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by H. L. Mencken

debamboozle, to, 194

  Debaun, 495

  debenture, 244

  De Bon, 495

  debt, 383

  debunk, to, 174, 194, 199, 226

  debunking, 174

  debut, to, 192

  début, 347, 409

  débutante, 409

  debutramp, 561

  decalog, 400

  deCasseres, 501

  deceit, 380

  deceived, 310

  decent, 303, 308

  deciev, 402, 403

  deck, 144, 236

  decoy, 325

  ded, 403

  deed, to, 7, 117

  deep, 368, 465

  Deering, 482

  defect, 325

  defence, 383, 394

  defense, 386, 394

  defensive, 394

  defi, 169

  deficit, 325

  definit, 399, 401, 403

  deft, 128

  DeGrasse, 514

  degree-day, 242

  degrees of frost, 246

  Degrofe, 539

  dehorning-engineer, 290

  deign, 380

  Dejean, 481

  dejelly, to, 194

  De La Haye, 481

  Delaware, 525, 530

  Delaware Water Gap, 535

  delayd, 403

  Delhi, 540

  de l’Hôtel, 482

  delicate condition, 304

  delicatessen, 155

  delicatessens, 412

  delinquent, 293

  deliveress, 75

  deliver the goods, to, 227

  dell, 115

  Delmar, 538

  Del-Mar, 537

  Delmarva, 538

  Delmer, 523

  delouse, to, 194

  Delphia, 521

  Delsey, 524

  demagogue, to, 192, 196

  demean, to, 121, 165

  Demetrios, 512

  Demikof, 478

  deminition bow-wows, 317

  demisemiquaver, 250

  demmed, 317

  demolition-engineer, 289

  Demon Rum, 244

  demonstrate, 325

  Demopolis, 530

  demoralize, to, 118

  Demos, 512

  De Moss, 512

  Demosthenes, 512

  dendanthropology, 117

  Denis, 481

  Dennis, 505

  Denny, 481

  dénouement, 409

  Denva, 521

  Deodolphus, 524

  depart, 335

  deposit-slip, 244

  depot, 147, 151, 409

  dépôt, 409

  deputize, to, 7, 118

  deputy-pro-chancellor, 241

  derange, to, 118

  Derby, 503

  derby, 234, 239

  Dermen, 497

  Dermenjian, 497

  Dermott, 479

  derned, 317

  derrière, 307

  DeRue, 522

  desave, 161

  Desbrosses, 547

  Des Champs, 495

  deserv, 401

  Deshong, 481

  desk, 150, 254

  Des Moines, 541

  desperado, 152

  dessert, 247

  destitution, 15

  destructor, 234

  det, 383, 401, 403

  detainer, 583

  determin, 401, 403

  determine, 383, 384

  detour, 236, 325

  dettor, 401

  develop, 391

  develope, 391

  De Vere, 479

  device, 394

  devil, 318

  devil-dog, 574

  devilinsky, 222

  devilled-crab, 247

  devotee, 412

  dewax, to, 194

  Dewey, 512, 516

  DeWitt, 506

  diagnosticate, to, 197

  diagram, 402

  diagramme, 394

  dialog, 394

  dialogicians, 179

  diamond, 250, 341, 583

  diamond-cracker, 583

  Diarmuid, 479

  diarrhea, 411

  diarrhœa, 411

  diary, 341

  dick, 577

  dicker, to, 118

  dickey-seat, 237

  dicta, 412

  dictograph, 173

  did, 430, 442

  diddle, to, 22

  did I say no?, 217

  didn’t, 352

  Diego, 110

  diener, 220

  dierne, 317

  diet-kitchen-engineer, 290

  die with one’s boots on, to, 142

  diff, 170

  different, 466

  different than, 472

  dig, to, 430, 436

  diggings, 98, 145

  dilatory, 24

  Dillehay, 481

  diminute, to, 75

  din, 128

  dinah, 577

  dindon farouche, 214

  dindon sauvage, 214

  diner, 170

  dinge, 296

  dinger, 583

  dingus, 176, 210, 211, 263

  dinky, 464

  dinner, 240

  dinner-bell, 97

  dino, 582

  dioxygen, 173

  dip, 368, 576

  diphtheria, 352

  diphthong, 352

  Dipucci, 497

  directly, 251

  director, 242

  directory-engineer, 290

  direct primaries, 245

  dirt, 165, 310, 580

  dirty, 467

  Dirty Face, 514

  disagreeable, 268

  discipline, 384

  discommode, to, 168

  disdain, 380

  disembarked, 604

  dishpan, 234

  disme, 116

  disorderly house, 304

  display-ad, 170

  dissenter, 248, 249

  distaff, 386

  distributing, 376

  district, 245, 247

  ditch, to, 227

  div, 430

  dive, 37, 149

  dive, to, 430

  dived, 430

  divide, 115

  division, 245

  divorcée, 409, 412

  divot, 562

  Divver, 479

  divvy, 191

  diwy, to, 148, 192

  Dixie, 101

  dixième, 116

  do, to, 306, 430, 446, 566, 604

  do a land-office business, to, 142

  do a tailspin, to, 198

  Doc, 520

  doc, 170

  docile, 341

  docket, 145

  dock-walloper, 263

  dock-yard, 239

  doctor, 271, 289

  doctorine, 180

  doctrin, 406

  doctrine, 406

  Dodge City, 529

  dodge the issue, to, 142

  do don’t, 99

  does, 24

  doesn’t, 446

  dogdom, 178

  dog-eater, 373

  doggery, 145, 149

  doggone, 316, 317

  dog-house, 583

  dognaper, 180

  dog on it, 317

  do-gooder, 187

  dog-robber, 573

  dog-weary, 564

  Dohme, 484

  do it all, to, 581

  dokus, 217

  dol, 401

  dole, 430, 437

  Doley, 523

  dollar, 116, 155

  Dollarhide, 505

  dollars to doughnuts, 259

  Dollarville, 536

  doll up, to, 264

  Dolly, 520

  Dolor, 522

  dolour, 395

  -dom, 109, 178

  dominie, 109

  Dominus, 281

  don, 183, 242

  donate, to, 121, 165, 231

  donation-party, 150

  Don Carlos, 516

  done, 422, 430, 441, 442

  donee, 180

 
donivorous, 118

  donkey, 302

  donky, 402

  don’t, 445, 446, 471

  donut, 402

  doodad, 176, 211

  -doodle, 176

  Doolittle, 482

  door, 614

  Dope, 582

  dope, 38, 95, 108, 229, 565, 609; -fiend, 232

  dope, to, S5

  dope out, 264

  dopester, 178

  D. O. R. A., 209

  Doran, 503

  dorg, 350

  dorm, 170

  Dorothy, 507, 511

  dorp, 109, 532

  Dorpian, 550

  do the book, to, 578, 581

  Dotterer, 484

  Dötterer, 484

  doubld, 403

  double-cross, 565

  double-header, 191

  double pica, 250

  double team, 122

  doubt, 397

  Doug, 183

  dough, 45

  doughboy, 573, 575

  doughface, 74

  doughnutery, 176

  Douglas, 482, 516

  do up brown, to, 143

  dout, 397, 401, 403

  dove, 430, 437

  Dow, 516

  down, 115

  down-and-out, 93, 143

  down-East, 246

  downhil, 380

  down-town, 143, 246

  down-train, 247

  doxologize, to, 96, 140

  dozen, 462

  Dozine, 524

  Dr., 272, 280

  draft, 334, 382, 394

  draftee, 180

  drag, 582

  drag, to, 430

  drain, 339

  drains, 235

  drama, 337

  drank, 422, 425, 430, 440, 442

  draper’s-shop, 234

  drapes, 170

  draught, 382

  draughts, 236

  draw, 70, 120, 170

  draw, to, 430

  draw a bead, to, 119

  draw a bead on, to, 232

  draw-bridge, 70, 120

  drawed, 430

  drawers, 234, 239

  drawing-pin, 239

  drawing-room, 266

  drawing-room-car, 101

  dreadful, 99, 210

  dream, to, 430

  dreampt, 438

  dreamt, 392

  dreen, 339

  dremp, 430

  drempt, 430, 439

  dres, 403

  dress-circle, 228

  dress in, to, 580

  Dretha, 522

  drew, 430

  Drewry, 503

  drill, to, 578

  drillery, 176

  drill-hall, 239

  drily, 392, 393

  drink, to, 430, 440

  drinked, 430

  drinkery, 176

  Drinkwater, 495

  driv, 416, 431

  drive, 182, 546

  drive, to, 431

  driver, 260

  drive urself, 407

  drove, 431, 437

  drown, to, 431

  drown’d, 438

  drownded, 161, 431, 438

  drowned, 431

  drug, 430

  druggist, 231, 234

  drug-store, 231, 234, 263

  drugteria, 177

  drummer, 37, 583

  drunk, 430, 440

  druv, 423, 431

  dry, 86, 191, 565

  dry-cleaning-engineer, 290

  dry-goods, 122, 123

  dry-goods store, 27, 234

  drygoodsteria, 177

  dryly, 393, 396

  Drytown, 534

  dub, 37, 565

  Dubois, 495

  Duchesne, 539

  Duck, 537

  duck, 149, 564, 569

  ducker, 579

  dude, 180

  Dudelant, 482

  dude-wrangler, 180

  dudine, 180

  duds, 567

  du-du, 113

  due, 345

  dug, 430

  dug-out, 144, 231

  duke, 345

  duket, 584

  dul, 401

  dum, 402

  dumb, 109, 112, 158, 374

  dumb Dora, 561

  dumbell, 561

  dumbfound, 171

  dumbfounded, 126

  dumb John, 573

  dumb-waiter, 86, 254

  Dumitrue, 509

  dumm, 109

  dummy, 580

  dump, to, 118

  Duncan, 516

  Dunkard, 250

  Dunke, 524

  dunski, 222

  duo, 183

  Dupriel, 522

  Durhamite, 549

  Düring, 482

  Durstine, 499

  dust-bin, 233

  dust-cart, 233

  dust-engineer, 290

  dustman, 233

  Dusty, 520

  dutchie, 295

  Dutch oven, 260

  dutiable, 119, 120

  Dutrow, 484

  Duttera, 484

  Dutterer, 484

  duty, 345

  Duyvel, 533

  Dvořák, 487

  dwelling-engineer, 290

  dwindle, to, 564

  Dykehouse, 485

  Dÿkhuis, 485

  dynamo, 236

  dynasty, 341

  dysentery, 376

  Džan, 512

  Dáaník, 512

  Džim, 512

  Džimik, 512

  e, 339, 340, 341, 346, 347, 359, 368, 375, 384, 389, 393, 394, 401, 405, 438, 451, 469, 484; -e, 464, 549

  ea, 381, 401

  each way, 248

  eagle, 116

  Eagle Pass, 535

  Eammarell, 525

  eankke, 110 ear, 603

  Earl, 517

  earlier’n, 464

  earnest, 367

  Earthly, 525

  earth-wire, 236

  Earvila, 524

  eastbound, 247

  East End, 247

  easy, 465

  easy-mark, 565, 576

  eat, 404, 424

  eat, to, 431

  eat crow, to, 148, 198

  eaten, 431

  eatery, 176

  eatfest, 218

  eat out of my hand, to, 95

  Ecker-R, 496

  eclaircise, to, 75

  éclaircissement, 75

  éclat, 409

  eco, 401

  ecology, 155

  écrevisse, 105

  ed, 401, 402; -ed, 377, 435, 464

  -ede, 438

  Edelstein, 501

  Edelweiss, 522

  Eden, 183

  Edgar, 506

  edict, 183

  Edina, 522

  Edith, 506

  editor, 289

  editorial, 165

  Edward, 506, 507, 515, 519

  Edwin, 506, 515

  Edyth, 520

  ee, 381, 412; -ee, 180, 549

  eel, 600; -grass, 114

  -een, 491

  -eer, 180

  effuse, to, 75

  eg, 401, 403

  egad, 315

  egg, 340, 614

  egg-plant, 114, 246

  eggs, 614

  egofest, 218

  egoist, 340

  ei, 402, 484

  Eibhlin, 513

  eighth note, 250

  Eileen, 513

  einen bummeln machen, 156

  Einstein, 501

  Eisenach, 484

  either, 6, 341, 472

  el, 86

  elastic, 334

  Eldarema, 521

  Eldeese, 524

  Eldorado, 534, 539

  eldorado, 152

  electioneer, to, 228

  electragist, 178, 284, 287

  electric-sign-engineer, 290

  electrize, to, 192

  electrocute, to, 192

  electrolier, 171

  Eleroy, 538

  elevator, 57, 120, 234, 239, 254; -boy, 234


  Elias, 506

  Elihu, 515

  Elijah, 515, 519

  élite, 409

  Elizabeth, 506, 507, 509, 511, 519, 520, 529

  Elk, 529, 536

  Elkdom, 178

  Ellen, 510

  Elliott, 507

  Ellis, 499, 507

  Ellsworth, 512

  ellum, 129, 353

  Elly, 510

  Elmer, 510, 515, 516, 517

  elocute, to, 192

  Elpasoan, 548

  Elseroad, 483

  Elserode, 483

  Elserote, 483

  Elsinore, 534

  Elsroad, 483

  Elsrode, 483

  Eltzroth, 483

  Ely, 508

  Elzie, 523

  Em, 519

  em, 452

  Emanuel, 508

  Emavida, 522

  embalm, 335

  embalmed-beef, 174

  embalming-fluid, 582

  embalming surgeon, 287

  emerald, 250

  Emersonthusiast, 570

  emfasis, 402

  Emil, 513

  Emily, 507

  Emjo, 518

  Emma, 509, 519

  Emmanuel, 506

  emote, to, 192

  emperor, 395

  Empire, 552

  empire, 346

  employd, 401

  employé, 409

  employée, 412

  emporiums, 413

  -en, 193

  enceinte, 304

  enceinte sow, 305

  enclose, 390

  encumbrance, 390

  endeavour, 395

  endive, 260

  endorse, 390

  endorse, to, 141

  Eneatha, 521

  enervate, 325

  Engberg, 490

  Enghien, 547

  engin, 403

  engine, 347

  engineer, 227, 228, 604, 605

  engineer, to, 93, 141, 231

  engineer of good taste, 289

  engineman, 291

  Englewoodite, 549

  English, 250, 296

  engulf, 391

  engulph, 391

  Eno, 499

  Enoch, 511

  enquire, 390, 392, 393

  Enroughty, 503

  Ensenada, 534

  ensure, to, 393

  ent, 446; -ent, 192

  enter a claim, to, 142

  enthuse, to, 141, 165, 192, 232

  enthusiasm, 126

  entire, 325

  entrance-hall, 237

  enuf, 402, 403

  envoy, 183

  eolian, 394

  eower, 449

  eowrum, 449

  Episcopalian, 249

  epoc, 401

  epoch, 340

  Epstein, 499

  equestrian-director, 584

  equipment-engineer, 290

  ex 353, 367, 396, 399, 402, 411; -er, 192, 463, 549, 568

  eraser, 239

  Erdmann, 484

  Erez Israel, 299

  Erie Canal, 525

  Erik, 510

  Erin go bragh, 160

  Ernest, 507

  Ernst, 510

  erosion-expert, 291

  errant, 360

  errata, 338

  error, 395

  -ers, 346

  erster, 367

  eruptiveness, 101

  -ery, 176, 325

  Esbjörn, 490

  Esbyorn, 490

  escaped, 604

  Eschscholtzia, 522

  Esco, 522

  escritoire, 254

  Eselkopf, 501

  eskate, 375

  esleep, 375

  esophagus, 391, 411

  espace, 375

  espantoon, 243

  Esq., 278

  -est, 463

  estampida, 152

  estate-agent, 239

  estator, 286

  Estelle, 507

  Estha, 522

  Estherina, 522

  esthetic, 388, 401

  estudent, 375

  et, 431

  eternal, 316, 317, 339, 379

 

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