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dupa n • [..cf Ukrainian dupa..]
golumpki n pl • [..cf also Ukrainian and Czech hołub..]
Ulster; Concise Ulster Dictionary
spouting n • [Cf Concise Ulster Dict., “Spouting..a drainpipe..a gutter along the edge of a roof”] (MAP)
sugan n 1 • [Cf Concise Ulster Dict. suggan 2 “A straw horse-collar”; 5 “A protective straw pad…”]
whenever conj b • [1996 Concise Ulster Dict. 384 “Whenever I was young I could do it”..]
whang n3 • [..1996 Concise Ulster Dict. whang n.2 1 “a `tang’: a rancid taste in milk or butter”..]
which pron 2 • [Concise Ulster Dict. which 2 “What? pardon?”]
wizzen n • [Chiefly nEngl, Scots, nIr varr of weasand; cf..SND wizzen, Concise Ulster Dict. weasen]
yourns pron 1 • [Pronc-spp for your ones..cf Concise Ulster Dict. your yins, your uns, your’n’s..household]
ain’t v2 • freq considered uncult
United States, eastern See East
American fried potatoes n pl 1 • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent (MAP)
anti-i-over n, exclam • chiefly wGt Lakes, Upper MW, West (MAP)
backset v • Upper MW
basket social n • chiefly Upper MW, NW
biffy n • chiefly Upper MW and WI (MAP)
bismarck n • chiefly Upper MW, wGt Lakes
bonanza farm n • chiefly Upper MW, scattered West
boulevard n 1 • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent (MAP)
box-elder bug n • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent (MAP)
bromegrass n • Nth, esp Upper MW, Gt Lakes
buck n1 3a • ?esp N Cent, Upper MW
burr oak n • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, Cent (MAP)
cat and mouse n 1 • chiefly Upper MW, WI, Cent (MAP)
cluck adj • chiefly PA, N Cent, Upper MW
cluck n 1 • chiefly PA, N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
cluck v • Nth, esp PA, WI, Upper MW
cockleburr n 1 • widespread, but chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, West (MAP)
*covered-dish meal n • widespread exc Pacific, Upper MW, WI, MI (MAP)
*dog n1 B3 • scattered, but less freq NEast, Upper MW, NW (MAP)
ear corn n • esp Upper MW
*earthworm n • widespread exc Rocky Mts, Upper MW; esp freq Sth (MAP)
eversharp n • scattered, but esp N Cent, Upper MW, KS, MO (MAP)
*faller n • chiefly Pacific NW; less freq Upper MW, NEng
farmer match n • chiefly Upper MW, Gt Lakes, NY, WV (MAP)
feeder n 5 • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent, SE (MAP)
feedlot n • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW
flickertail n 2 • chiefly Upper MW, esp ND
forty acres n pl • Upper MW
foxtail n 1 • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, West (MAP)
frost boil n 1 • chiefly Upper MW
fruit soup n • Upper MW
fuss-button n • chiefly PA, N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
gab n1 • now esp Gt Lakes, Upper MW (MAP)
goosetown n • scattered, but esp N Cent, Upper MW
gopher n1 2b(1) • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, Rocky Mts
grab onto v phr • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent (MAP)
grease ant n • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, CA (MAP)
ground squirrel n b • chiefly West, Upper MW
hog house n 1a • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent; also S Midl (MAP)
*knock v 1 • scattered exc N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
kolacky n • chiefly WI, Upper MW (MAP)
last couple out n • esp Upper MW, KS (MAP)
long john n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Upper Missip Valley, Upper MW, Plains States, MI (MAP)
lutefisk n • chiefly Upper MW, WI, nwIL (MAP)
mayflower n 3b • chiefly Upper MW
Mother Hubbard squash n • esp Upper MW
*nanny n1 • scattered exc nNEng, Upper MW, Cent (MAP)
niggerwool n 1 • esp Upper MW
Norski n • chiefly MI, WI, Upper MW, Pacific NW (MAP)
owly adj • chiefly Upper MW, Gt Lakes (MAP)
pa n A1 (pronc) • widespread, but esp NEast, N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
*pedro n (pronc) • chiefly Inland Nth (exc Upper MW, NW), CA (MAP)
pig house n 1 • esp N Cent, Upper MW
pocket gopher n 2 • Upper MW
pomme blanche n • chiefly Upper MW, Plains States
pomme de prairie n • chiefly Upper MW, Plains States
pom-pom-pullaway n • chiefly Gt Lakes, Upper MW, Plains States, Rocky Mts, sCA (MAP)
pooey exclam • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, Upper MW; also C Atl (MAP)
pooh out v phr • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
pothole n 2 • chiefly wGt Lakes, Upper MW, NW
roof n, v (pronc) • esp NEng, Upper MW |r^Uf|
root n1, v (pronc) • esp NEng, Upstate NY, Upper MW |r^Ut|
runza n • chiefly Upper MW, esp NE
sandburr n 1 • chiefly West, Upper MW, N Cent, C Atl
saskatoon n • NW, Upper MW
sauerkraut n 2 • chiefly Nth, esp NW, Upper MW (MAP)
Scandihoovian n, adj • chiefly Upper MW, Pacific (MAP)
scoop shovel n 1 • esp Cent, Upper MW
scour v • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, Cent
semi n • scattered, but chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, West (MAP)
shelter belt n • chiefly Plains States, Upper MW
shuck v1 1c • chiefly NEast, N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
sic ’em, not to know v phr • chiefly Inland Nth, esp Pacific NW, Rocky Mts, Upper MW (MAP)
siehst du interrog exclam • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW (MAP)
slough grass n 1 • chiefly Upper MW, Upper Missip Valley, Plains States (MAP)
snap v 2a • esp Upper MW, Cent
snirt n • esp Upper MW
snoose n1 • chiefly Pacific NW, Rocky Mts, Upper MW, WI (MAP)
spike pitcher n • Plains States, Upper MW, NW
starlight, moonlight n • Upper MW, WI
storm windows n pl • esp Upper MW, WI
straw shed n 2 • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent
swather n • chiefly Upper MW, West (MAP)
sweet soup n • WI, Upper MW
*taw n C1a • widespread exc NEast, Gt Lakes, Upper MW (MAP)
thunder pumper n 1 • scattered, but esp wGt Lakes, Upper MW
timber squirrel n • esp Upper MW, KS, NEast
tree claim n • Upper MW, Plains States
trunk n 2 • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, esp WI (MAP)
vetbollen n pl • Upper MW, Gt Lakes in Du settlement areas
walk v 1b • esp Upper MW
whoop n C2 • scattered, but esp S Atl, Gulf States, Gt Lakes, Upper MW, Pacific (MAP)
wild alfalfa n 2 • chiefly Cent, Upper MW
wild hay n • widespread, but more freq Upper MW, West (MAP)
yah adv • scattered, but chiefly Nth, esp N Cent, Upper MW, Plains States (MAP)
you betcha adv phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, CA, TX; now esp Upper MW, NW (MAP)
Upper Mississippi Valley See Mississippi Valley, Upper
Upstate New York See New York, Upstate
ass from one’s elbow, not to know one’s v phr • urban (MAP)
beat adj • esp among young, urban, and Black speakers
boondock n • orig military slang, now widespread, esp among urban, young and mid-aged speakers
boss adj • scattered but esp in urban areas of Nth, N Midl, Pacific
buck buck n 2 • chiefly urban
crack up v phr • esp among young, urban, coll educ, and Black speakers
dig v2 2 • chiefly among young and mid-aged speakers; esp freq among Black speakers; esp freq in urban comms
dozen n B1 • among Black speakers; esp urban
dreck n • urban, chiefly in Jewish and German settlement areas
either adj, adv, pron, conj (pronc) • esp urban areas of the NEast
faggot n • used..chiefly by young speakers, most freq by well educ urban males
fall n 4 • chiefly among young, well-educ, urban women
house-rent party n • chiefly among Black speakers; urban
klutz n • esp in urban areas
ofay n • chiefly urban
sound v • esp in urban areas
across lot(s) adv phr 2 • chiefly UT
cohab n • UT
cougar n • chiefly NW, CA, UT (MAP)
culinary water n • UT
dout v • chiefly UT, WY
gentile n • esp UT
gold-and-green ball n • esp UT
leatherside minnow n • esp UT
lucerne n • formerly more widespread, now esp UT, ID
Mormon derrick n • esp UT, ID, eOR
Mormon tree n • UT
mountain herring n • esp UT
oose n • UT
saint n • esp UT
salmon n B2a(3) • esp AZ, UT
seal v • esp UT, ID
slickrock n • UT
slough v1 • esp UT
snowdrop n 3 • UT
spiritual wife n • chiefly West, esp UT
viewing n • chiefly PA, NJ, MD, DE; also UT (MAP)