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by H. L. Mencken


  city ordinance, 243

  city-stock, 244

  civilizee, 75

  civil-servant, 243

  civvies, 573

  ck, 386

  claim, to, 199, 210

  claim-agent, 239

  claim-jumper, 144

  clam-baker, 247

  clamburger, 220

  Clam-catcher, 552

  clam-chowder, 247

  clam-jamphrie, 568

  clamorous, 395

  clamour, 395

  clang, 430

  clangorous, 395

  clangour, 395

  clapboard, 99

  clap-boarded, 116

  clapperdogeon, 577

  Clarence, 507

  Clarene, 521

  Clark, 520

  Clary, 360

  clas, 401

  clash, 182, 184

  clasp, 334, 335, 336

  class, 241, 336, 368; -day, 242

  classic, 211

  classification-yard, 239

  classy, 93, 464

  clatter, 577

  Claude, 518, 524

  clawhammer, 86, 144, 167

  cleaneteria, 177

  cleanlily, 467

  cleanly, 340, 467

  clean up, 37, 183

  clearance, to, 195

  clearing, 115

  clear the track, to, 147

  Clem, 519

  Clement, 519

  Clendolia, 524

  clergyman, 249

  clerk, 85, 86, 123, 255

  clerk, to, 118

  Cleveland, 516, 529

  clever, 6, 24, 25, 99, 101, 128

  click, to, 560

  cliff, 115

  Clifford, 516

  clift, 360

  climb, to, 430, 436

  climbed, 436

  Cline, 483

  cling, to, 430

  cling-stone, 114

  Clinton, 537

  clipped, 438

  clipping, 239

  clipt, 438

  cloak-room, 238

  clockologist, 179

  clock-watcher, 187

  clodhopper, 128

  cloister, 288

  clomb, 416, 430, 436

  clorid, 401

  close, 352

  close-call, 227, 570

  closed season, 236

  close season, 236

  closet, 310

  close-up, 227

  closure 394

  clothes-peg, 234

  clothes-pin, 234

  clothing-engineer, 290

  clothing store, 27

  clÔture, 394

  clÔture, 394

  clǒud-burst, 144

  clove, 109

  Clove Valley, 532

  clown, 577, 583; -wagon, 583

  Clown Alley, 584

  club, 243; -car, 147; -sandwich, 247

  clue, 393

  clumb, 430, 441

  clumsy, 558

  clung, 430

  cmear, 443

  c’n, 445

  CO., 573

  coal-oil, 234

  coal-operator, 256

  coal-owner, 256

  Coal Run, 536

  coast, to, 141

  coatee, 141

  coax, to, 126

  Coba, 521

  cocain, 411

  cocaine, 411

  cock, 85, 235, 301, 304, 308

  cockarouse, 107

  cockchafer, 304

  cockerel, 235

  Cockey, 485

  cock-eyed, 308, 568

  cockroach, 112, 296, 301, 304

  cocksure, 126, 308

  cocktail, 149, 155, 604

  cocktail-room, 292

  cocotte, 305

  C.O.D., 205, 208

  codfish, 93, 143

  Cody, 537

  co-ed, 86, 170, 263

  Coelo, 521

  Coenties, 533

  Coeur d’Alene, 541

  cof, 403

  coffee, 604; -engineer, 290

  coffin-nail, 186

  coffin-varnish, 568

  coffin-warehouse, 27

  Cogenhoe, 503

  cohanize, to, 193

  Cohen, 477, 478, 487, 498

  Cohn, 498

  cohoss, 119

  coiner, 243

  coive, 367

  Coke, 485

  coke, 170

  cold-deck, 191

  cold-feet, 227, 573

  Cold moon, 106

  cold-slaw, 411

  cold-snap, 100, 115, 144, 231, 570

  Cold Spring, 536

  Coldwater, 536

  Coleman, 499, 513

  cole-slaw, 108, 263, 411

  Colgate, 516

  Colice, 521

  collar-button, 234

  collar-stud, 234

  collateral, 145, 231

  collecker, 568

  collecting-stage, 260

  college, 580; -engineer, 291; -widow, 186

  collegiate, 581

  Collenberg, 483

  collide, to, 141, 231

  collide head-on, to, 147

  Colonel, 552

  colonel, 273, 274, 283, 612

  coloniarch, 16

  colony, 293

  color, 402

  Colorado, 339, 543

  colored, 231, 300

  colorful, 229

  colorific, 395

  colorous, 395

  colour, 395

  colourable, 396

  coloured, 396

  Columbard, 548

  Columbia Maypole, 522

  Columbian, 551

  Columbus, 517, 519

  columnist, 178

  Colwich, 537

  com, 402

  comb, 402

  Comba, 524

  combe, 115

  combinations, 236

  combine, 231

  combust, to, 192

  come, 422; -back, 183, 186, 227, 565; -down, 144, 227; -on, 565, 576; -onter, 150

  come, to, 423, 430, 436, 604

  comed, 436

  come in collision, to, 231

  come out at the little end

  of the horn, to, 100, 143, 198

  come to stay, to, 227

  come up, to, 434

  comisario, 153

  command, 334

  commencement, 242; -engineer, 290

  commissioner, 283

  committee, 245

  common, 115

  common-loafer, 156

  communicable disease, 306

  community-chest, 588

  commutation, 31; -ticket, 146

  commute, to, 147, 192

  commuter, 147, 238

  company, 245, 344, 414; -lawyer, 246

  comparativ, 403

  compensate, 325

  com (p) fort, 439

  complected, 120

  complex, 210, 211

  compromit, to, 7, 118, 119

  Compton, 516

  con, 170, 582, 583

  conant, 376

  conbobberation, 568

  concededly, 167

  concentrate, to, 325

  Concepcion, 535

  concertize, to, 141

  conch, 378

  conciet, 402, 403

  condensery, 176

  Conder, 524

  condit, 402

  conduct, to, 99

  conductor, 85, 146, 239, 263, 273

  conductorette, 178

  cone, 303

  confab, 183

  confessional-address, 220

  confirmand, 220

  confiscate, 325

  conflagrative, 22, 119

  Congress, 11

  congressional, 98, 119

  conjure, 344

  conk, 576

  con-man, 263

  Conn, 498

  connexion, 390, 392

  conniption, 144, 263

  Conola, 522

  conscious, 211

  conservatory, 227

  considerable, 25

  consignment-note, 238
r />   consistent, 211

  consociational, 98, 140

  consols, 244

  constable, 243, 344

  Constantine, 512

  Constantinopoulos, 485

  constituency, 120, 245

  constitution, 614

  contact, to, 194

  contact-manager, 288

  container-engineer, 290

  contested election, 245

  controled, 406

  controlled, 406

  controversialist, 165

  conventionitis, 179

  convocation, 248

  coo, 602

  Cook, 485, 488, 496

  cook, to, 580

  cook-book, 234

  cook coffee, to, 215

  cookery-book, 234

  cookey, 108

  cookie, 234

  cooking-stove, 234

  cook-stove, 234

  cooler, 149, 580

  coon, 153, 169, 170, 264, 296

  Coons, 482, 483

  coop, 344

  Cooper, 481, 485

  cooper, 344

  cooter, 113

  cootie, 573

  cop, 40, 243

  c.o.p., 209

  cop a mope, to, 581

  copious, 128

  Copoulos, 486

  copper-bellied, 137

  copper-head, 114

  Coraopolis, 530

  corbigeau, 214

  cord, 247

  cord, to, 118

  cord-wood, 128

  Corey, 494, 496

  Corlaers’s Hook, 532

  corn, 7, 12, 42, 85, 106, 122, 234; -belt, 144, 239; -brake, 122; -broom, 122; -cake, 122; -cob, 122; -crib, 115, 122; -cutter, 122; -dodger, 115, 122; -factor, 245; -fed, 122; -flour, 234; -fodder, 122; -fritter, 122; -grater, 122; -hook, 122; -husk, 122; -juice, 122, 149, 568; -knife, 122; -market, 256; -meal, 122, 234; -pone, 122; -shuck, 122; -snake, 122; -stalk, 122; -starch, 122, 234

  corned-beef, 352

  corned willie, 573

  corner, 544

  corner, to, 141, 231

  corner-loafer, 156, 256

  Cornhill, 546

  Cornielsen, 481

  Corn Laws, 122

  Corn moon, 106

  Cornstalk, 537

  corp, 461

  corporation, 244; -lawyer, 246; -profits, 244

  corpse, 287; -maker, 137; -reviver, 149

  corral, 92, 152

  corral, to, 152

  Correia, 494

  correspondence-engineer, 290

  corridor, 238

  corset, 301

  Cortlandt, 532

  corus, 401

  cos, 260

  cosma, 413

  cosmetician, 179, 288

  Cosmopolis, 530

  cosmos, 413

  cost, to, 440

  Costanza, 509

  coster, 234; -monger, 234

  Costilla, 543

  cosy, 393

  cotched, 429

  Cotica, 524

  cotilion, 406

  cotillion, 406

  Cotton, 499

  cotton, 234; -belt, 239; -wood, 234

  Cottonwood, 529

  cottonwood, 536

  Cottonwood Crossing, 554

  couch, 254

  Coughlin, 504

  cough up, to, 227

  coulda, 443, 444

  coulee, 151

  council, 245

  Council Bluffs, 535

  councillor, 243

  council-school, 241, 243

  counterfeiter, 243

  counterfoils, 244

  county, 414; -farm, 293; -home, 293

  coupé, 347

  coupla, 443, 471, 570

  Courey, 496

  court, 386, 547

  courtesan, 305

  courthouse, 539

  Courtney, 512

  Coury, 496

  cove, 536

  cover, 346

  cow, 364; -beast, 361;

  -boy, 152; -brute, 306, 361; -cage, 583; -catcher, 96, 146; college, 187; -creature, 301, 302; -critter, 302; -hand, 152; -juice, 582; -puncher, 152

  Cowan, 498

  cowcumber, 129

  Cowhide, 536

  cowhide, to, 114

  Cow-Tail, 536

  Cox, 308, 485

  Coyne, 498

  coyote, 150, 536

  cozy, 393

  crab, to, 263

  crab-cocktail, 247

  crabfest, 218

  Crabtree, 495

  Cracker, 552

  cracker, 7, 101, 122, 123, 234 267

  crackerjack, 264

  crack up, to, 143

  Craig, 478

  cranberry-bog, 115

  crane-navvy, 239

  crank, 145, 231

  crap, 584

  crape, 409

  craps, 86, 264

  crash, 182, 184

  crash, to, 578, 581, 602

  crass, 16

  Crawfish, 536

  crawfish, to, 142, 148

  Crawthumper, 552

  crayfish, 105

  crazy-bone, 239

  crazy-quilt, 116, 145

  Crček, 489

  cream-cracker, 235

  creamery, 176

  creature, 341

  Credilla, 522

  credit, 242

  Creed, 522

  creek, 7, 12, 70, 115, 121, 341, 609

  creep, to, 430

  Crenshawe, 503

  creole, 112

  creosote, 155

  crep, 352, 430, 437

  crěpe, 409

  crescent, 547

  Crespigny, 503

  creton, 401

  crevasse, 98, 151

  crew, 430

  crib, 583

  cricket, 248

  crickthatch, 119

  Crile, 483

  crime, 603

  criminal, 293; -assault, 304; -engineer, 290;

  -operation, 304

  Crippiny, 503

  crisco, 173

  crise, to, 192

  crispette, 173

  Crist, 512

  Cristsylf, 459

  criteria, 412

  criterions, 413

  critic, 380

  critikin, 118

  crix, 586

  croaker, 577

  cronic, 401

  Cronkhite, 483

  crook, 167, 227, 565

  crookdom, 178

  crook the elbow, to, 150

  crope, 430

  crossed, 398

  crossing-plate, 96, 146

  cross, purposes, 128, 231

  crossroads, 539

  crosswordpuzzleitis, 179

  crotchet, 250

  croud, 384

  crow, to, 430

  crowd, 30, 383, 384

  crowd out, to, 227

  crowed, 430

  crower, 308

  crown, 116

  crucified, 398

  cruller, 108

  crum, 402, 406

  crumb, 406

  crummy, 582, 583

  crypt, 248

  cuanto, 376

  cub, 227

  Cuba, 349

  Cubéan, 353

  cucaracha, 112

  cuckoo, 562

  Cueller, 487

  Cuffee, 524

  Cufrey, 524

  Cufry, 523, 524

  cultus, 150

  Cump, 517

  cunning, 257

  cupiding, 561

  curate, 248, 249

  curator, 325

  curb, 393

  curb, to, 199, 394

  curet, 411

  curette, 411

  curio, 169

  curled, 561

  curricula, 412

  curriculas, 413

  Curry, 494

  curse, 316

  curse, to, 430

  curse out, to, 229

  Curtis, 486

  Curtiss, 499

  curv, 403

  curve, 367

  Curzon, 497

  Cus
h, 524

  cushion, 583

  cuspidor, 216

  cuss, 74, 169, 170, 231, 316, 350; -word, 167

  cuss, to, 430

  cussed, 430

  cussedness, 145

  cuss out, to, 430

  Custer, 480

  customable, 119

  customize, to, 193

  custom-made, 234

  cut, 182, 227, 261

  cut, to, 199, 430, 440, 580

  cut across lots, to, 121

  cut a swath, to, 142

  cute, 120, 226

  cutex, 173

  cuticura, 173

  cut no figure, to, 95

  cut no ice, to, 232, 565

  cut-off, 144

  cut one’s eye-teeth, to, 568

  cut out, to, 38

  cut paper-dolls, to, 562

  cutting, 239

  Cy, 252

  cyar, 364

  cyclery, 176

  Cyclone, 537

  cyclone, 231

  cyder, 389

  cymbi, 113

  cypher, 389

  Cyril, 518

  cystoscope, to, 197

  Czar, 537

  czar, 390

  Czeslaw, 510 d, 335 348, 352, 360, 368, 375. 397. 410 438, 447

  da, 113

  dachshund, 155, 347

  da-da, 113

  daffy, 464

  dago, 86, 110, 231, 294, 295. 305; -red 222

  dahlia, 155

  Daisette, 522

  Dakoming, 537

  Dakota, 526

  dalite, 407

  Dalsemer, 500

  Dalsheimer, 500

  Dame’s Quarter, 537

  damfino, 316

  damn, 205, 313, 318, 464

  damnation, 316, 317

  damndest, 316

  damned, 317, 464

  damphool, 316

  Dan, 509, 519

  dance, 329, 335, 336, 337, 338

  dance, to, 581

  dance-hall, 227, 581

  dance marathon, 180

  dancethon, 180

  dancingest, 463

  D. & D., 208

  dandy, 257

  danger, 24

  Daniel, 506, 509, 511, 515

  Daniel of St. Thomas, 518

  Daniels, 490

  Danielson, 489

  Dǎnila, 509

  Daniliwsky, 490

  dansant, 409

  dansant-engineer, 290

  Danylchenko, 489

  Danylchuk, 489

  Danylshyn, 489

  dar, 339

  Darby, 503

  dare, 375

  dare, to, 430

  dared, 430

  darken one’s doors, to, 100, 119

  dark-horse, 148

  Darky, 520

  darky, 120

  Darlene, 521

  darn, 316, 317

  darned, 317

  darnfoolski, 222

  daSilva, 501

  das’n’t, 430

  dast, 430

  dat, 367

  data, 338, 412

  Dauphine, 547

  Dauud, 513

  davenport, 254

  Davenporter, 549

  David, 506, 510, 513, 515

  Davidovitch, 498

  Davis, 477, 498, 499

  dawter, 381

  day-coach, 147

  daylight time, 234

  dayyan, 217

  D-Cady, 517

  D. D., 273, 281

  de-, 194

  deacon, to, 140

  dead as a door-nail, 570

  dead-beat, 37, 144, 167

  deader’n, 464

  dead-head, 228

  dead-head, to, 147

  dead pan, 587

  deaf, 340

  deal, 182

  deal, to, 430

  dealt, 430

  dean, 242, 248, 274, 279, 289; of women, 241

  Deane, 507

  dear, 311

  death-knell, 587

 

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