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by H. L. Mencken


  George, 486,494, 505, 507, 509, 510, 512, 513, 515, 520, 524

  Georgiou, 486

  Georgious, 486

  Gerard, 503

  Gerasimopoulos, 485

  Gerled, 538

  gerrymander, 148, 171, 228

  Gersteinian, 175

  Gertrude, 507, 510

  Gervaise, 481

  ges, 402

  geschwister, 460

  gesplash, 146

  gesture, 210, 211

  gesture, to, 195

  gesundheit, 157, 347

  get, 217, 340

  get, to, 150, 197, 210, 432, 604

  get ahead of, to, 142, 197, 604

  get a move on, to, 95, 227

  getaway, 197, 263

  get away with, to, 227, 264, 563

  get away with it, to, 197

  get back at, to, 197

  get behind, to, 197

  get busy, to, 227

  get by, to, 197, 565, 604

  get going, to, 197, 604

  gether, 360

  get it in the neck, to, 609

  get off, to, 197, 604

  get on, to, 604

  get one’s goat, to, 572

  get on to, to, 198

  get on well, to, 251

  get over, to, 604

  get religion, to, 197, 604

  get-rich-quick, 466

  get solid, to, 197

  get solid with, to, 142

  get sore, to, 197, 609

  get the bulge on, to, 142, 197

  get the deadwood on, to, 142

  get the drop, to, 142

  get the drop on, to, 197

  get the hang of, to, 99, 232

  get there, to, 197

  get the works, to, 581

  getting, 428

  get together, to, 197

  get wise, to, 197, 604, 609

  Geurdon, 523

  gewitter, 602

  geyser, 236

  gh, 402

  Gheorghe, 509

  ghost, 587

  Giacomo, 509

  Giannopoulos, 485

  gibe, 252

  Gid, 519

  gide, 402

  Gideon, 519

  gift-shop, 266

  gigolo, 215

  Gila Monster Route, 582

  gild, 402

  Gillespie, 503

  Gillgren, 491

  gillotin, 384

  Gilsum, 538

  gin, 169, 416, 432; -fix, 149; -fizz, 149

  gink, 564

  Gins, 500

  Ginsbern, 500

  Ginsbourgh, 500

  Ginsburgh, 500

  Ginsbury, 500

  Ginzberg, 500

  Ginzbourg, 500

  ginzo, 295

  Giovanni, 509

  gipsy, 392, 402

  giraf, 401

  giraffe, to, 568

  Girardean, 550

  Girl, 505

  girl, 346, 367

  girl-mad, 561

  girt, 438

  Giuliana, 509

  Giuseppe, 509

  giv, 381, 384, 399, 401, 403

  give, 383, 384, 416, 422, 432, 440

  give, to, 198,432,440,447, 604

  give-away, 565

  give hell, to, 314

  give him the works, to, 564

  given, 432, 440

  given-name, 129

  give out, to, 198

  give suck, to, 303

  give the once-over, to, 578

  give tittie, to, 309

  Gizzard, 536

  glad-hand, 186

  gladiola, 413

  gladiolus, 413

  glad-rags, 564

  Gladstone, 499

  Gladys, 512

  Gladyška, 512

  glands, 307

  glas, 401

  Glasby, 503

  glass, 243, 337, 368

  Glazypool, 533

  glebe, 248

  glee, 126

  Glenice, 521

  Glenola, 521

  glick, 159

  glide, 602

  glide, to, 432

  glode, 432

  Gloria, 183

  Glover, 516

  Gluck, 482

  Glück, 482

  glug, 184

  G.M., 206

  gm, 402

  go, to, 198,432,604

  go-aheadativeness, 96

  go astray, to, 303

  goatee, 145

  Goatleg, 505

  go a-whoring, to, 303

  gob, 573, 574, 583

  go back, to, 198

  go back on, to, 142, 167, 198, 232

  gobbie, 574

  gobble, 574

  Gobbler’s Knob, 554

  go big, to, 198

  God, 305, 312, 318, 343, 397

  god, 413

  goddam, 315, 316

  God-damned, 316

  goddspell, 397

  Godfrey, 507

  go for, to, 143

  go gandering, to, 578

  go-getter, 96, 565

  go-ghetto, 561

  go gunning for, to, 95

  go haywire, to, 198

  go hostile, to, 378

  goil, 350, 367

  goingest, 463

  going some, 95, 254

  going strong, 609

  go it blind, to, 142, 232

  G.o.k., 209

  goldarn, 316

  goldarned, 316

  Goldberg, 487

  gold-brick, 227

  golden-slipper, 149

  Goldfield, 536

  Goldfish, 500

  gold-fish, 573

  gold-mine, 566

  Goldstein, 499, 500, 501

  Goldstone, 500

  Goldwyn, 500

  Goldye, 520

  golf-engineer, 290

  golfer, 579

  golfitis, 179

  golly, 316

  goloshes, 235

  Golson, 500

  Golston, 500

  G.O.M., 183, 208

  Gomeria, 522

  Gomez, 494

  gon, 401

  Gonadia, 525

  gonads, 307

  gondola, 146

  gondole, to, 192

  gone, 401, 432

  gone coon, 100

  goner, 117, 231

  gonorrhæal, 411

  gonorrhea, 304, 306

  gonorrheal, 411

  gonov, 584

  gonta, 471

  Gonzalez, 494

  goober, 113

  good, 253

  good-afternoon, 252

  good and, 227

  good and hard, 254

  good and tired, 254

  good-bye, 252, 414

  good-day, 252

  good egg, 257

  good-form, 269

  good mixer, 47

  good night, 414, 566

  good scout, 109

  good-sized, 352

  goods-train, 86, 609

  goods-waggon, 147

  good time, 580

  goof, 96, 263, 562, 577

  goo-goo, 296

  gook, 296

  goom, 360

  go one better, to, 232

  go on the bum, to, 156

  go on the stump, to, 232

  go on the warpath, to, 119

  go on well, to, 251

  goose, 295, 583

  goose, to, 197

  gooseberry it, to, 582

  Goose Bill, 536

  Goose Hill, 553

  go over big, to, 262

  go over the wall, to, 581

  gopher, 108

  gorilla, 263, 560

  gorn, 351

  gosh, 316

  go slo, to, 407

  go slow, 466

  gospel, 397

  gospel-shark, 187

  Gossett, 481

  gossipfest, 218

  gost, 402

  go stir-bug, to, 581

  got, 51, 251, 432, 604

  got away, 604

  Gotham, 101

  go the limit
, to, 562

  go the whole hog, to, 137, 143, 232, 373, 568

  go through, to, 143, 167

  go to bed, to, 302

  got off, 604

  go-to-meeting, 143, 150

  got on, 604

  got over, 604

  Gott, 535

  gotten, 100, 251, 257, 428, 432

  got up, 604

  goul, 402

  goulash, 263

  Gould, 498

  go under, to, 232

  go up Salt River, to, 148

  gover’ment, 353

  Government, 245

  governmental, 231

  government bonds, 244

  governor, 243, 266, 395

  govrenment, 353

  goy, 217, 580

  g.p., 209

  grab, to, 148

  grab-bag, 145, 239

  grabber, 583

  grab-joint, 584

  grad, 170

  grade, 15, 241

  grade-crossing, 239

  grade-school, 241

  graduate, 243

  graduate, to, 196

  graft, 37, 191, 228, 337

  Graham, 516

  grain-broker, 245

  grain-market, 256

  gram, 391, 394,401, 403

  Gramercy, 532

  grammar-school, 241

  gramme, 391, 393

  gramophone, 235

  grand, 99, 210, 557

  Grande Ronde, 534

  grandificent, 175

  grand-marshal, to, 195

  grandstand-play, 191

  Granger, 503

  Grant, 498

  grant, 337, 335

  Granuloma, 525

  grasp, 337

  grass, 334, 336, 350, 366

  grass-cutter, 562

  gratis, 338

  Gray, 520

  gray, 394

  grease, to, 566

  grease-ball, 295, 582

  grease-joint, 584

  greaser, 101, 296

  great God, 316

  great primer, 250

  greats, 243

  great Scott, 316

  Great War, 248

  Great White Father, 150

  Great White Way, 546

  greef, 381

  Greek, 296

  Green, 482, 486, 490, 492

  green, 99

  Greene, 513

  greenhorn, 128, 231

  Greensboroite, 550

  Greensburger, 550

  Greenwich, 540

  greev, 381

  Gregory, 511

  -gren, 491

  grewsome, 391

  grey, 392

  Grieg, 478

  Griffith, 503

  Griffiths, 503

  grill, to, 572

  grilled, 234

  grilly, 109

  grind, to, 586

  grip-sack, 145

  gris-gris, 214

  Grisha, 510

  Grizzy, 524

  groceries, 234

  grocerteria, 177

  grocery, 176

  groceryteria, 177

  grog, 155

  groggery, 176

  Grön, 490

  Grondahl, 490

  groom, 344

  groop, 384

  grope, to, 432

  grope around, to, 432

  gros-bec, 214

  Grosscup, 483

  Grosskopf, 483

  grotesk, 384

  grotesque, 384

  ground floor, 238

  ground-hog, 100, 114, 246

  grounds, 462

  ground-wire, 236

  group,383, 384

  grove, 536, 539

  grow, to, 432

  growed, 432

  growler, 243

  grrr, 184

  grub, 566

  grub-stake, 145, 167

  gruesome, 393

  Grün, 482

  grunt, 587

  Grzegdrz, 510, 511

  guard, 85, 147, 239, 266, 273

  guardeen, 346

  guardian, 346

  Guarinot, 479

  gubernatorial, 165, 231

  gue, 402

  Guela, 524

  Guerci, 494

  guess, to, 22, 24, 99, 100, 102, 128

  guest, to, 586

  guffer, 113

  Guglielminetti, 494

  gu-gu, 295

  Guilherme, 509

  guillotin, 384

  guillotine, 384

  guinea, 295

  Guinness-Bourg, 500

  Guinsburg, 500

  Guinzburg, 500

  guitar, 360

  Guizot, 481

  gulch, 144, 231

  gullibility, 22

  gully, 144

  gum, 235

  gumbo, 113, 246

  Gummeson, 492

  gump, 582

  gum-shoe, 144

  gum-shoe, to, 95

  gun, 578, 583

  gun-mob, 578

  gun-moll, 259, 578

  Gunnar, 510

  guntzel, 582, 584

  Gus, 508, 512

  gusher, 86

  Gussie, 519

  Gustaf, 510

  gut, 582

  Guthrian, 549

  Gutmann, 484

  guts, 305, 309

  guv, 432

  Guy, 515

  guy, 39, 254, 564

  guy, to, 167, 254

  guyascutis, 145

  guy-rope, 254

  gyarden, 364

  gyirls, 364

  gym, 170

  gyp, to, 577, 581

  gypsy, 394, 577

  gypsy dom, 178

  Gyulay, 496

  h, 270, 327, 348, 351, 377, 401, 402, 469

  ha, 460

  Habella, 524

  haberdashery, 254

  haberteria, 177

  Habib, 513

  habitan, 75

  habit-disease, 293

  hablaing, 376

  hacienda, 98, 153

  hack, 580, 583

  had, 432

  hadda, 443

  hadda bit, 444

  Haddad, 477, 496

  hadden, 432, 442

  hadn’t oughter, 445

  had ought, 420

  Hadwen, 522

  hæem, 411

  hæmophilia, 411

  hæmorrhage, 411

  Haerlen, 481

  Haffner, 514

  hafta, 443

  Hagerstonian, 550

  Hagerstown, 529; -er, 550

  Hahti, 492

  haidang, 109

  haima, 411

  hainous, 383, 384

  Hakomäki, 492

  Hal, 519

  halbe, 250

  Halcyon, 537

  half, 335, 379

  half an hour, 251

  half-breed, 231

  half-brother to the cholera, 137

  halfe, 379

  half hour, 251

  half note, 250

  half past ten, 251

  half-pint, 243

  Halfway, 505

  halitosis, 307, 309

  hall, 414

  hallelujah, 338

  ham, 170

  Hämäläinen, 492

  Hamburg, 530

  hamburger, 155, 220

  Hamlin, 492

  hammer, 336

  hammer-gang, 584

  Hammerstein, 499

  hammock, 112

  Hampar, 497

  Hampartzoomian, 497

  Hampton, 516

  hand, 343

  Handbag, 524

  hand-car, 146

  handcuff, 560

  hand down a decision, to, 246

  hand him a lemon, to, 198, 563

  hand it to him, to, 563

  handle without gloves, to, 142

  hand-me-down, 101, 239

  hand-out, 564

  hand-pick, to, 227

  hand-shaker, 573

  handsome, 336

  handy, 120

  hang, to, 432

  hangar, 215
r />   hang-bird, 100

  hanged, 432

  hang-out, 186, 582

  Hank, 519

  Hanks, 482

  hankstelo, 577

  Hanna, 513

  Hanska, 488

  hant, 360

  haole, 373

  happify, to, 119

  happy, 465

  happy hunting-grounds, 150

  har, 339

  Haralampos, 512

  Harald, 510

  harang, 402

  harangue, 360

  harass, 324

  harbor, 391

  harbour, 391

  hard, 336, 349, 464, 465, 466

  hard-boiled, 561

  hard-cider, 86, 149, 244

  Hardened Artery, 561

  hard hat, 234

  hard liquor, 244

  hardly, 335, 466, 467

  Hard-Scrabble, 553

  hardshell, 143, 150

  hard-shell Baptist, 250

  hard stuff, 577

  Hard-Times Square, 561

  hardware, 234

  hare, 123, 246

  hari-kari, 149

  harken, 406

  Harland, 481

  Harlem, 532

  harlot, 305, 309

  harm, 334

  harmonica, 120

  harmonicon, 120

  harmonika, 120

  Harold, 506, 507, 515

  harp, 295

  Harper, 498

  Harris, 496, 499

  Harrison, 498

  Harry, 507, 510, 511, 512, 513, 515, 519

  Hart, 490

  hart, 401, 600

  Harte, 499

  Hartford City, 529

  harth, 401

  Hartikainen, 492

  Hartman, 492

  Harvey, 507, 515

  Harwick, 499

  has, 375

  has-been, 92

  hash, 260

  hashery, 176

  hash-slinger, 187

  has not, 469

  hass, 375

  Hassie, 521

  Hastings, 508

  hatateria, 177

  hatatorium, 179

  Hatch, 497

  Hatetoleaveit, 546

  hat-shop, 266

  hatta, 443

  hattery, 176

  Hattie, 519

  Hatton, 516

  Hatzakordzian, 497

  haul, to, 122, 124

  haunch, 236

  haunt, 344

  hausfrau, 155

  hav, 399, 401, 403

  have, 251, 425, 441, 471

  have, to, 432, 442, 443

  have an ax to grind, to, 143

  have got, 257, 443

  have gotten, 257

  have money in the stocks, to, 244

  have not, 445

  haven’t, 377, 445

  have the brokers (or bailiffs) in, to, 244

  have the floor, to, 142

  have the goods, to, 565

  Havre de Grace, 542

  haw, 349

  hawker, 234

  Hawthorne, 503

  hay-barrack, 108

  haycock, 301

  Hayseed Center, 554

  haystack, 301

  H-bone, 236

  he, 448, 451, 458, 461

  head, 183, 243, 383, 384; -cheese, 86; -electrician, 289; -guy, 254; -master, 241, 268; -mistress, 241

  headache, 560

  head-guy, 254

  headlights, 582

  headlineitis, 179

  headliner, 236

  healthatorium, 179

  healtheteria, 177

  healthful, 203

  health-mobile, 180

  healthy, 203

  he am, 363

  he-and-she, 460

  heap big chief, 150

  here to, 432

  hear, hear!, 252

  hearing, 350

  hearken, 406

  hearse, 287, 406, 583

  heat, 580

  heat, to, 432

  heaten, 432

  heaten, to, 432

  heath, 115

 

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