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Americanism Noun an expression or custom that is characteristic of the people of the United States Americanism a word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to American English. Cf. Briticism, Canadianism. See also: LanguageHeckerism. See also: Catholicism
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| To use and Americanism, he had `taken no chances', and the absolute accuracy with which his instructions were fulfilled was simply the logical result of his care. When he refused to ease down his pace and bleated about freedom of contract, independent Americanism, and the dignity of toil, they proceeded to spoil his pace-making ability. He exaggerated the Americanisms which he knew always made the Englishmen laugh and poured out a breathless stream of conversation, whimsical, high-spirited, and jolly. |
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