severalthadj.
U.S. dialect.
The ordinal form of several adj. 4 as an indefinite number.
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1902 A. H. Lewis Wolfville Days xvi. 238 Re-fillin' his glass for the severaleth time.
1949 ‘J. Nelson’ Backwoods Teacher ii. 23 But presently, apologizing for the ‘severalth’ time—to use a good word we learned at Big Piney—..Mrs Helms did sit down.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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adj.1902- to have something over
- to have something over a person
- to have something right
- to have something to game
- to have something to oneself
- to have something to prove
- to have something to say for oneself
- to have something to say to
- to have something to show for
- to have something wired
- to have something written all over him, her, it, etc
- to have something, enough, little, etc to eat
- to have somewhat to do
- to have space
- to have speech
- to have spied a mare's nest
- to have stardust in one's eyes
- to have stars in one's eyes
- to have steam on
- to have sticky fingers
- to have stob and stake
- to have straws in one's hair
- to have strong hold
- to have strong root
- to have supposing