NEast, eN Midl (MAP)
waken v • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)
weather bundle n • esp Gt Lakes, N Midl (MAP)
wen n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, esp nOH (MAP)
wheel v • chiefly Nth, N Midl
white lampblack n • chiefly Nth, N Midl (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)
Yid n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Pacific (MAP)
you betcha adv phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, CA, TX; now esp Upper MW, NW (MAP)
youse pron 1 • esp NEast, N Midl, Gt Lakes
Northwest (See also Pacific Northwest)
banana belt n • NW, esp AK
bar n1 3 • chiefly Nth, NW
Basco n • NW
basket social n • chiefly Upper MW, NW
bear grass n 2a • chiefly NW
belly-buster n, adv 1 • chiefly W Midl, Rocky Mts, NW (MAP)
belly pad n • NW
bird bill n 1 • chiefly NW and AK
blood drawing n • chiefly NW
blue grouse n 1 • NW, Rocky Mts
box rustler n • NW
*buck n1 4 • chiefly Nth, N Midl exc Rocky Mts, NW (MAP)
buckaroo v • chiefly NW
bushel v C • NW
cabin fever n • orig esp NW, now more widespread
camas n 1 • chiefly NW
camp robber n • chiefly NW, CO (MAP)
cat’s-breeches n • West, esp Rocky Mts, NW
cayuse n • chiefly West, esp NW
Chinaman n 2 • NW
chink n3 2 • Nth, esp NW
chinook n • chiefly NW
chinook v • NW
chorizo n • NW, HI
chuck n4 • NW
chum salmon n • NW
cold shut n • esp NW
cougar n • chiefly NW, CA, UT (MAP)
cut n 4 • chiefly Inland Nth, NW
daveno n • chiefly NW
dingy adj • chiefly CA, NW
*dog n1 B3 • scattered, but less freq NEast, Upper MW, NW (MAP)
dog salmon n • NW, AK
Dolly Varden n 1 • chiefly NW, AK
farmhand n • NW, ND, SD
fish hawk n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Atlantic, NW (MAP)
*five hundred n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, but less freq eNEng, NW (MAP)
float house n • NW, AK
grouseberry n 3 • chiefly NW
gyppo n • chiefly NW, Pacific
hasher n 1 • scattered, but esp NW
hell n 7 • esp NW
high-lead n • chiefly NW
high rigger n • chiefly NW
hiyu adj • esp AK, NW
hole n 2 • NW, CO
hooky bob v phr • chiefly NW
Indian basket grass n • NW
jack fence n • esp NW
Jim Hill mustard n • NW
jockey box n • chiefly NW
kokanee (salmon) n • West, esp AK, NW, Rocky Mts
little redfish n • NW, AK
moccasin telegraph n • chiefly NW
Molly Hogan n • NW
muck-a-muck n 1 • chiefly NW, AK
overshot adj • esp NW, Rocky Mts
palouser n • chiefly NW
panguingue n • AK, NW, CA
parking n 2a • chiefly NW, Plains States, IA; also N Cent, sCA (MAP)
parking n 2b • chiefly NW, esp WA (MAP)
parlor n B1 • scattered, but esp C Atl, N Cent, NW (MAP)
*pedro n (pronc) • chiefly Inland Nth (exc Upper MW, NW), CA (MAP)
pokelogan n • NEng, Gt Lakes, NW
pothole n 2 • chiefly wGt Lakes, Upper MW, NW
prince’s pine n 1 • esp CA, NW
pulaski n • esp NW
ragged robin n 3 • NW
rattlesnake grass n 4 • esp NW, Pacific
rockchuck n • NW, Rocky Mts
rockrose n 5 • NW
saskatoon n • NW, Upper MW
sauerkraut n 2 • chiefly Nth, esp NW, Upper MW (MAP)
siwash v 2 • esp NW
Siwash n 1 • chiefly NW, AK
Siwash n 2 • esp NW, AR
skookum adj • chiefly NW, AK
skookum n • chiefly NW
skookum chuck n • chiefly NW, AK
skookum house n • chiefly NW, AK
solo n • esp NW, NV (MAP)
sourdough n 2 • chiefly NW, AK
speeder n • scattered, but esp freq NW
spendy adj • chiefly Nth, esp NW
spike pitcher n • Plains States, Upper MW, NW
squaw man n • esp NW, AK
*summer kitchen n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, exc NW (MAP)
*sunfish n 1a • chiefly Nth, Midl, exc NW
*tennie n • scattered, but chiefly wGt Lakes, IA, West exc NW (MAP)
tennie-runner n • scattered, but chiefly West, esp NW
thimbleberry n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, NW, nCA (MAP)
three-step n • chiefly Gt Lakes, NW, CA (MAP)
tin dog n • esp NW
widow-maker n 1 • chiefly Nth, esp NW
wood nymph n • chiefly NW
you betcha adv phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, CA, TX; now esp Upper MW, NW (MAP)
bakkels n • [Norw bakkels(e) cookie]
bug n2 • [Cf..Norw bugge important man..]
Christmas fool n • WI, MN, ND, areas of Norw settlement
cluck adj • [..Norw klukk broody (adj), klukkhøne broody hen, setting hen]
cluck n • [..perh also Norw klukk broody (adj), klukkhøne broody hen..]
cluck v • [..perh Norw klukke..]
clumse n • [..perh also rel to Engl dial clumse speechless, loutish (< Norw klumsa)]
cook v 1 • [Prob calque from Ger kochen, Sw koka, Nor koke..]
dreet n • [Norw dritt excrement]
fattigmanns bakkels n • [Norw “poor man’s cookie”]
flatbread n • [Norw flatbrød, fladbrød]
fruit soup n • [Norw fruktsuppe, Sw fruktsoppa]
grass onion n • [Cf Norw grasløk]
ish intj • [Norw isj, Dan, Sw isch]
julebukk n • WI, MN, ND in Norw settlement areas
julekake n • [..cf Norw julekake bread containing raisins, citron, cardamom, etc]
kram n • [..Norw kram junk, trifles]
krumkake n • [Norw krumkake..]
lefse n • Norw settlement areas, esp MN, WI
lodde n • [Norw]
lutefisk n • [Norw lutefisk; Sw lutfisk; Dan ludfisk] (MAP)
mauger adj • [..Dan, Du, Ger, Norw, Sw mager..]
mom-mom n • [Cf Sw, Norw mormor maternal grandmother] (MAP)
Norski n • chiefly in Norwegian settlement areas
ostkaka n • [Sw ostkaka, Norw ostekake]
pank v • [..cf Norw, Dan banke..]
pannicake n • [..cf Du pannekoek..]
peng n • [Norw peng(e),..Sw (pl) pengar]
philopena n • [cf..Norw filipine..]
primost n • [Norw prim(ost)]
rommegrot n • [Norw rømmegrøt cream porridge]
rullepolse n • esp in Norw settlement areas
sandbakkels n • [Norw sandbakkels(e) sand cookie]
sill salad n • [Norw sildesalat herring salad]
skijoring n • [From Norw skikjøring, literally “ski-driving”]
skillpot n • [..(Dan skildpadde, Norw skilpadde, Sw sköldpadda)] (MAP)
slime eel n • [..cf..Norw slimål]
smear n 1 • [Prob infl by the cognates in other Germanic langs:..Norw..smør.. butter]
snoose n1 • [Dan, Sw, Norw snus] (MAP)
sot suppe n • Norw settlement areas
spark n • [Norw, Sw]
sweet soup n • [Norw søtsuppe, Sw sötsoppa]
sylte n • [Dan, Norw sylte, Sw sylta]
Syttende Mai n • in Norw settlement areas
till prep B4 • [..also Sw till (prep) till, by (and perh also Dan, Norw til till, by)]
uff-da exclam, n • orig in Norw settlement areas, esp MN, WI
water out v phr 2 • Norw settlement areas
yah adv • [Cf Ger, Du, Norw, Sw, Dan ja] (MAP)
cala n1 • [..Nupe kàrà a fried cake..]