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[1] No capitals are used in the book. Even the title page is in lower
case.
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List of Words and Phrases
The parts of speech are indicated only when it is desirable for
clearness. The following abbreviations are used:
/a./ adjective
/adv./ adverb
/art./ article
/n./ noun
/pref./ prefix
/pro./ pronoun
/suf./ suffix
/v./ verb
/vp./ verb-phrase.
a, /art./, 62, 154, 267; /particle/, 207; /pref./, 92.
a-/sound/, 11, 58-60, 94-5, 102, 173-4, 176.
Aarons, 280
aber nicht, 152.
aber nit, 152, 308, 311.
abgefaked, /v./, 156.
aboard, 92.
abolitionist, 83.
above, 262.
Abraham, 280n.
absquatulate, /v./, 82.
abuv, 262.
accept, 77n.
acceptum, 77n.
accommodation-train, 82.
accouchement, 127.
achtel, 113.
acre, 250, 252, 254.
acute, 160.
acy, /suf./, 77.
ad, 142, 160.
Adamic, 73.
ad-card, 160.
addition, 50.
addressograph, 165.
ad-man, 160.
admitted to the bar, /vp./ 108.
adobe, 87.
ad-rate, 160.
advertisement, 160, 169, 176.
advertize, 262.
advocate, /v./, 27, 48, 49, 51.
ad-writer, 160.
adze, 56.
aeon, 243.