The American Language
butt in, /vp./, 142, 164.
buttinski, 34, 152.
button, 155.
but what, 218.
buy, 194.
buzz-saw, 80.
buzz-wagon, 163.
by God, 129.
by golly, 129.
by gosh, 129.
by-law, 98.
byre, 47.
cabane, 93.
cabaret, 153.
caboose, 43, 82.
cach, 262.
cache, 30, 43.
cachexia, 242.
cachexy, 242.
cadet, 127, 156.
Cadogen, 282.
café, 124, 153, 240, 264.
cag, 250, 252.
Cahn, 280.
Caillé, 274.
Cains, 283.
cake-walk, 81.
calaboose, 30, 43.
calamity-howler, 81.
calculate, 31.
calendar, 97.
calf, 173.
caliber, 242, 257, 260, 261.
calibre, 242, 250, 257.
calico, 103.
California-r, 171.
calk, 260.
called to the bar, /vp./, 108.
Callowhill, 282.
calm, 59, 174.
calumet, 42.
calvary, 239.
Calvert, 298.
came, 194, 205.
camerado, 73.
camouflage, /v./, 135n, 142, 308.
camorra, 152.
Camp, 282.
campaign, 97, 107.
camp-meeting, 47.
campus, 80, 105.
can, /n./, 97, 102, 105; /v./, 102, 194.
candidacy, 83.
candor, 242.
candour, 242.
candy, 97, 103.
candy-store, 14.
cane, 97, 110.
cane-brake, 46.
canned-goods, 97, 102.
cannon-ball, 124.
cannoo, 111n.
canoa, 111n.
canoe, 41, 47, 111, 318.
canon, 112, 122, 265, 294, /see also/ canyon.
cañon, /see/ canyon.
can't, 102.
can't come it, 31.
canuck, 86, 279.
canvas-back, 45.
canvass, 97, 107.
canyon, 86, 112, 122, 265, 294.
capitalize, 33.
capote Allemande, 279n.
capote Anglaise, 279n.
Captain, 118.
cap the climax, /vp./, 78.
car, 59, 98.
card, 33, 171.
card up his sleeve, /vp./, 111, 134.
caretaker, 99, 110.
caribou, 43.
Carl, 283n.
carnival of crime, 81.
Caron, 274.
Carpenter, 276, 280.
carpet, 155.
carpet-bagger, 83.
carriage, 98.
carriage-paid, 100, 103.
carrier, 83, 98.
carriole, 43.
carry-all, 43, 48.
cart, 174.
Casalegno, 277.
cash in, /vp./, 111.
castle, 59.
catalog, 262, 263.
catalpa, 40.
cat-bird, 45.
cat-boat, 47, 48.
catch, /v./, 91, 194, 237, 262.
catch'n, 157.
caterpillar, 173.
Catholic, 113.
ca'tridge, 238.
catty-cornered, 57.
cau-cau-as-u, 131n.
caucus, /n./, 30, 40, 83, 131, 135; /v./, 48.
caucusdom, 132.
caucuser, 132.
caught, 194.
caulkers, 132n.
cause-list, 97.
cave in, /vp./, 31.
cavort, 49.
cayuse, 87.
ceiling, 155, 156.
cellarette, 165.
cent, 47, 139.
center, 242, 260, 294.
centre, 242, 250.
certainly, 228.
cesspool, 56.
c'est moi, 220.
ch-sound, 96, 274.
chain-gang, 80.
chair, 126, 155, 156.
chair-car, 82.
chairman, 106.
chair-warmer, 10, 81.
chambers, 110.
champ, 100.
champeen, 237.
champion, 160, 237.
chancellor, 104.
chance't, 238.
Chandler, 280.
change, 155.
channel, 109.
chapel, 112.
chapparal, 30, 86.
chapter, 112.
char, 56, 137.
charge it, 103.
Charles, 286n.
charqui, 43.
charwoman, 137.
chase, 46.
chaser, 85.
chase one's self, /vp./, 319.
chassé, 240.
chaufer, 265n.
Chauncey, 285.
chautauqua, 113.
chaw, 91.
Cheapside, 300.
check, /n./, 106, 242, 246, 256.
checkered, 242, 261.
checkers, 98.
checkinqumin, 41.
cheer, /n./, 237.
chef d'œuvre, 240.
chemist, 98, 252.
chemist's-shop, 98.
cheque, 106, 242, 256, 257, 260.
chequered, 242, 260.
chest of drawers, 97.
chevalier, 251.
chew, 91.
chew the rag, /vp./, 319.
chick, /suf./, 156.
chicken, 308.
chicken-yard, 98.
chief-clerk, 98.
chief-constable, 105.
chief-of-police, 105.
chief-reporter, 98.
childern, 239.
chimbley, 238.
chimist, 252.
chinch, 56.
Chinee, 229.
chink, /n./, 279; /v./, 24, 77.
chinkapin, 40.
chip in, /vp./, 111, 319.
chipmunk, 40.
chipped-beef, 80.
chist, 237.
chit, 158.
Cholmondeley, 283.
choose, 194.
chop-suey, 93.
chore, 56, 105, 137.
chose, 194.
chow, 158.
chowder, 43.
Christkind'l, 89.
Christkindlein, 89.
chunky, 50.
church, 112, 113.
churchman, 113.
chute, 30, 86.
cider, 242, 246.
cinch, /n./, 14; /v./, 87.
cinema, 14, 27, 99.
cipher, 257.
circuit-rider, 113.
circus, 300.
Cirencester, 297n.
citified, 77.
citizenize, 76.
city, /suf./, 296.
City, 106, 139.
city-ordinance, 98.
city-stock, 106.
civil-servant, 105, 106.
claim-jumper, 81.
city-editor, 98, 106.
City Hall, 300.
City Hall park, square, place 300.
City man, 106.
clam-bake, 109.
clam-chowder, 109.
clamor, 242.
clamorously, 247.
clamour, 242.
clang, 194.
clangor, 242.
clangorous, 247.
clangour, 242.
clap-board, 31, 40, 46.
class, 104.
class-day, 105.
classy, 24, 230.
claw-hammer, 81.
cleanlily, 228.
cleanly, 228.
clean'n, 157.
clean-up, 14.
clearing, /n./, 46.
clear the track, /vp./, 83.
cleark, /n./, 19n, 53, 124, 174; /v./, 49.
clever, 31, 33, 57.
climb, /v./, 194, 198.
climbed, 198.
Cline, 275n.
cling, 194.
clingstone, 45.
clipped, 201.
clipt, 201.
clipping, 98.
clodhopper, 56.
clomb, 198.
closet, 155.
close't, 238.
closure, 242.
cloture, 242.
cloud-burst, 81, 109.
clout the sphere, /vp./, 311.
club, 154.
club-car, 82.
clum, 194, 200.
clung, 194.
c'mear, 207.
coach, /v./, 111.
coal-hod, 98.
coal-oil, 98.
coal-operator, 139.
coal-owner, 139.
coal-scuttle, 98.
coast, /v./, 77.
coat-and-suit, 103.
coatee, 77.
cocain, 253, 263.
cocaine, 160, 253.
cock, 19n, 100, 126.
cocktail, 84, 88n.
C. O. D., 161.
codfish, /a./, 24, 79.
co-ed, 160.
co-educational, 160.
cog, 175.
Cohen, 271, 280.
Cohn, 280.
coiner, 98.
coke, 160.
cold-deck, 111.
Cold Moon, 42n.
cold-slaw, 43.
cold-snap, 33, 46, 81, 109.
Colinus virginianus, 53.
Collaborating Epidermologist, 122.
collar, 155.
collateral, 81.
colleen, 90.
collide, 77.
collide head on, /vp./, 83n.
Collins, 280.
color, 19n, 243.
colour, 243.
colourable, 247.
coloured, 247.
column-ad, 160.
combe, 46.
come, 194, 198, 205, 238.
come across, /vp./, 142, 308.
comed, 198.
come-down, 81, 142, 164.
come-on, 133, 311.
come out at the little end of the horn, /vp./, 33, 79.
command, 59.
commencement, 105.
commission-merchant, 98.
committee, 107.
common-loafer, 88.
commutation-ticket, 82.
commute, 83, 164.
commuter, 82.
company, 107.
complected, 50.
compromit, /v./, 27, 49.
con, /a./, /n./ and /v./, 160.
conant, 158.
concertize, 77.
conch, 306.
conduct, 31.
conduct one's self, /vp./, 31.
conductor, 18, 82, 98, 137.
conductorette, 165.
confab, 160.
confabulation, 160.
confidence, 160.
con-game, 160.
congressional, 30, 50.
con-man, 160.
Conn, 280.
connection, 243, 246.
connexion, 243, 258, 260.
conniption, 80.
connisoor, 240.
connisseur, 240.
Conrad, 278.
consociational, 30, 75, 76.
consols, 106.
constable, 99, 105.
constituency, 107.
consulting-room, 108.
consumption, 155, 160.
consumptionick, 156.
convey by deed, /vp./, 48.
convict, 160.
convocation, 112.
Cook, 102, 277.
cookey, 43.
cook-general, 102.
cooler, 85.
coon, 160.
Coons, 275.
copious, 57.
copperhead, 45.
cord, /n./, 110; /v./, 49.
cord-wood, 56.
corn, 18, 52, 53, 98.
corn-cob, 46.
corn-crib, 46.
corn-dodger, 46.
corned, 85.
corner, /n./, 98, 110; /v./, 77.
corner-loafer, 88.
corn-factor, 99.
corn-fed, 162.
Cornhill, 300.
corn-juice, 85.
Corn Laws, 52.
corn-market, 139.
Corn Moon, 42n.
corn-whiskey, 85.
corporation, 106.
corpse-reviver, 85.
corral, /n./, 23, 86; /v./, 24, 87.
corrector-of-the-press, 100, 108.
corset, 98, 126.
coster (monger), 99.
cosy, 243, 246.
cotched, 194n.
cotton, 155.
Cottonwood, 288, 294.
cougar, 40.
could, 194.
could'a, 194.
council, 107.
councillor, 243, 245.
councilor, 243.
counselor, 243.
counsellor, 243.
counterfeiter, 98.
count upon, /vp./, 31.
court, 254.
courteous, 174.
courthouse, /suf./, 294, 296.
cove, 294.
cow-catcher, 28, 32.
cow-country, 142.
cow-creature, 98, 126.
cowhide, /v./, 44.
Coyne, 280.
coyote, 87, 294.
cozy, 243, 246, 260, 261.
crab-cocktail, 109.
cracker, 52, 53, 98.
Cracker, 33.
crack up, /vp./, 79.
craft, 95.
crank, /n./, 81.
crap, 237.
cravat, 99, 104.
crawfish, /v./, 77.
crayfish, 41.
crazy-quilt, 47.
cream de mint, 240.
creator, 266.
crèche, 153.
credit-trade, 99, 103.
creek, 46, 51, 108, 319.
creep, 194.
crème de menthe, 240.
Crenshawe, 282.
Creole, 43.
crep, 194, 200, 238.
crêpe, 264.
crevasse, 30, 86.
crew, /v./, 194, 200.
crick, 236.
cricket, 111.
criminal assault, 127.
criminal operation, 127.
crisco, 165.
crispette, 165.
Cristsylf, 224.
critter, 236.
crook, /n./, 14, 133, 156.
crook the elbow, /vp./, 85.
crope, 194.
crossing, /n./, 98, 110.
crossing-plate, 27, 82, 98.
crossing-sweeper, 101, 105.
cross-purposes, 56.
cross-roads, 294.
cross-tie, 98.
crotchet, 113.
croud, 251.
crow, /n./, 107; /v./, 194.
crowd, 250, 251.
crown, 47.
Crowninshield, 282.
cruller, 30, 43.
crypt, 112.
cuanto, 158.
Cuba-r, 171.
cuff, 155.
curate, 112.
curb, 243, 246, 258.
curriculum, 265.
curse, 129.
curet, 253.
curette, 253.
curvet, 49.
cuss, /n./, 129, 160, 238.
cussedness, 81.
Custer, 274.
customable, 50.
customer, 160.
cut, /v./, 194.
cut a swath, /vp./, 78.
cute, 50, 160.
cut-off, 81.
cut-up, 164.
cutting, /n./, 98, 108.
Cy, 115.
cyclone, 109.
cyclopaedia, 243.
cyclopedia, 243, 263.
cyder, 242, 257.
cypher, 257.
d-/sound/, 96.
daffy, 230.
dago, 279.
damfino, 129.
damn, 129, 159, 161.
damnation, 129.
damphool, 129.
dance, 59, 95, 173, 174.
D. & D., 161.
dander, 43.
Daniel, 173.
dare, /v./, 194.
dared, 194.
darken one's doors, /vp./, 33, 49.
darkey, 50.
darkle, /v./, 77n.
darn, 129.
daunt, 95.
Dauphine, 300.
Davidovitch, 280.
Davis, 280.
day-coach, 82.
day-nursery, 153.
de, /suf./, 200.
deacon, /n./, 124; /v./, 76.
dead, /adv./, 92.
dead-beat, 14, 14n., 133.
deader'n, 231.
dead-head, /n./, 135; /v./, 83.
deaf, 60, 95, 236.
deal, /v./, 194.
dealt, 194.
dean, 104, 112, 122.
dear, 116, 122.
debenture, 97, 106.
début, 154, 240, 264.
débutante, 264.
decalog, 262.
deceive, 91.
decent, 129.
deck, 80.
décolleté, 240.
Decoration day, 114.
deed, /v./, 48.
deef, 95, 236.
deep, /adv./, 226.
Deering, 275.
defence, 243, 250.
defense, 243, 246, 252, 260, 261.
defi, /n./, 160.
defiance, 160.
deft, 57.
degrees of frost, 109.
Dejean, 274.
De la Haye, 274.
Delhi, 297.
de l'Hôtel, 274.
delicate condition, 127.
delicatessen, 88.
delicatessen-store, 98.
dell, 46.
demagogue, /v./, 142.
demean, 51, 184, 186.
demeanor, 243.
demeanour, 243.
Demikof, 272.
demi-semi-quaver, 113.
demoralize, 49.
de Mungumeri, 273.
Denis, 274.
Denny, 274.
dental-surgeon, 124.
dentist, 124.
deop-e, 226.
department-store, 98, 103.
depot, 82, 133, 153, 265.
deputize, 49.
derail, 83.
derange, 49.
Derby, 98, 103, 139, 283.
Dermott, 273.
dern, 129.
desave, 91.
Desbrosses, 291.
déshabille, 265.
Deshong, 274.
Des Moines, 291.
desperado, 86.
dessert, 110.
determine, 250, 251.
develop, 258.
De Vere, 273.
devilled-crab, 109.
dexter-meadow, 311.
diamond, 114.
Diarmuid, 273.
diarrhea, 243, 253.
diarrhoea, 243, 246, 253, 258.
Dick, 281.