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Word: acomin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1945-1945
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...civilized" that seemed strange and irksome to a six-year-old Indian fighter. She was always after him to practice his reading and tirelessly corrected his pronunciation of such rich Oklahoma English as "An' thar was the ol' she-b'ar with two yearlin' cubs acomin' thu the bresh by the crick." Mama cried, too, when Markey got Ad Poak, the hired man, to take the horse clippers to his shoulder-length hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Oklahoma Boyhood | 9/24/1945 | See Source »

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