Meaning of Arkansaw | Babel Free

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of Arkansas.

alt-of, obsolete

Examples

“On one occasion when court met at Arkansaw Post, the Colonel was particularly desirous of making a good record.”

“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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