country smalls
n.pl.— «On Saturday, Southern Vermont Auctions offers the perfect opportunity for a hands-on, live-action peek into the thrill of domestic discoveries and retail reminiscing when illustrious Dorset auctioneer Mary Anne Lukas opens bidding on paintings, pottery, furniture, ephemera and, as they say in the business, “country smalls” from two fascinating local estates.» —“Going once, going twice… sold!” by Anne Lawrence Guyon Rutland Herald (Vermont) Mar. 15, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Chelsea from Louisville, Kentucky, is having a debate with her husband about how to pronounce antenna. She’s from Chicago, Illinois, and he’s from Louisville. She pronounces the second syllable to sound like the word ten, while he pronounces that...
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