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[Pg340]
List of Words and Phrases
The parts of speech are indicated only when it is desirable for
clearness. The following abbreviations are used:
/a./ adjective
/adv./ adverb
/art./ article
/n./ noun
/pref./ prefix
/pro./ pronoun
/suf./ suffix
/v./ verb
/vp./ verb-phrase.
a, /art./, 62, 154, 267; /particle/, 207; /pref./, 92.
a-/sound/, 11, 58-60, 94-5, 102, 173-4, 176.
Aarons, 280
aber nicht, 152.
aber nit, 152, 308, 311.
abgefaked, /v./, 156.
aboard, 92.
abolitionist, 83.
above, 262.
Abraham, 280n.
absquatulate, /v./, 82.
abuv, 262.
accept, 77n.
acceptum, 77n.
accommodation-train, 82.
accouchement, 127.
achtel, 113.
acre, 250, 252, 254.
acute, 160.
acy, /suf./, 77.
ad, 142, 160.
Adamic, 73.
ad-card, 160.
addition, 50.
addressograph, 165.
ad-man, 160.
admitted to the bar, /vp./ 108.
adobe, 87.
ad-rate, 160.
advertisement, 160, 169, 176.
advertize, 262.
advocate, /v./, 27, 48, 49, 51.
ad-writer, 160.
adze, 56.
aeon, 243.
aero, /a./, 160.
aeroplane, /a./, 160.
aëroplane, /n./, 263.
aéroplane, /n./, 263n.
aesthetics, 257.
aetiology, 257.
affiliate, 77.
afoot, 97.
afterwards, 147, 148.
against, 91.
agenda, 100.
agent, 121.
ag'in, 91.
aggravate, 77.
a-going, 92.
Ahrens, 280.
ai-/sound/, 95, 96.
ain't, 145, 146, 204, 210.
air-line, 82, 105.
airplane, 263.
aisle-manager, 124.
aker, 250, 252, 254.
alabastine, 165.
alarm, 264.
alarmist, 33.
alarum, 264.
Albert, 275.
Albrecht, 275.
Albright, 275.
alderman, 47.
alfalfa, 109.
allay-foozee, 90.
Allegany, 296.
Alleghany, 296.
Allegheny, 296.
allez-fusil, 90.
all-fired, 129.
allot upon, 31.
allow, 33.
all right, 157.
allright, 263n.
allrightnick, 156.
ally, /n./, 170.
almoner, 112.
alright, 27, 263.
also, 34.
altho, 262, 263.
aluminium, 264.
aluminum, 264.
always, 229.
am, 193, 209.
amachoor, 238.
amass, 95.
ambish, 160.
ambition, /n./, 160; /v./, 49.
Americanism, 38.
Americanize, 77.
Ames, 275.
amigo, 158.
am not, 210.
an, /art./, 62, 95, 267.
anaemia, 242, 245, 257, 260.
a-ñ-aice, 92.
Ananias club, 306.
anatomy, 95.
Anderson, 272.
andiron, 56.
and no mistake, 92.
André, 275.
Andrews, 275.
a-near, 92.
anemia, 242, 263.
aneurism, 242.
aneurysm, 242.
angry, 79, 99.
Anheuser, 153, 276.
anilin, 262.
Anne Arundel, 297.
annex, 242, 258n.
annexe, /n./, 242, 245, 257, 258n, 260.
A No. 1, 161.
antagonize, 49, 136.
ante, /n./, 87; /v./, 202.
anteriour, 248n.
ante up, /v./, 87, 111.
anti, 87.
anti-fogmatic, 84.
antmire, 126.
anxious-bench, 83, 84.
anxious-seat, 84.
any, 237.
anyways, 147, 229.
apartment, 110.
apern, 239.
apossoun, 40.
appendices, 265.
apple, 173.
apple-jack, 85.
apple-pie, 18.
appreciate, 49.
approbate, 56.
arbor, 242.
Arbor day, 114.
arboreal, 247.
arbour, 242.
ardor, 253.
are, 209.
a'ready, 238.
Arens, 280.
aren't, 146, 210.
are you there? 103.
a-riding, 92.
Arkansas, 298.
Armistead, 274.
armor, 242.
armory, 247.
armour, 242.
Armstädt, 274.
arriv'd, 201n.
arse, 129.
ary, /suf./, 170.
as, 223.
ash-can, 97, 102.
ash-man, 102.
ask, 59, 94, 238.
askutasquash, 41, 160.
asphalt, 242, 252, 257.
asphalte, 242, 245, 256, 257, 260.
ass, 129.
assistant-master, 104.
assistant-mistress, 104.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior, 122.
associational, 30.
assurance, 109.
ast, 238.
a tall, 234.
at, 95, 146.
ataxia, 242, 246.
ataxy, 242.
ate, /v./, 194, 205; /suf./, 77.
attack, 193.
attackted, 193, 201.
au-/sound/, 276.
aunt, 58, 59, 94, 173.
auto, /n./, 110, 160; /v./, 110.
autocar, 165.
automobile, 160.
autsch, 89.
autumn, 10, 14.
avenue, 299.
aw-/sound/, 95, 175, 276.
awful, 306.
awfully, 306.
aw re-vore, 241.
awry-eyed, 85.
ax, 242, 252, 256, 257.
axe, 242, 245, 256, 257, 260, 261.
baby, 155.
baby-carriage, 97, 139.
baccalaureate, 124.
bach, /suf./, 275.
back and fill, /vp./, 78, 319.
back and forth, 31.
back-country, 46.
backfisch, 308n.
back-garden, 139.
back-log, 46.
back-number, 81.
back pedal, /vp./, 142.
back-settlements, 46.
back-settler, 46.
back-talk, 10, 81.
back-taxes, 81.
backward and forward, 31.
back water, /vp./, 78.
backwoods, /a./, 48; /n./, 46, 48.
backwoodsman, 40, 46, 48, 134.
back-yard, 97, 110, 139.
bad, /adv./, 146, 227.
bad boy, 157.
baddest, 230.
baggage, 31, 97.
baggage-car, 97.
baggage-check, 82.
baggage-master, 82.
baggage-room, 82.
baggage-smasher, 82.
bagman, 98.
Bailey, 274.
bailiff, 107n, 254.
Baker, 277.
Bakerloo, 112.
balance, 50.
Bald, 288.
balk, 242.
ballast, 97.
balled-up, /a./, 142, 164.
ballot, /n./, 107.
ballot-box stuffer, 107.
ball up, /vp./, 142n, 164.
ballyhoo, 92.
ballyhoo-man, 93.
balm, 59.
Baltimore, 297.
ban, 59.
banditti, 265.
bandore, 44.
bandurria, 44.
band-wagon, 14.
bang-up, /a./, 164.
bania, 44.
banjo, 44.
bank, /n./, 107.
bank-account, 107.
bank-bill, 31.
bankers, 107.
bank-holiday, 99, 114.
banking-account, 107.
bank-note, 31.
bankrup, 238.
banner-state, 83, 84.
bar, 58.
barbecue, 40, 43.
barber-shop, 124.
barber's-shop, 124.
bargain, /n./, 155; /v./, 137.
baritone, 242, 246.
bark, /n./, 242, 246, 247, 257, 258, 263.
bark up the wrong tree, /vp./, 33, 79.
barmaid, 105.
barman, 105.
barn, 52.
barque, 242, 258.
barrel, 163.
barrel-house, 85.
barrens, 46, 294.
barrister, 108.
bartender, 14, 85, 105.
barytone, 242.
basket, 59, 155.
basswood, 45.
bat, /n./, 85.
bath, 59, 97.
bath-tub, 97.
batl, 262.
Baton Rouge, 291.
batteau, 43, 47, 86, 111.
batting-average, 111.
battle, 262.
bauer, 89.
Bauer, 275.
baugh, /suf./, 275.
baulk, 239, 242, 245.
Baumann, 275.
Bayle, 274.
bayou, 30, 86.
Bay State, 33.
bay-window, 56.
be, 193, 209.
bean, 193n.
beat, /v./, 164, 193.
beaten, 193.
beat it, /vp./, 164.
Beauchamp, 283.
Beaufort, 291.
beau pré, 41.
beaut, 160, 310.
beautifuller, 230.
beautifullest, 230.
beauty, 160.
beaver, 288, 294.
Beaver Moon, 42.
became, 193.
Becker, 271, 277.
become, 193.
bed-bug, 125n.
bedibbert, /a./, 151n.
bedroom, 155.
beef, /n./, 56; /v./, 319.
beefsteak, 88n.
bee-line, 47.
been, 175, 176, 238.
beet, 97, 104, 109.
beet-root, 97, 104, 109.
began, 193.
begin, 193.
begob, 91.
begorry, 91.
begun, 193.
behavior, 242.
behoove, 242, 261.
behove, 242, 260.
beinkel, 156.
belgiumize, 164.
Belgravia, 139.
belittle, 33, 49, 135.
Bellair, 292.
beller, 239.
Bellevue, 292.
bell-hop, 81.
Belmont, 277.
belovéd, 201.
Belvédère, 292.
ben, 193, 209.
bend, /v./, 193.
benefice, 112.
bent, /v./, 193, 201.
Berg, 276.
Berger, 276.
Bermingham, 286n.
beside, 147.
besides, 147.
best of the bunch, 308, 310.
bet, /v./, 193.
betrayed, 127.
better, 230.
betterment, 31, 81.
better'n, 231.
bet your life, /vp./, 92.
bevo, 165.
bevo-officer, 166n.
bhoy, 92.
bid, /n./, 97.
biff, /v./, 310, 319.
big-bug, 81.
big-chief, 86.
big-stick, 306.
bile, 34, 91, 236.
bill, 106.
bill-board, 27, 97.
billion, 80.
but, 251.
bin, /v./, 193, 209.
bind, 193.
bindery, 48.
biograph, /v./, 142.
biplan, 263n.
bird, 310.
Birdsong, 277.
birthday, 155.
biscuit, 53, 98.
bishop, 85.
bit, /v./, 193, 207, 208.
bitch, 125, 126.
bite, /v./, 193, 207, 208.
bitten, 193, 207, 208.
Bittinger, 276.
Black, 274, 277.
black-country, 109.
black-hand, 151.
black-stripe, 85.
blast, 59.
bleachers, 105, 111, 162.
bled, 194.
bleed, 194.
bleeding, 130.
blew, 194, 204.
blighter, 129.
blind-baggage, 83n.
blind-pig, 85.
blind-tiger, 33.
blizzard, 80, 109.
Bloch, 274.
block, 109, 110, 306.
Block, 224.
block-head, 309.
Block island, 290.
blofista, 135n.
blooded, 50.
blood-poison, 127.
bloody, 130.
Bloom, 275.
bloomer, 80.
Bloomingdale, 280.
blouse, 100, 103.
blow, /v./, 49, 194, 204.
blowed, 194, 204.