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New Hampshire Slanguage: Beach Wagon
I was looking at some 1960-ish photographs today, a few showing my family’s pale yellow beach wagon parked in the driveway. BEACH WAGON was the local (New England) term for what most people then called a “Station Wagon” (or a … Continue reading
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Tagged 50s, 60s, auto, automobile, Beach, beach wagon, car, caravan, cruiser, England, fifties, Hampshire, new, New England, New Hampshire, NH, ocean, origin, phrase, sixties, Station, station wagon, SUV, term, travel vacation, vehicle, wagon, wood, woody, word
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New Hampshire Slanguage: Spiffy
The word spiffy is an American English slang word that has been in use at least as early as 1853, … Continue reading
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Tagged dressed, England, Hampshire, new, New Hampshire, origin, spiff, spiffing, spiffy, well, word
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New Hampshire Glossary: Notch
Outside of New Hampshire, it is called a gap or pass….
but once you cross our state line, it … Continue reading
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Tagged Carter, Crawford Notch, Dixville Notch, Franconia Notch, gap, meaning, New Hampshire, notch, pass, Pinkham Notch, word
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