every adjective, adverb variant form ever, esp in compounds everbody, everone, etc.1929 (in 1952 Mathes Tall Tales 108) He says wearin’ a lump of asafidity round yer neck an’ takin’ a little balsam ile ever-day will keep off might ‘nigh any sickness. 1939 Hall Coll. Bradley Fork NC They said, “You’ve done more than ever man that’s lived here. We’ve got a good civilized country and a good church.” (Aden Carver) ibid. Hazel Creek NC Well, when we was a-deer-drivin’,…
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bow up verb phrase1 Same as bow out.1956 Hall Coll. Big Bend NC Aunt Martha Packett brought Oliver into the…
See that small little thing on my computer screen in the photo above? Its what we call a no seeum.…
lamp oil noun Kerosene, used in lamps in former days and often in home remedies. Same as coal oil, kerosene…
There has been devastating flooding in Western NC and North Georgia as hurricane Fred tracks its way north. Our county…
hunt up verb phrase To search for and find (something or someone). 1940 Oakley Roamin’/Restin’ 114 We then pulled out…
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases.…
“The sunball was out of sight, and long shadows lay like deep black furrows in the hollow as they footed…
I came across the interview below on the Appalachian English website (Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English). The red words throughout…
Letter from Almond, NC published in the Bryson City Times (July 31, 1896). “Most of our farmers are done laying…