The American Language
good-day, 115.
good-form, 137.
Goodman, 277.
good-night, 311.
goods, 98, 133.
goods-manager, 98.
goods-waggon, 83, 98.
good ways, 147.
go on the warpath, /vp./, 49.
goose, 279.
G. O. P., 161.
gopher, 43.
Gossett, 274.
got, 115, 143, 195, 206.
Gotham, 33.
gother, 198.
go the whole hog, /vp./, 79.
go through, /vp./, 79.
go to hell, /vp./, 161.
go-to-meeting, /a./, 79.
gotten, 33, 115, 143, 190, 195, 206.
go up Salt river, /vp./, 84.
Government, 107.
governor, 101.
govrenment, 239.
grab, /v./, 84.
grab-bag, 81.
grade, 98, 104.
gradient, 98.
gradual, 96.
graft, /n./, 14, 135, 310; /v./, 135.
grain, 98, 156.
grain-broker, 99.
grain-market, 139.
gram, 243, 257, 263.
gramme, 243, 257, 261.
grand, 31.
grandificent, 166.
grant, 95.
grape-fruit, 109.
grape-juice diplomacy, 163.
Graves, 281.
gray, 243, 246, 247, 260.
greased-lightning, 309.
greaser, 33, 80, 279.
great, 91n.
great-coat, 99.
great God, 129.
great-primer, 114.
great shakes, 92.
great Scot, 129.
great white father, 86.
green, 31.
Green, 275.
greenhorn, 56.
greens, 101.
Gregory, 281.
grewsome, 258.
Grgurevich, 281.
grip, 99, 106.
grip-sack, 81.
gris'-mill, 238.
grm-/sound/, 171.
groceries, 99, 102.
grocery, 155, 157.
grog, 88n.
groop, 251.
grotesk, 252.
grotesque, 252.
ground-floor, 103.
ground-hog, 33, 45.
group, 250, 251.
grove, 294.
grow, 195.
growed, 195, 198, 199.
growler, 105.
grub-stake, 81.
Grün, 275.
guard, /n./, 83, 98, 137.
guardeen, 237.
guardian, 237.
Guarinot, 273.
gubernatorial, 28, 28n, 40, 50, 136.
Guereant, 274.
guess, /v./, 31, 33, 56, 57.
guillotin, 251, 252.
guillotine, 252.
guinea, 279.
Guizot, 274.
gulch, 80.
gully, 80.
gumbo, 44, 109.
gum-shoe, /a./, 25; /n./, 80.
gun, 165.
gun-man, 165.
gun-play, 165.
Gutmann, 276, 277.
guy, /n./, 129, 156; /v./, 129.
guyascutis, 81.
gym, 160.
gymnasium, 160.
gypsy, 258.
h-/sound/, 61.
haberdasher, 105.
haberdashery-shop, 137.
habichoo, 240.
habitué, 240.
hablaing, /v./, 158.
hacienda, 30.
hack, /n./, 109.
had, 195.
hadden, 195, 205.
hadn't ought'a, 210.
had went, 189.
haemiplegia, 252.
haemorrhage, 252.
Haerlem, 274.
Haerlen, 274.
hafta, 239.
haima, 252.
hainous, 250, 252.
haircut, 155.
halbe, 113.
half-breed, 46.
hall, 155.
halloo, /v./, 77n.
halt an, 89.
hamburger, 88.
hand-car, 82.
hand him a lemon, /vp./, 309, 311.
hand it to him, /vp./, 309.
handle without gloves, /vp./, 78.
handsome, 173.
handy, 50.
hang, 195.
hang-bird, 33.
hanged, 195n, 200.
hang-out, 164.
han'kerchief, 238.
Hansen, 271.
happy, /adv./, 227.
happify, 27, 49.
happy hunting grounds, 86.
harbor, 171, 243, 259.
harbour, 243, 259.
hard, /a./, 228, 231; /adv./, 226.
hard-cider, 85.
hardly, 228.
hard-shell, /a./, 79.
hardware-dealer, 99.
hare, 54, 109.
hari-kari, 85.
harkee, 219.
Harlan, 274.
harp, 279.
Harper, 280.
has-been, 23, 163.
hash-foundry, 163.
Hassan, 41.
hat, 155.
hath, 59.
hatké, 156.
haul, /v./, 52, 54.
hausfrau, 88.
have, /auxiliary/, 192, 195, 206, 238.
have an ax to grind, /vp./, 79.
have the brokers in the house, /vp./, 107.
have the goods, /vp./, 311.
Havre de Grace, 291.
Hawthorne, 282.
hay-cock, 47, 99.
hay-barrack, 43.
hay-stack, 47, 99.
haze, /v./, 142.
he, 212, 220.
head, 105, 251.
head-clerk, 98.
headliner, 99, 106.
head-master, 104, 105.
head-mistress, 104.
healthful, 146.
healthy, 146.
hear, 195, 204.
hear, hear, 115.
heard, 60, 195.
hearth, 174.
heat, /v./, 195.
heath, 46.
heave, /v./, 195.
heavenwards, 147.
Hebrew, 113.
hed, 251.
heeler, 83.
heerd, 195, 199, 200.
heern, 195, 204.
heft, /v./, 52, 54.
hefty, 54.
Heid, 275.
height, 91.
heighth, 91, 238.
heimer, /suf./, 151.
heinous, 250, 252.
Heintz, 275.
held, 195, 206.
hell, 128n.
hell-box, 80.
hell-fired, 129.
Hell-Gate, 290.
hellion, 76.
hello, 77n.
hell-roaring, 76.
help, /n./, 30, 33, 102, 135.
helt, 195, 201.
hem, 216, 252.
hemi-demi, semi-quaver, 113.
hemorrhage, 260.
hence, 228.
heo, 213n.
heom, 213n.
heora, 213.
her, /pro./, 212, 214, 219, 220.
heraus mit ihm, 89.
herb, 61.
here, 145, 213, 214, 228.
heren, /pro./, 213.
hern, /pro./, 212, 213, 214.
hers, 213, 214.
herun, 213.
het, /v./, 195, 199.
het up, /vp./, 85, 195n.
Heyward, 282.
hickory, 40.
hidden, 195.
hide, 195.
his, 213.
high, 116.
high-ball, 85.
high-brow, 163.
highfalutin, 79.
high street, 300.
hike, /v./, 142.
hill-side, 31.
him, 212, 219, 220, 224.
himself, 224, 225.
Hines, 275.
hired-girl, 47, 103.
hired-man, 47.
hire-purchase plan, 99, 103.
his, 212, 214, 225.
His Excellency, 119, 120.
His Highness, 119.
His Honor, 120.
hisn, 190, 212, 214.
his-or-her, 225.
hisself, 190, 224, 225.
hist, /v./, 91, 195, 236.
histed, 195.
historical, 62.
hist'ry, 238.
hit, /v./, 195.
hitched, 319.
Hite, 275.
hither, 145, 228.
hoarding, /n./, 27, 97, 102.
hobo, 14, 14n, 133, 161.
Hobson-Jobson, 41.
hoch, 89.
Hoch, 275.
Hock, 100, 104.
hod-carrier, 99.
Hodge, 115.
hoe-cake, 45, 46.
hofbräu, 240, 265.
Hoffman, 271.
hog, /v./, 24, 25.
hoggish, /adv./, 227.
hog-pen, 99.
hog-wallow, 45.
hoist, /v./, 91.
Hoke, 275.
hokum, 165.
hola, 158.
hols, /v./, 195, 206.
hold-all, 99.
holden, 206.
hold on, /vp./, 81, 80.
hold out, /vp./, 111.
hold up, /vp./, 306.
hold-up, /n./, 14, 14n.
holler, /v./, 77, 77n, 195, 239.
hollered, 195.
hollo, /v./, 77n.
holloa, /v./, 77n.
hollow, /v./, 77n.
holsum, 264.
holt, 238.
holy-orders, 112.
holy-roller, 113.
homely, 57, 110.
homespun, 56.
hominy, 33, 40, 41.
homologize, 49.
hon. agent, 121.
honor, 243, 248, 250, 251, 253, 263, 318.
honorable, 118-21.
honorable and learned gentleman, 107.
honorable friend, 107.
honorable gentleman, 107, 119.
honorarium, 247.
honorary, 247, 257.
honorific, 247.
honour, 243, 250, 259.
honourable, 247, 257.
hoodlum, 14, 14n, 133.
hoodoo, 44, 105.
hooiberg, 43.
hook, /n./, 43, 45, 290.
hooligan, 133.
Hoosier, 33.
Hoover, 275.
hooverize, 142, 163.
hop, /n./, 93, 94.
horrour, 248n.
hornswoggle, /v./, 78.
horse of another color, 33.
horse-sense, 80.
horse-shoer, 203.
horse's-neck, 85.
Hosein, 41.
hospital, 61, 99.
hospital-nurse, 101, 104.
hostile, 174, 176.
hostler, 244, 246.
hot-box, 82.
hotel, 61, 124.
Hot Moon, 42n.
hotter'n, 231.
house of ill (/or/ questionable) repute, 127.
hove, 195, 199.
Howells, 283.
Hrubka, 281.
hub, 31.
hubbub, 307, 310.
Huber, 275.
huckleberry, 45.
huckster, 99.
huddle, 307.
humbug, 31.
humor, 244.
humorist, 247.
humour, 244.
hunderd, 238.
hung, 195, 200.
hunker, 31.
hunkie, 279.
hunkydory, /a./, 81.
hunting, /n./, 99, 115.
Hunting Moon, 42n.
hunyadi, 278.
hurrah, 173.
hurray, 173.
hurricane, 109.
hurry up, /vp./, 164.
hurt, /v./, 195.
hurtleberry, 45.
hustle, /v./, 57.
hyperfirmatious, 82n.
Hyde, 275.
hydroplan, 263n.
hypo, 160.
hyposulphite of soda, 160.
I, /pro./, 212, 219, 220.
i, /pro./, 216n.
i-/sound/, 60, 96.
iad, /pro./, 216n.
I bet you, 157.
ice-box 156.
ice-cream, 56.
ices, 110.
iced-water, 109.
ice-water, 109.
ich, /pro./, 179.
ich bin es, 145n.
Icsylf, 224.
idealer, 230.
ify, /suf./, 77.
ige, /suf./, 156.
iland, 251.
ile, 236.
ill, 10, 56, 100.
Illinois, 291.
illy, 228.
imagine, 173, 251.
immigrate, 49.
Inc., 106.
incidence, 229.
incident, 229.
inclose, 244, 246, 258.
incohonee, 42n.
Indian, 99.
Indian-corn, 52, 98.
Indian-file, 47.
Indian-summer, 46, 99.
indifferent, /adv./, 226.
indorse, 244, 246, 258.
induced, 174.
inflection, 244, 246.
inflexion, 244, 258, 260.
influent, /a./, 50.
influential, 50, 51, 133.
influenza, 160.
in foal, 125.
infract, 49.
ingel, 156.
ingénue, 308n.
initial-sack, 311.
initiative and referendum, 107.
inn, 53.
ino, /suf./, 166.
inquiry, 170, 244, 258.
insect, 125.
inski, /suf./, 151.
instal, 260.
instalment-business, 99.
instalment-plan, 99.
instead, 251.
insted, 251.
instruct, 108.
insurge, /v./, 142, 164, 202.
interduce, 239.
interesting condition, 127.
interiour, 248n.
intern, 243.
interne, 253.
interval-land, 31.
interview, /v./, 57.
in the course of, 148.
invalided, 125.
inverted-commas, 100.
in writing, 115.
Iowa, 298.
Irene, 286.
iron-horse, 82.
iron-monger, 19, 99.
Ironmonger, 282.
Iroquois, 291n.
Irving, 283.
is, 209.
I say, 115.
ish ka bibble, 151n.
I should worry, 151.
island, 250, 251.
is not, 210.
isn't, 146, 210.
isquonkersquash, 41.
isquontersquash, 41.
Italian warehouse, 98.
itemize, 24, 77.
i-ther, 96.
it, 212.
itis, /suf./, 154.
it is me, 145.
its, 212.
Itzik, 284.
Ivanof, 272.
ize, /suf./, 77, 164.
j-/sound/, 96.
ja, 152.
Jack, 281.
jackass, 129.
Jackson, 278, 280, 281.
jack up, /vp./, 142.
Jacob, 281.
Jacobovitch, 280.
Jacobovsky, 280.
Jacobson, 280.
jag, 85.
jagged, 85.
jail, 244, 246, 250, 252, 256, 257, 261.
jailer, 256.
Jake, 281.
Jamestown-weed, 45.
janders, 239.
janitor, 99, 110.
Jannszewski, 272.
jap-a-lac, 165.
Japanee, 229.
Jarvis, 274.
jeans, 56.
jemmy, 244.
jeopardize, 51.
jerked-beef, 43.
jerk-water, 82.
Jerome, 286.
jersey, 101.
Jesus, 129.
jew, /v./, 52, 54, 113n.
Jew, 113.
jew down, /vp./, 54.
jeweller, 245, 250.
jewellery, 244, 259, 260.
jewelry, 244, 259.
Jewry, 113.
jiggered, 85.
jig's up, 33.
jimmy, 244, 246.
Jimson-weed, 45.
jine, 91, 236.
jitney, /a./, 24, 142, 164.
jockey, 88n.
Johannsen, 275.
John Collins, 85.
John J. O'Brien, 272n.
Johnny-cake, 46.
Johnny-jump-up, 45.
Johnson, 272, 275.
join, 91.
joiner, 19n.
joint, 100, 163.
joke-smith, 308, 310.
jolly, 116.
Jonas, 275, 278.
Jones, 271, 275, 278.
joss, /a./, 93.
journal, 158.
journalist, 99, 108.
joy-ride, /n./, 10, 110, 163, 165, 310; /v./, 202.
joy-ridden, 202.
joy-rided, 202.
joy-rode, 202.
juba, 44.
judgement, 256, 260.
judgmatical, 50.
judgment, 256, 257.
jug, 100.
jugged, 85.
juice, 162.
julep, 56.
jump a claim, /vp./, 78.
jumper, 81, 156.
jumping-off place, 81.
jump-off, 164.
jump on with both feet, /vp./, 79.
jump the rails, /vp./, 83n.
June-bug, 45.
Jung, 275.
junior, 104.
junk, 133.
junket, 107.
just, 117.
Kahler, 276.
Kahn, 280.
kaif, 240.
kandy, 264.
Kann, 280.
Korzeniowski, 278.
katzenjammer, 88.
kayo, 158.
K. C., 108.
ke, /suf./, 156.
Keeley, 275.
keep, 195.
keep a stiff upper lip, /vp./, 78.
keep company, /vp./, 115.
keep tab, /vp./, 78.
keer, 237.
keg, 250, 252.
Kelly, 271, 281.
Kemp, 275.
Kempf, 275.
Kenesaw, 285.
Kennebec, 30.
kep, 195, 238.
ker, /pref./, 82.
kerb, 243, 246, 258, 260.
ker-bang,-flop,-flummox,-plunk,-slam,-splash,-thump, 82.
kerbstone, 246.
Kester, 275.
ketch, 91, 237.
key, 43, 46, 155.
keyless-watch, 27, 100.
kick, /n./, 77; /v./, 77.
kicker, 77.
kick-in, 164.
kick the bucket, /vp./, 78.