''A Dictionary of Americanisms on Historical Principles'' is a

dictionary A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged Alphabetical order, alphabetically (or by Semitic root, consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical-and-stroke sorting, radical an ...

of English words and phrases that originated in the United States. The two-volume dictionary was edited by Mitford M. Mathews and was published in 1951 by

University of Chicago Press The University of Chicago Press is the university press of the University of Chicago, a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. It is the largest and one of the oldest university presses in the United States. It pu ...

.Mathews derived much of the book from ''A Dictionary of American English on Historical Principles'' edited under the direction of Sir William Craigie at the University of Chicago (1934–1944). Its 1911 pages of entries provides an important view of American culture as it evolved from its beginnings to the mid-20th century
"Made in U.S.A."
''Time'' magazine. April 02, 1951. The work should not be confused with

John Russell Bartlett John Russell Bartlett (October 23, 1805 – May 28, 1886) was an American historian and linguist. Early life Bartlett was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on October 23, 1805, the son of Smith Bartlett and Nancy (Russell) Bartlett. In 1819 he ...

's ''Dictionary of Americanisms''.

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