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by H. L. Mencken

Trailing Arbutus, 521

  train-boy, 147

  trained-, 291

  trained nurse, 240

  trainer, 584

  trait, 328, 348

  tram-car, 247

  tramp, 347, 581

  Trampleasure, 503

  tramway, 239

  transom, 236

  transportation, 31

  trap, 260

  trapee, 461

  trapeze, 461

  trapezist, 178

  trash, 128

  träumerei, 347

  traveld, 403

  traveldom, 178

  traveler, 383, 388, 399

  Travelers’ moon, 106 I

  traveling, 388

  traveling salesman, 305

  traveller, 383, 388, 389, 399

  travelogue, 171

  tray, 328

  treacle, 62, 235

  treasurer, 289

  treated good, to be, 254

  treatment, 293

  tree-surgeon, 288

  trefa, 217

  tremendious, 353

  trewe, 465

  trez beans, 573

  Triantafyllou, 485

  tribunal, 325, 341

  trick, 585

  trigger-man, 580

  trim, to, 562

  Trinidad, 535

  tripos, 243

  tripper, 147

  triscuit, 173

  troble, 400

  trocha, 221

  Trojan, 551

  trollop, 305

  tromp, to, 346

  Trosley, 503

  Trotsky, 499

  Trotterscliffe, 503

  troubld, 403

  trouble, 400, 578

  Troy, 530

  Trpaslik, 488

  truck, 147

  truckologist, 179

  true, 345

  true-blue, 143

  true inwardness, 232

  trufit, 407

  trun, 435

  truncheon, 243

  trunk, 235

  trunk-call, 86

  trunk-line, 239

  trust-buster, 429, 565

  try, 170

  try a case, to, 246

  try and, 165

  try out, to, 198, 227, 229

  tsar, 390

  tub, to, 269

  tube, 266

  tuck, 435

  tuckhoe, 106

  Tucson, 542; -ian, 548

  Tuesday, 345

  tuf, 381, 402, 403

  Tug, 520

  Tuisku, 492

  tummy, 265, 310

  tumour, 395

  tumtum, 150

  tung, 383, 384, 399, 402

  Tunicotto, 478

  tupelo, 106

  turbot, 246

  turfdom, 178

  Turk, 183, 295

  turkey, 582, 585

  turkey-gobbler, 114

  turn, to, 198

  turn at the first corner, to, 253

  turn down, to, 198, 227, 565, 609

  turnfest, 218

  turn him in, to, 581

  turnip, 240

  turnpike, 57, 99

  turn up missing, to, 198

  turnverein, 112, 157

  turtle, 126

  tut, 159

  tuxedo, 173

  T.V.A., 209

  twang, 126

  twelv, 401, 403

  twelve-month, 250

  twenty-three, 561

  Twila, 521

  twine, 247

  Twisleton - Wykeham - Fiennes, 502

  twist and twirl, 578

  Twitty, 505

  two-fer, 143

  two-seater, 237

  twosome, 562

  two-step, 582

  two-time loser, 580

  typewrite, to, 192

  typo, 170

  tyre, 389, 390

  Tyson, 492

  U, 170

  u, 344, 359, 360, 383, 386, 393, 394, 395, 396, 399, 402, 441; ü,482

  Uarda, 522

  Uberto, 509

  ue, 402

  ugly, 99

  uh-huh, 561

  Uhler, 484

  U Kan Kom In, 546

  uke, 585

  ulk, 184

  ultimatum, 339

  umbrella, 603

  umpire, 346

  Unable-to-Fornicate, 514

  uncle, 579

  under-brush, 115

  under-cut, 236, 240

  undergraduate, 242

  underground - railroad, 147

  underhanded, 165

  underlay a cut, to, 261

  underpinned, 120

  underpinning, 128

  undershirt, 236, 239

  Undershirt Hill, 536

  under-the-weather, 143,

  Underwood, 489

  Unéaukara, 527

  Uneeda, 537

  uneeda, 172, 209, 407

  Uneedme, 209

  union-suit, 236

  uniquer, 463

  Unisian, 548

  unit, 116

  Unitedstatesian, 548

  Universal, 99

  university, 292

  university-man, 243

  unjustest, 463

  unloosen, 464

  unloosen, to, 433

  unmarried mother, 293

  unmentionables, 303

  unmixed, 379

  Uno, 534

  unrivaledest, 168

  unrol, 380

  Unsijärvi, 492

  Unsuntabunt, 531

  untaxpaid, 194

  unwhisperables, 303

  unworthy, 465

  up, 402

  up, to be, 245

  up against, 227

  up against a tough proposition, 227

  up-lift, 62

  up-line, 247

  Upperco, 484

  uppish, 567

  Uprchl, 488

  up-state, 93, 246

  Upthegrove, 505

  up to, 227

  up to time, 238

  uptown, 246

  up-train, 247

  U-Put-It-On, 209

  Uretha, 522

  U-Rub-It-In, 209

  us, 447 455 455 us-all, 378

  used, 293

  used to be, 447

  used to could, 99

  usen’t, 471

  use’to, 471

  ush, to, 192

  Usher, 516

  usher, 241, 245

  us is, 363

  us-two, 449

  usually, 467

  us-uns, 450

  Utahna, 522

  Utensil, 525

  Utica, 530

  utilize, to, 16

  v, 375, 377. 401

  vacation, to, 195, 237

  vacationize, to, 193

  Vaccarelli, 493

  vaccine, 341

  Vaćlav, 511

  vag, 402

  vagrate, to, 16

  vague, 402

  Väinö, 510

  Valaria, 522

  Valdez, 494

  Valentino, 578

  valeteria, 177

  Vališ, 486

  vallje, 119

  vally, 402

  valorous, 395

  valour, 395

  valspar, 173

  vamoose, 152

  vamos, 152

  vamose, 152

  vamose, to, 232

  vamp, 169

  vamp, to, 192, 565

  van, 169, 481

  Van Arsdale, 481

  Van Buren, 481

  Vanderbilt, 498

  Van de Veer, 481

  Vandiver, 481

  vanilla, 349

  Vannersdale, 481

  Van Rensselaer, 481

  Vanzetti, 494

  vaporize, 395

  vapour, 395

  vaquero, 75, 152

  variate, to, 99

  variety, 237

  Varlow, 522

  vase, 337

  vaseline, 172, 559

  vase-line, 591

  Vashti, 524

  Vatslaw, 510

  vaud,
237

  vaude, 237

  vaudevil, 401, 403

  vaudeville, 237, 347, 411; -theatre, 237

  Vavrǐnec, 511

  vegetable, 376

  vegetable-slice, 260

  Veilchenduft, 501

  Veldhuis, 485

  Vella, 521

  Velvalee, 522

  Venables, 503

  Venables-Vernon, 502

  veneer, 155

  venereal disease, 306

  Venice, 530

  Venton Orlaydo, 524

  Ventura, 542

  veranda, 393

  verandah, 392, 393

  verb, 375

  verdrübt, 150

  vereins, 412

  verger, 248

  veribest, 407

  Verl, 522

  Verla, 522

  Verlie, 521

  Vernon, 507

  Versailles, 542

  Versey, 522

  vertebrae, 347

  Vertie Ven, 524

  Very Rev., 282, 283

  Ves, 519

  Vespasien, 304

  vest, 236, 239, 377

  vestry, 245

  veteran, 255

  Veverka, 512

  vial, 389, 390

  vicar, 220, 248, 249

  vice-chancellor, 241

  vice disease, 306

  vice-president, 289

  Victor, 507

  victrola, 172

  vie, to, 199

  Viereck, 484

  viertel, 250

  vigilante, 152

  vigorous, 395

  vigour, 395

  Vilda, 522

  Villenol, 487

  Vincent, 509, 511

  Vincenzo, 509

  Vinegar Bend, 56

  violet, 341

  Viol-Inn, 546

  Virgil, 512

  virgin, 305, 308

  Virginia City, 530

  virtue, 352

  virtuosi, 412

  virtuosos, 412

  virtuous, 306

  visa, 410

  visé, 410

  vision-engineer, 290

  visit, 377

  Vista, 521

  Vitolo, 494

  vivil, 173

  Vivinne, 522

  Vladimir, 511

  Vladislaw, 510

  Vlastimil, 511

  vlei, 532

  Vlk, 486

  vly, 532

  vnmixt, 379

  vodvil, 411

  Vogelgesang, 484, 485

  void, to, 199

  Vojtěch, 511

  Vola, 521

  Volodymyr, 511

  Volz, 514

  vomick, 360

  voodoo, 113

  vote, 245

  Votruba, 487

  vous tout, 450

  voyageur, 108

  Vrba, 512

  Vunies, 525

  vurry, 257

  w, 351, 377 404, 469

  wa, 343

  Waddell, 504

  waffle, 108

  Wagenaar, 485

  Wagensbach, 487

  wage-sheet, 239

  waggon, 383, 390, 392

  Wagner, 484, 485, 489

  wagon, 85, 158, 383, 386, 389, 390, 396

  Waguespack, 487

  waikiki, 377

  Waiter, 488

  Waitr, 488

  Waitzel, 522

  Waive, 521

  wake, to, 435

  Walden Pond, 535

  Waldo, 479

  Waldow, 479

  walk, 547

  walkathon, 180

  walk’d, 438

  Walker, 514

  walkfest, 218

  walk the hospitals, to, 240

  walk the ties, to, 147

  walk through a fence like

  a falling tree through cobwebs, 137

  walk tiptoe, to, 192

  Wall, 516

  Wallabout, 532

  Wallace, 486, 510

  Walla Walla, 537

  Waller, 499

  wallet, 247

  Wall Street broker, 244

  walnut, 124

  Walter, 507, 510, 511, 515

  waltz, 155

  waltz, to, 194

  wam, 184

  wampum, 100, 106

  wampum-keeper, 106

  wan, 436, 440

  wander, 343

  wanderlust, 219; -club, 219; -er, 219; -ing, 219 wangle, to, 265

  want, 343

  wan’t, 446

  want-ad, 170

  war, 344

  warant, 406

  warden, 242, 243

  warder, 243

  War Eagle, 537

  Warfield, 498

  warm, 252

  warm(p)th, 439

  warm-slaw, 108

  Warner, 482

  Wärner, 482

  war-paint, 106

  war-path, 106

  Warrah, 524

  warrant, 406

  Warren, 516, 537

  Warsaw, 530

  was, 427

  Wascott, 538

  Wash, 519

  wash, 343, 344

  wash-basin, 231, 236

  wash-bowl, 236

  wash-hand-basin, 231

  wash-hand-stand, 231, 236

  Washington, 515, 517, 519, 529, 537

  Washingtonian, 552

  washing-up bowl, 234

  wash-rag, 236

  wash-room, 304

  wash-stand, 85, 231, 236

  Wasil, 511

  wassermann, to, 192, 197

  waste-basket, to, 195, 236

  waste-paper basket, 236

  watch, 343, 344

  watch-crystal, 239

  watch-glass, 239

  water, 343, 344, 349;

  -closet, 304, 310; -gap, 115; -heater, 236;

  -pitcher, 85; -shed, 115; wagon, 92

  water, to, 228

  Watkins Gully, 535

  Watt, 553

  Wauskakamick, 514

  Wave, 522

  way, 256, 547

  way-bill, 146

  way-car, 583

  Wayman, 483

  Wayne, 510, 512

  Wayne Junction, 529

  way-station, 238

  W.C., 210, 304

  we, 447, 455

  weakly, 467

  we-two, 449

  we-uns, 450

  Weymann, 483

  wh, 351

  Wham, 504, 536

  whang-doodle, 176

  whap, 98, 184

  whar, 339

  what, 335, 343, 452, 454

  what-all, 450

  whatdyecallem, 564

  what’ell, 316

  what price, 265

  what the hell, 316

  wheatena, 173

  wheatlet, 173

  wheat-pit, 144

  wheel, 351

  Wheeler, 496

  wheel-horse, 148

  Wheelingite, 549

  Whelp, 552

  when, 351

  whence, 468

  where, 24, 351, 467

  Where am I at?, 258

  where’bouts, 468

  Where did you get that hat?, 566

  Where do you get that stuff?, 566

  whether, 351

  Whetstone, 523

  which, 452, 454

  whichn, 454

  which one, 454

  while, 119, 351

  While-U-Wait, 209

  whiskers, 579

  whiskey, 393, 394; -and-

  soda, 149, 236; -daisy, 149; -sour, 85

  White, 485, 489, 493, 495, 499

  white-collar, 239

  white-face, 584

  Whitehand, 493

  Whitehill, 502

  white-lion, 85

  White Mountains, 532

  Whiteneck, 479

  white-plush, 149

  White Sox, 407

  White Thunder, 514

  Whitetree, 514

  white wagon, 556

  weal, 351

  weald, 115

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sp; wear, to, 436

  Weasel, 552

  weasle-word, 174

  weather, 351, 603; -bureau, 239

  Weaver, 485

  Weber, 485

  Web-feet, 552

  wedding-engineer, 289

  Weeda, 521

  week-end, to, 195

  Weems, 503

  weep, to, 436, 437

  Weigand(t), 499

  weight, 237

  Weil, 499

  Weinberg, 499

  weinstube, 219

  weir, 248

  Weisberg, 502

  Weiss, 479, 485

  wel, 383, 403

  welded, 561

  well, 103, 383

  wellest, 463

  well-heeled, 143

  Wellington, 233, 513

  well-posted, 143

  Wemyss, 503

  wen, 351

  wench, 305

  went, 424, 432, 442

  weop, 437

  wep, 436, 437

  wepte, 437

  wer, 401

  were, 401, 428

  Werkman, 485

  Werner, 484

  Wes, 511

  Weshinawatok, 514

  Wesley, 511, 513, 516, 51, 535

  Wesley chapel, 210

  Wesleyville, 535

  West, 529

  west, 377

  westbound, 247

  West End, 247

  Westphal, 483

  Westphal, 483

  wet, 86, 191, 565

  wet, to, 436

  wether, 403

  whitewash, 101

  whitewash, to, 118

  white-wings, 186

  whither, 351, 468

  whittle, to, 128

  whizz-bang, 573, 579

  who, 201, 422, 452, 453, 454, 461, 600

  who-all, 450

  whole, 600

  whole kit and boodle, 109

  whole note, 250

  whole-souled, 143, 231

  whom, 201, 202, 453, 454, 459

  whoopee, 560

  whooptician, 179

  whore, 303, 305, 309, 310, 349

  whoredom, 303

  whortleberry, 114

  whose, 452, 453

  whosen, 452, 453

  Wichita, 541

  wick, 532

  wid, 465

  wide, 465

  Wide Mouth, 537

  wie geht’s, 157

  wiener, 155

  wienerwurst, 112, 155

  wienie, 155, 186

  wierd, 402

  wife, 302, 578

  wig, 169

  wigwam, 100, 105

  wijk, 532

  wikiwiki, 373

  wil, 401, 403

  Wilbur, 524

  Wilburn, 516

  wilcut, 407

  Wild, 523

  Wildeman, 561

  wile, 351

  Wilfred, 518

  Wilhelm, 505

  Wilkes-Barré, 537

  will, 25, 199, 200, 201, 420, 445 519

  Will-A., 517

  William, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513, 515, 5l6, 519, 520

  Williams, 477

  Williamsburg, 529

  Willis, 507

  Wilson, 477, 498, 520

  wilt, to, 98, 128

  wimmen, 383, 384

  win, 248, 416, 436, 447

  win, to, 436, 440

  Winar, 488

  wind, to, 198

  windfall, 101

  window-cleaning-engineer, 290

  window-shade, 236

  windscreen, 237

  windshield, 237

  wind up, to, 198

  Windy City, 553

  wing, 236

  wing-ding, 579

  wing her, to, 583

  Winiarecki, 488

  winned, 440

  Winnipegger, 549

  Winnipiseogee, 540

  win out, to, 227

  Winston-Salem, 537

  Winter, 492

  winterize, to, 193

  wipe out, to, 578

  wireless, 226, 559

  wire-puller, 30, 167, 228

 

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