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aero, /a./, 160.
aeroplane, /a./, 160.
aëroplane, /n./, 263.
aéroplane, /n./, 263n.
aesthetics, 257.
aetiology, 257.
affiliate, 77.
afoot, 97.
afterwards, 147, 148.
against, 91.
agenda, 100.
agent, 121.
ag'in, 91.
aggravate, 77.
a-going, 92.
Ahrens, 280.
ai-/sound/, 95, 96.
ain't, 145, 146, 204, 210.
air-line, 82, 105.
airplane, 263.
aisle-manager, 124.
aker, 250, 252, 254.
alabastine, 165.
alarm, 264.
alarmist, 33.
alarum, 264.
Albert, 275.
Albrecht, 275.
Albright, 275.
alderman, 47.
alfalfa, 109.
allay-foozee, 90.
Allegany, 296.
Alleghany, 296.
Allegheny, 296.
allez-fusil, 90.
all-fired, 129.
allot upon, 31.
allow, 33.
all right, 157.
allright, 263n.
allrightnick, 156.
ally, /n./, 170.
almoner, 112.
alright, 27, 263.
also, 34.
altho, 262, 263.
aluminium, 264.
aluminum, 264.
always, 229.
am, 193, 209.
amachoor, 238.
amass, 95.
ambish, 160.
ambition, /n./, 160; /v./, 49.
Americanism, 38.
Americanize, 77.
Ames, 275.
amigo, 158.
am not, 210.
an, /art./, 62, 95, 267.
anaemia, 242, 245, 257, 260.
a-ñ-aice, 92.
Ananias club, 306.
anatomy, 95.
Anderson, 272.
andiron, 56.
and no mistake, 92.
André, 275.
Andrews, 275.
a-near, 92.
anemia, 242, 263.
aneurism, 242.
aneurysm, 242.
angry, 79, 99.
Anheuser, 153, 276.
anilin, 262.
Anne Arundel, 297.
annex, 242, 258n.
annexe, /n./, 242, 245, 257, 258n, 260.
A No. 1, 161.
antagonize, 49, 136.
ante, /n./, 87; /v./, 202.
anteriour, 248n.
ante up, /v./, 87, 111.
anti, 87.
anti-fogmatic, 84.
antmire, 126.
anxious-bench, 83, 84.
anxious-seat, 84.
any, 237.
anyways, 147, 229.
apartment, 110.
apern, 239.
apossoun, 40.
appendices, 265.
apple, 173.
apple-jack, 85.
apple-pie, 18.
appreciate, 49.
approbate, 56.
arbor, 242.
Arbor day, 114.
arboreal, 247.
arbour, 242.
ardor, 253.
are, 209.
a'ready, 238.
Arens, 280.
aren't, 146, 210.
are you there? 103.
a-riding, 92.
Arkansas, 298.
Armistead, 274.
armor, 242.
armory, 247.
armour, 242.
Armstädt, 274.
arriv'd, 201n.
arse, 129.
ary, /suf./, 170.
as, 223.
ash-can, 97, 102.
ash-man, 102.
ask, 59, 94, 238.
askutasquash, 41, 160.
asphalt, 242, 252, 257.
asphalte, 242, 245, 256, 257, 260.
ass, 129.
assistant-master, 104.
assistant-mistress, 104.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior, 122.
associational, 30.
assurance, 109.
ast, 238.
a tall, 234.
at, 95, 146.
ataxia, 242, 246.
ataxy, 242.
ate, /v./, 194, 205; /suf./, 77.
attack, 193.
attackted, 193, 201.
au-/sound/, 276.
aunt, 58, 59, 94, 173.
auto, /n./, 110, 160; /v./, 110.
autocar, 165.
automobile, 160.
autsch, 89.
autumn, 10, 14.
avenue, 299.
aw-/sound/, 95, 175, 276.
awful, 306.
awfully, 306.
aw re-vore, 241.
awry-eyed, 85.
ax, 242, 252, 256, 257.
axe, 242, 245, 256, 257, 260, 261.
baby, 155.
baby-carriage, 97, 139.
baccalaureate, 124.
bach, /suf./, 275.
back and fill, /vp./, 78, 319.
back and forth, 31.
back-country, 46.
backfisch, 308n.
back-garden, 139.
back-log, 46.
back-number, 81.
back pedal, /vp./, 142.
back-settlements, 46.
back-settler, 46.
back-talk, 10, 81.
back-taxes, 81.
backward and forward, 31.
back water, /vp./, 78.
backwoods, /a./, 48; /n./, 46, 48.
backwoodsman, 40, 46, 48, 134.
back-yard, 97, 110, 139.
bad, /adv./, 146, 227.
bad boy, 157.
baddest, 230.
baggage, 31, 97.
baggage-car, 97.
baggage-check, 82.
baggage-master, 82.
baggage-room, 82.
baggage-smasher, 82.
bagman, 98.
Bailey, 274.
bailiff, 107n, 254.
Baker, 277.
Bakerloo, 112.
balance, 50.
Bald, 288.
balk, 242.
ballast, 97.
balled-up, /a./, 142, 164.
ballot, /n./, 107.
ballot-box stuffer, 107.
ball up, /vp./, 142n, 164.
ballyhoo, 92.
ballyhoo-man, 93.
balm, 59.
Baltimore, 297.
ban, 59.
banditti, 265.
bandore, 44.
bandurria, 44.
band-wagon, 14.
bang-up, /a./, 164.
bania, 44.
banjo, 44.
bank, /n./, 107.
bank-account, 107.
bank-bill, 31.
bankers, 107.
bank-holiday, 99, 114.
banking-account, 107.
bank-note, 31.
bankrup, 238.
banner-state, 83, 84.
bar, 58.
barbecue, 40, 43.
barber-shop, 124.
barber's-shop, 124.
bargain, /n./, 155; /v./, 137.
baritone, 242, 246.
bark, /n./, 242, 246, 247, 257, 258, 263.
bark up the wrong tree, /vp./, 33, 79.
barmaid, 105.
barman, 105.
barn, 52.
barque, 242, 258.
barrel, 163.
barrel-house, 85.
barrens, 46, 294.
barrister, 108.
bartender, 14, 85, 105.
barytone, 242.
basket, 59, 155.
basswood, 45.
bat, /n./, 85.
bath, 59, 97.
bath-tub, 97.
batl, 262.
Baton Rouge, 291.
batteau, 43, 47, 86, 111.
batting-average, 111.
battle, 262.
bauer, 89.
Bauer, 275.
baugh, /suf./, 275.
baulk, 239, 242, 245.
Baumann, 275.
Bayle, 274.
bayou, 30, 86.
Bay State, 33.
bay-window, 56.
be, 193, 209.
bean, 193n.
beat, /v./, 164, 193.
beaten, 193.
beat it, /vp./, 164.
Beauchamp, 283.
Beaufort, 291.
beau pré, 41.
beaut, 160, 310.
beautifuller, 230.
beautifullest, 230.
beauty, 160.
beaver, 288, 294.
Beaver Moon, 42.
became, 193.
Becker, 271, 277.
become, 193.
bed-bug, 125n.
bedibbert, /a./, 151n.
bedroom, 155.
beef, /n./, 56; /v./, 319.
beefsteak, 88n.
bee-line, 47.
been, 175, 176, 238.
beet, 97, 104, 109.
beet-root, 97, 104, 109.
began, 193.
begin, 193.
begob, 91.
begorry, 91.
begun, 193.
behavior, 242.
behoove, 242, 261.
behove, 242, 260.
beinkel, 156.
belgiumize, 164.
Belgravia, 139.
belittle, 33, 49, 135.
Bellair, 292.
beller, 239.
Bellevue, 292.
bell-hop, 81.
Belmont, 277.
belovéd, 201.
Belvédère, 292.
ben, 193, 209.
bend, /v./, 193.
benefice, 112.
bent, /v./, 193, 201.
Berg, 276.
Berger, 276.
Bermingham, 286n.
beside, 147.
besides, 147.
best of the bunch, 308, 310.
bet, /v./, 193.
betrayed, 127.
better, 230.
betterment, 31, 81.
better'n, 231.
bet your life, /vp./, 92.
bevo, 165.
bevo-officer, 166n.
bhoy, 92.
bid, /n./, 97.
biff, /v./, 310, 319.
big-bug, 81.
big-chief, 86.
big-stick, 306.
bile, 34, 91, 236.
bill, 106.
bill-board, 27, 97.
billion, 80.
but, 251.
bin, /v./, 193, 209.
bind, 193.
bindery, 48.
biograph, /v./, 142.
biplan, 263n.
bird, 310.
Birdsong, 277.
birthday, 155.
biscuit, 53, 98.
bishop, 85.
bit, /v./, 193, 207, 208.
bitch, 125, 126.
bite, /v./, 193, 207, 208.
bitten, 193, 207, 208.
Bittinger, 276.
Black, 274, 277.
black-country, 109.
black-hand, 151.
black-stripe, 85.
blast, 59.
bleachers, 105, 111, 162.
bled, 194.
bleed, 194.
bleeding, 130.
blew, 194, 204.
blighter, 129.
blind-baggage, 83n.
blind-pig, 85.
blind-tiger, 33.
blizzard, 80, 109.
Bloch, 274.
block, 109, 110, 306.
Block, 224.
block-head, 309.
Block island, 290.
blofista, 135n.
blooded, 50.
blood-poison, 127.
bloody, 130.
Bloom, 275.
bloomer, 80.
Bloomingdale, 280.
blouse, 100, 103.
blow, /v./, 49, 194, 204.
blowed, 194, 204.
blow-out, 81.
Blucher, 97.
blue, 174.
blue-blazer, 85.
blue-grass, 45, 109.
bluff, /n./, 46; /v./, 135, 157, 202, 319.
bluffer, 156, 157.
blufferké, 157.
Blum, 275, 276.
Blumenthal, 280.
blutwurst, 88.
bo, 161.
board, /v./, 102.
boarder, 97, 102, 124.
board-school, 100, 104.
board-walk, 97.
bobby, 105.
Bob Ruly, 291.
boche, 278.
bock-beer, 88.
bog, 46, 109.
bogie, 83, 101.
bogus, 43, 51.
bohick, 279.
Bohumil, 277.
bohunk, 279.
boil, /v./, 91, 91n.
Boileau, 276.
boiled-shirt, 81.
bolt, /v./, 84.
bolter, 83, 84.
bonanza, 87.
Bonaparte, 273.
Bonansa umbrellus, 53.
Bon Coeur, 274.
bond, 97, 106n.
bone-head, 129, 162, 309.
Bon Pas, 274.
boob, 14, 129, 133, 160.
booby, 160.
boodle, /n./, 132; /v./, 84.
boodler, 84, 156.
book, /v./, 106.
bookbinder's-shop, 48.
Booker, 277.
booking-office, 83, 101, 106.
bookseller's-shop, 31.
book-store, 31.
boom, /n./, 156, 310; /v./, 24, 77.
boomer, 77
boom-town, 77.
boost, /n./, 14, 132; /v./, 77, 133.
boot, 19n, 52, 53, 97, 100, 105, 137.
boot-form, 100.
boot-lace, 100.
boot-maker, 52, 100.
boot shop, 52, 137.
booze-foundry, 310.
booze-hister, 236.
Bordox, 241.
boro, /suf./, 296.
borough, /suf./, 296.
bosom, 126.
boss, /n./, 14, 30, 43, 107, 133, 319; /v./, 77, 319.
boss-rule, 83.
bother, 155.
bottom-dollar, 81.
bottom-land, 31.
bottoms, 46.
bought, 194, 205.
boughten, /v./, 191, 194, 201, 205.
boulevard, 153, 240, 299.
bouncer, 77, 85, 107.
bound, 193.
bound'ry, 238.
Bourbon, 300.
bourgeois, 114.
bower, 89.
Bowers, 275.
bowler, 98, 103, 139.
Bowman, 275.
bowsprit, 41.
box, 101, 106.
box-car, 82.
box-office, 106.
boy, 155, 156, 157.
boychick, 156.
Boys Boo-long, 240.
Bozart, 265n.
braces, 19n, 101, 104, 259.
bracken, 46.
Braham, 280n.
brain-storm, 142.
brainy, 79.
brakeman, 97.
brakesman, 97.
branch, 46, 59.
brand-new, 172.
brandy-champarelle, 85.
brandy-crusta, 85.
brang, /v./, 194.
bran-new, 172, 238.
brash, 79.
brave, /n./, 86.
Braun, 272.
breadstuffs, 40, 50.
break, 194.
break away, /vp./, 319.
break-bone, 309.
breakdown, 44.
brethern, 239.
breve, 113.
brevier, 114.
brevis, 113.
briar, 260.
bricke, 156.
Bridgewater, 273.
brief, /v./, 108.
brier, 261.
Brill, 276.
brilliant, /n./, 114.
bring, 194.
broad-gauge man, 83n.
Broadway, 300.
broke, 194.
broken, 194.
broker, 106-7.
broncho, 86.
broncho-buster, 87.
Brooklyn, 290.
broom, 155.
brothel, 127.
brought, 194.
Brown, 271.
brown-boots, 110.
Brown-shoes, 110.
Brühl, 276.
brung, 194, 199.
brusque, 174.
bryanize, 163.
bub, 56.
Buchanan, 282.
Bucher, 277.
buck, /n./, 126; /v./, 239.
bucket, 97, 105.
bucket-shop, 135.
Buckeye, 33.
Buck Moon, 42n.
buck-private, 142.
buckra, 30.
buck the tiger, /vp./, 79.
buckwheat, 18.
Buffalo, 294.
buffer, 97.
buffet, 124.
bug, 125.
bugaboo, 80.
build, 194.
built, 194, 201, 251.
bull, 126.
bulldoze, 78, 83.
bull-frog, 45.
bully, /a./, 231.
bum, /a./, 24, 88; /adv./, 24, 88; /n./, 24, 88, 89, 125, 156, 161;
/v./, 24.
bummel-zug, 88n.
bummer, 24, 88, 88n, 161.
bummerké, 156.
bummery, 88.
bummler, 24, 88, 88n.
bump, 307.
bumper, 82, 97.
Bumpus, 274.
bunch, 156, 308.
bunco, 14n, 23.
buncombe, 23, 80, 83, 135, 242.
bunco-steerer, 14.
bund, /suf./, 151, 152.
bung-starter, 85.
bunk, 23.
Bunker, 274.
bunkum, 135, 242.
bunned, 85.
bunt, /v./, 202.
burden, 242, 257.
bureau, 33, 43, 97.
burg, /suf./, 296.
burgh, /suf./, 296.
Burgh de Walter, 273.
burglarize, 24.
burgle, 77, 77n.
burgoo-picnic, 109.
burlesk, 264.
burly, 57.
burn, 158, 194.
burned, 194n.
burnt, 194, 294.
burro, 87.
burst, 24, 143, 194, 202.
burthen, 242, 257.
bursh, /a./, 142; /n./, 43, 318.
busher, 111.
bush-league, 43.
bushwhacker, 43.
business, 41.
bust, /n./, 24, 85; /v./, 24, 34, 143, 194, 202, 238.
busted, 143n, 194, 202.
buster, 143n.
bustle, /v./, 307.
butcher, 155.
butcher-store, 157.
butt, /v./, 164.
butte, 86, 294.
butter-nut, 45.
but that, 146, 283.