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English
Proper noun
Arkansaw
- Obsolete spelling of Arkansas..
1885 January 28, “Arkansaw Justice. The Ways of its Grand Juries.”, in Raleigh Register, volume I, number 48, Raleigh, N.C.:On one occasion when court met at Arkansaw Post, the Colonel was particularly desirous of making a good record.
1905, B J Milam, “Letter No. 4. A Trip to Mt. Scott and The Opening of Lawton. The Honest Farmer from Arkansaw. (And Others.)”, in The Honest Farmer from Arkansaw on a Lark Seein’ the West, , →OCLC, page 65:There was an honest farmer / Who hailed from Arkansaw, / And landed hopeful in Fort Sill / To register for a draw.
- 1910, anonymous, “The State of Arkansaw” in John A. Lomax, Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads, New York: Sturgis & Walton, p. 227,
- I landed in St. Louis with ten dollars and no more; / I read the daily papers till both my eyes were sore; / I read them evening papers until at last I saw / Ten thousand men were wanted in the state of Arkansaw.
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