It was probably coined by this journalist named O'Sullivan, although now there's a new theory that it wasn't.

一般认为记者奥沙利文发明了这个词,尽管现在有新理论认为他们并没有联系

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Well, and sometimes that "O America" Meant the tinkerer, it meant the inventor, it meant the guy who invented a new kind of sewing machine and took it in for a patent.

有时候这个《啊,美国》,意味着工艺师,意味着发明者,意味着 发明新型缝纫机,并将它申请专利的人

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