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by H. L. Mencken


  revievd, 403

  revolving-table, 254

  Revs., 282

  rh, 402

  Rheinthaler, 485

  Rhine wine, 240

  Rhine-wine-cup, 85

  Rhode Islander, 550

  rhyme, 391

  rib, 236

  Riccardo, 509

  Richard, 507, 509, 515

  Richards, 499

  Richman, 498

  Richmond, 528; -er, 549; -ite, 549

  rickey, 149

  rid, 434

  ridden, 428, 434

  ride, to, 434

  riffle, 115

  rig, 377

  right, 93, 253

  right along, 253

  right away, 25, 253

  right good, 253

  Right Hon., 276,-277

  Right Honourable, 273

  right now, 253

  righto, 230, 265, 573

  right off, 253

  right often, 253

  right-of-way, 147

  right on time, 253

  Right Rev., 282

  right smart, 253

  right there, 253

  right well, 253

  Right Worshipful, 279

  rigor, 396

  rigor mortis, 396

  rigorous, 395

  rigour, 395

  Riker, 481

  rile, 346, 422

  rile, to, 434

  riled, 434

  rime, 391, 402

  Rindkopf, 501

  ring, 148

  ring, to, 434

  ringmaster, 583

  ringster, 178

  ripping, 264, 557

  ripsniptiously, 568

  rise, to, 245, 434

  rised, 436

  rising generation, 184

  riss, 434

  riter, 404

  rithm, 402

  ritschi, 159

  ritualism, 349

  ritzy, 464

  River, 492

  riveted, 389

  rivetted, 389

  riz, 416, 434

  rize, 402

  ro, 401

  roach, 301, 304

  road, 247, 547

  road-agent, 37

  road diversion, 236

  road-louse, 186

  roadster, 237

  road-sweeper, 239

  Roanoke, 532

  Roanza, 524

  roar, 349, 602

  roast, 235

  roast-beef, 155

  roasting-ear, 115

  rob, 343

  robbed, 614

  Robbins, 498

  robd, 402

  robed, 614

  Robert, 506, 515

  robustious, 568

  Rochesterian, 549

  rock, 7, 99, 101, 122, 123, 343

  Rockaway, 527

  Rockefeller, 483

  rock-pile, 123

  Rocky Mounter, 549

  rod, 343

  rode, 422, 434, 442

  rodeo, 221, 558

  rodeo, 347

  Rodriguez, 514

  rog, 402

  Roger, 515

  Rogers, 498

  Roggenfelder, 483

  Rogowsky, 498

  rogue, 402

  rohlík, 215

  roil, 346

  roil, to, 434

  role, 409

  rôle, 409

  roll, 401

  roller-coaster, 142, 237

  rolling-country, 115

  Rolyat, 538

  romaine, 260

  Roman, 551

  Roman Catholic, 249

  romance, 325

  Rome, 530

  Romiette, 521

  Rondinone, 493

  Rondy, 493

  röntgenogram, 347

  rood, 344

  roof, 344

  roof-garden, 583

  rook, 344

  rookie, 573

  room, 344

  room, to, 118, 196

  room-clerk, 239

  roomer, 235

  rooming-house, 292

  room-mate, 263

  roorback, 148

  Roos, 485, 491

  Roosevelt, 480, 537

  rooster, 85, 235, 302, 304, 308, 344; -swain, 301

  root, 328, 344

  root, to, 191

  rooter, 191

  rooves, 344

  rope in, to, 142

  Ros, 491

  Rose, 485, 498, 499, 507

  rose, 434, 436

  Rosecrans, 480

  Rosella, 521

  Rosenbau, 480, 500

  Rosenblum, 480

  Rosenfeldt, 480

  Rosenkrantz, 480

  Rosenthal, 480

  Rosenvelt, 480

  rosinback, 584

  Ross, 498

  Rossacampo, 480

  rot-gut, 566

  Roth, 484

  rôtisserie, 215

  rotten, 309

  Rotten Row, 105

  rotter, 269

  rough, 202, 383, 399

  Rough-and-Ready, 536

  rough cider, 244

  rough-house, 92, 227

  rough-neck, 144, 187

  round-trip, 147

  round-up, 145, 227

  ’rous mit ’im, 157

  roustabout, 144, 263

  route, 328

  route de roi, 105

  row, 126, 183, 247, 547

  rowdy, 145, 231, 565

  royal supreme knight commander, 289

  Royalty, 505

  Royce, 482

  R.U., 209

  rubarb, 402

  rubberneck, 37, 62, 186, 220, 227, 557

  rubberneck-wagon, 237

  rubbers, 235

  rubbish, 235

  rube, 37, 170, 252

  Rubinstein, 499

  Ruby, 518

  ruby, 250; -nonpariel, 250

  ruddy, 316

  Rudolph, 505, 506

  Rue, 495

  ruf, 383, 399, 402 403

  Ruiz, 494, 514

  rule, to, 199

  rum, 244; -dealer, 244;

  -dumb, 158, 244; -evil, 244; -hound, 244; -trade, 244

  rumble-seat, 237

  rum-dealer, 244

  rumour, 395

  rump, 236

  run, 115, 147, 235, 350, 422

  run, to, 148, 198, 232, 423, 434

  runabout, 236

  run for office, to, 245

  rung, 434, 437, 441

  run in, to, 198

  run into the ground, to, 142

  runner-bean, 260

  run slow, 202

  rupture, 307

  rurale, 221

  rush, 242

  Russ, 183

  russet, 247

  Russian, 296

  rutabaga, 246

  ruther, 359

  Ruven, 506

  ruz, 436

  rv, 401

  s, 335, 353, 375, 383, 386, 389, 394, 447, 448, 449, 484, 503

  S.A., 208, 560

  saace, 22

  Saarikoski, 492

  Sabany, 524

  Sabbaday, 169

  sabe, 152

  Sabinoso, 534

  Sacco, 494

  sachem, 105, 106

  sack, 101

  sack-suit, 235

  Sacramentan, 549

  Sacramento, 535, 543

  sacred-ox, 583

  Sadie, 507

  Sadye, 520

  safe, 466

  safen, to, 193

  sagamore, 98, 106

  Sage, 494

  Sagebrush Center, 554

  Saguache, 543

  said, 404, 434, 614

  Saint George, 496

  Saint-Maure, 479

  Saint Peter, 496

  saints, 318

  sala, 153

  salad-basket, 260

  salat, 360

  salery, 360

  sales-engineer, 291

  saleslady, 294

  salesman, 288

  sales-promotion-engineer, 291

 
saleswoman, 294

  Sali, 510

  Salida, 543

  Salinan, 549

  sallat, 359

  Sällström, 490

  Sally, 507

  Sally Ann, 582

  Sallyrose, 521

  Salmon, 498

  salmon, 337

  Salomon, 498

  saloon, 85, 149, 219, 237, 243; -bar, 243; -car, 237; -corner men, 256; -keeper, 150, 243

  salt-lick, 116

  saltwater-taffy, 37

  salve, 335, 582

  Sam, 519

  Sambo, 524

  sambuke, 151

  samp, 106

  sample-room, 86, 149, 292

  Samuel, 506, 507, 515

  San Anselmo, 534

  San Antonio, 541

  sanatoria, 412

  San Bernardino, 543

  Sanchez, 494

  sand, 167, 580

  sand-bag, to, 227

  Sanders, 506

  San Diegan, 549

  Sandusky, 525

  Sandy, no, 295

  Sandy Hook, 532, 535

  sanemagogna, 317

  San Franciscan, 549

  San Francisco, 543

  sang, 434, 442

  Sanger, 482

  Sänger, 482

  sängerfest, 112, 157, 218

  sanguinary, 316

  sanitary-engineer, 289

  sanitize, to, 193

  San Jacinto, 543

  San José, 542; -an, 549

  sank, 434

  San Luis, 543

  San Matean, 549

  San Patricio, 534

  San Pedro, 543

  Santa Clara, 542

  Santa Claus, 108

  Santa Cruzan, 549

  Santa Fe, 542

  Santa Margarita, 534

  Santa Monica, 543

  Santiago, 508

  Sant Klaas, 108

  sap, 169, 566; -head, 263

  sapolio, 173

  Sara, 507

  Sarah, 507

  sarge, 170

  sarsaparilla, 112

  sartain, 360

  sartin, 339

  sarve, 339

  Sasha, 508

  sass, 161, 339

  sass, to, 434

  sassafras, 112

  sassed, 434

  sassy, 360, 379

  sat, 434, 439

  satisfaction, 336

  Saturday, 336

  Satyra, 522

  sauce, 328, 335, 339, 349

  sauce, to, 434

  saucy, 339

  sauer-braten, 155, 411

  sauer-kraut, 98, 112, 155, 219,411

  Saugonian, 550

  Sault Ste. Marie, 542

  Saumagen, 501

  Sauny, 524

  savagerous, 137, 141

  Savannah, 525

  savant, 75

  saviour, 394, 395

  savory, 395

  savour, 395

  saw, 349, 378, 420, 423, 434 442

  Sawney, 524

  saw wood, to, 119, 198

  Say!, 252

  say, to, 434

  say a mouthful, to, 257

  says, 447

  ’s blood, 312

  ’s bloud, 312

  sc, 402

  scab, 37, 239

  sca’cely, 350

  scalawag, 145, 175, 231

  Scaler, 488

  scallywag, 231

  scally-wampus, 145, 176

  scalp, to, 117

  scandihoovian, 296

  scandinoovian, 296

  scant, 128

  scarce, 339, 466

  scarcely, 466, 467

  scarfeteria, 177

  scarf-pin, 235

  scary, 93, 143

  scatter, 349

  Scellato, 493

  scenarioize, to, 193

  scent-spray, 233

  sch, 484

  Schaefer, 485

  Schaf, 487

  schedule, 352; -time, 227

  Schenectadian, 550

  schepel, 100

  scherzo, 347

  schicker, 217

  schiksa, 217

  schlacht, 602

  Schlachtfeld, 498

  Schlegel, 484

  Schleigh, 499

  schlepper, 217

  Schlesinger, 500

  Schluter, 484

  Schmetterling, 501

  Schmidt, 477, 482

  schmierkäse, 411

  schmiessed, 218

  schmus, 217

  Schnäbele, 482

  Schneider, 484, 487, 493, 501

  schnitzel, 155

  schnookel, 218

  schochet, 217

  Schoen, 484

  scholard, 22

  scholom aleichim, 217

  Scholtz, 483

  Schön, 484, 500

  school, 293

  schoolmarm, 231, 350

  schooner, 116, 149, 243, 372

  schout, 109

  Schrader, 483

  Schroeder, 483

  Schugren, 490

  schul, 217

  Schultz, 483

  Schumacher, 485, 487

  schützenfest, 157

  Schuyler, 481, 498, 516

  Schuylkill, 532

  Schwab, 483

  Schwaben, 296

  Schwartz, 477, 485, 495

  Schweiszhund, 501

  schweizer, 155, 347

  scientist, 559

  scimetar, 390

  scimitar, 390

  scissor-bill, 582

  scoffings, 582

  scofflaw, 174

  scolar, 401

  Scomp, 495

  scone, 233

  scool, 401

  scoon, to, 116

  scooner, 116, 117

  scoop, 583

  scoot, to, 142, 232

  scoovy, 296

  score, to, 199

  scout, 109

  scow, 16, 108

  scowegian, 296

  scowoogian, 296

  scrag-end, 236

  scram, to, 560, 581

  scrap, 231

  scrape, 145

  scratcher, 579

  scratch-pad, 239

  screw, 580, 581

  screw-spanner, 235

  scribbling-block, 239

  scrimp, to, 129, 252

  scrubwoman, 266

  scrumdirferous, 145

  scrumptious, 145

  Scrymsoure-Steuart-Fothringham, 503

  scule, 100

  sculp, to, 192

  se, 451

  sea-board, 99

  Seac, 524

  sea-food, 247

  Seagren, 490

  sealed, 561

  Seaman, 496

  seamstress, 340

  Sean, 513

  Sears, 482

  Seashore, 491

  sea-shore, 99

  seaside, 236

  season-ticket-holder, 238

  seat, 302

  seater, 119

  Seattleite, 549

  Sebes, 496

  secesh, 170

  sech, 346

  secondary-school, 241

  second floor, 235, 238

  second-hand, 293

  second-year-man, 242

  secretary, 267

  secret disease, 304

  section, 247

  sedan, 237

  seduced, 302, 310

  see, 375, 442

  see, to, 191, 434

  seed, 434

  see’d, 416

  seed-ox, 302

  seen, 420, 423, 434, 436, 441, 442

  see the elephant, to, 142

  see the light, to, 227

  segankw, 104

  segongw, 104

  Segren, 490

  seidel, 157, 243, 347

  Selby, 501

  selectman, 98, 116

  self, 459

  Sellstrom, 490

  semester, 220, 242

  semi-, 180, 181; -annual, 181; -breve, 250; -brevis, 250; -centennial, 181; -national, 181; -occasional,
96, 143, 181; -open-air, 181; -panic, 181; -quaver, 250; -wild, 181

  semidemisemiquaver, 250

  semiminima, 250

  seminar, 220

  Senate, 57

  senator, 395

  sende, 438

  senery, 402

  senile, 341

  senior, 242

  senior-prom, 242

  señor, 152, 409

  señorita, 152, 376

  sensual, 352

  sent, 438

  sent down, to be, 243

  sente, 438

  sented, 402

  Seosmh, 513

  septer, 402

  Seraphim, 516

  Serb, 183

  sergeant, 243

  Seril, 522

  serious, 466

  serious charge, 304

  serv, 403

  servant, 228, 292

  serve, 339

  service, 210, 211

  service, to, 192, 194

  servile, 341

  Servisk, 486

  set, to, 199, 434, 439, 613

  set-back, 167

  settled, to be, 581

  Seumas, 513

  Sevčík, 512

  Seventh Day Adventist, 250

  sew, 383, 384

  Sewell, 481, 496

  Sewer, 504

  sewerage, 235

  sex glands, 307

  sexual, 305

  Seymour, 479, 506, 507, 516

  sez, 434, 447

  sez you, 222, 226

  sh, 375, 382, 384

  shabby, 126

  shack, 37, 231, 582

  shackle, to, 194

  shackles, 582

  shadchan, 216

  shade, 375

  shadow-boxing, 562

  Shadrach, 515

  shafts, 561

  Shain, 500

  shake, to, 434, 440

  shake down, to, 578

  shaken, 428, 434, 440

  Shakespeare, 537

  shal, 401, 403

  shall, 24, 199, 200, 201, 420, 425, 445

  sham, 126; -battle, 239; -fight, 239

  shammy, to, 194

  Shampoo, 495

  Sham’un, 496

  Shane, 484, 500

  Shannon, 496

  sha’n’t, 445

  shanty, 151, 231, 583;

  -man, 151; -town, 151

  shanty, to, 151

  Shanty Irish, 151

  Shapiro, 500

  share, 244; -holder, 244

  shark, 582

  Sharlot, 520

  Sharon, 535

  shavatorium, 179

  shaveteria, 176

  Shawangunk, 540

  Shawnee-cake, 115

  shaze, 382

  she, 375, 448, 451, 458

  Shean, 500

  she-cow, 361

  shed, 375, 579

  Shedlicker, 488

  sheenie, 295

  sheep-dip-expert, 291

  sheeps, 419

  sheer-crapper, 359

  Sheila, 513

  shell, 243

  Shellat, 493

  shellbone, 236

  shell-road, 116

  Shepherd, 485

  Sheppard, 485

  Sher, 498

  Sherman, 498, 508

  sherry-cobbler, 149

  Sherwood, 503

  shet, 346, 434

  shevaleer, 382, 384

  Shevchynsky, 489

  shew, to, 391

  shillelah, 160

  Shiltz, 483

  shily, 392, 393

  shim, 460

  shin, to, 118

  shine, 206

  shine, to, 434

  shined, 247, 434

  shingle, 116; -engineer, 290

  shingles, 238

  shinola, 173

  Shin Pond, 536

  shin up, to, 232

  ship’s-boat, 252

  shipt, 402, 403

  shirker, 372

  Shirley, 506, 520

  shirt, 302

  shis, 460

  shoat, 100, 128

 

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