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Arkansawyer, n.
Brit. |ˈɑːk(ə)nˌsɔːjə|, U.S. |ˈɑrkənˌsɔjər|
[‹ the name of Arkansas (see Arkansas n.) + -er suffix2, after sawyer n. Compare earlier Arkansian n., Arkansan n.]
= Arkansan n.
1874J. M. Morphis Hist. Texas xxii. 553 At an early day the boundary line was not known and Texans and Arkansawyers thus fraternized. 1904Dial. Notes 2 416, I knew it was dangerous to hurt an Arkansawyer's dog. 1946in V. Randolph Pissing in Snow (1976) 81 There ain't hardly a day passes..that some of them big Arkansawyers don't come over here a-looking for trouble. 1993USA Weekend 31 Jan. 2/3 ‘Arkansawyer’ reflects the French pronunciation of the state's name and..simply feels more ‘country’ and old-style, like the state itself. |