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restaurant, 124.
résumé, 265.
resurrect, 24, 77.
retainer, 108.
retiracy, 77.
return-ticket, 83, 100, 106.
Reuss, 275.
Rev., 122.
Rhine wine, 100, 104.
Richman, 280.
rickey, 85.
rid, 196.
ride, 196.
ridden, 196.
riffle, 46.
riff-raff, 56.
rigadon, 44.
right, /a./ and /adv./, 24, 148, 149.
right along, 148.
right away, 148, 149, 155.
right good, 148.
right honorable, 107, 118, 119, 120.
right now, 148.
right off, 148.
right often, 148.
right-of-way, 83.
right on time, 148.
right smart, 148.
right there, 148.
right-thinker, 302.
right well, 148.
rigmarole, 56.
rigor, 244.
rigorism, 247.
rigor mortis, 247.
rigour, 244.
Riker, 274.
rile, 143, 196, 236.
riled, 196.
rime, 258.
rind, 172.
ring, 196.
ring me up, /vp./, 103.
rinse, 91, 196n, 237.
ripping, 116n, 171.
rise, /v./, 107, 196.
rised, 198.
ritualism, 112.
river, 298.
riz, 196.
road, 300.
road-agent, 14, 14n.
road-bed, 100.
road-louse, 163.
road-mender, 100.
road-repairer, 100.
roast, 100.
roast-beef, 88n.
roasting-ear, 46.
Robbins, 280.
Robinia, pseudacacia, 45.
Robinson, 104, 278.
Rochefort, 240.
rock, /n./, 31, 33, 52, 53, 53n.
Rockaway, 287.
rock-pile, 53.
rode, 196, 198, 205, 206.
Rogers, 280.
Rogowsky, 280.
roil, 142, 196n.
rôle, 264.
roll-call, 100.
roller-coaster, 77.
rolling-country, 46.
Roman Catholic, 113.
romanza, 73.
room, /v./, 49.
roorback, 83, 84.
rooster, 19n, 100, 126.
rooter, 111.
rope in, /vp./, 78.
rose, /v./, 196.
Rose, 280.
Rosecrans, 274.
Rosenau, 276, 280.
Rosen-baum, -berg, -blatt, -blum, -busch, -feldt, -heim, -stein, -thal,
280.
Rosenkrantz, 274.
Roth, 276.
Rotten row, 41.
rotter, 129.
rouge, 291.
rough, /a./, 261; /adv./, 146.
rough-house, 23.
rough-neck, 81, 81n.
roundsman, 105.
round-trip, 82.
round-trip-ticket, 100, 106.
round-up, 81.
rous mit 'im, 89.
roustabout, 80.
route de roi, 41.
row, /n./, 109.
rowdy, 81, 310.
Roy, 283.
Royce, 275.
R. S. O., 83.
rubber-neck, /n./, 10, 14, 23; /v./, 202.
rube, 14, 15.
Rubinowitz, 278.
ruby, 114.
ruby-nonpareil, 114.
ruf, 262.
Rugby, 111.
rugger, 111.
rum-dumb, 89.
rumor, 244.
rumour, 244.
run, /n./, 46, 82, 108; /v./, 84, 107, 196.
rung, 196.
run-in, /n./, 164.
run into the ground, /vp./, 98.
run slow, 146.
Russian, 279n.
rutabaga, 100, 109.
Ruven, 284.
ruz, 198.
Ryan, 271.
Sabbaday, 160.
sabe, 87.
sachem, 42, 42n.
sack, 33.
Sadd'y, 172, 238.
sagamore, 30.
said, 196.
Saint-Denis, 273.
St. John, 283.
St. Leger, 283.
St. Louis, 291.
St. Martin's summer, 99.
Saint-Maure, 273.
St. Nicholas, 43n.
sale, 155.
salesgirl, 121.
saleslady, 121, 156.
saleswoman, 100, 121.
Salmon, 280.
Salomon, 280.
saloon, 18, 85, 100.
saloon-carriage, 99.
saloon-keeper, 85.
saloon loafer, 139.
salt-lick, 46.
Salt river, 107.
saltwater-taffy, 14.
samp, 42.
sample, 155.
sample-room, 85.
San Antonio, 292.
sanatoria, 265.
sandwich, 154.
sang, 196, 205.
sängerfest, 89, 151.
sank, 196.
Santa Klaus, 43, 43n.
sa's'parella, 238.
sashay, 239.
sassy, 236.
sat, 196, 202, 206.
satisfaction, 173.
sauce, 91.
sault, 291.
Sault Ste. Marie, 291.
saunter, 95.
sauerkraut, /see/ sour-kraut.
saurkraut, /see/ sour-kraut.
savagerous, 77.
Saviour, 245, 247.
savory, 244.
savoury, 244.
saw, /v./, 196, 205.
sawft, 175.
saw wood, /vp./, 49.
say, 196.
scab, 14, 133.
scalawag, 81, 82, 166.
scallywampus, 82n, 166.
scalp, /v./, 48.
scant, 57.
scarce, 228.
scarce as hen's teeth, 309.
scarcely, 228.
scarf-pin, 100.
scary, 24, 79.
scenarioize, 164.
sceptic, 245, 261.
sch-/sound/, 62.
schadchen, 151.
Schaefer, 277.
schedule, 176.
scheme, 62.
scherzo, 240.
Schlachtfeld, 280.
Schlegel, 276.
Schluter, 276.
Schmidt, 271.
schmierkäse, /see/ smearcase.
Schnäbele, 275.
Schneider, 271, 272, 276, 280.
schnitz, 89.
schnitzel, 88.
Schoen, 276.
Schön, 276.
Schönberg, 277.
scholar, 155.
school, 155.
schooner, 47, 85, 105.
Schrader, 275.
Schroeder, 275.
Schultz, 271.
Schumacher, 277.
schützenfest, 89.
Schwab, 275.
Schwartz, 277.
schweinefüsse, 19n.
schweizer, 88, 240.
Schwettendieck, 281.
scientist, 28, 28n, 131.
scimetar, 244.
scimitar, 244.
scoon, /v./, 47.
scooner, 47.
scoot, 78, 105.
scow, 40, 43, 100, 111.
scowegian, 279.
scrap, 81n, 134.
scrape, /n./, 81.
scrubb'n, 157.
scrumdifferous, 82n.
scrumptious, 81.
scullery, 106.
scullery-maid, 103.
sé, /pro./, 216n.
sea-board, 31.
sea-shore, 31.
seat, 126.
second-hand, 124.
second-wing, 126.
second-year man, 104.
secretary, 108, 170, 176.
section, 109.
see, 196.
seen, 189, 196, 198.
see the elephant, /vp./, 79.
seganku, 40.
segar, 264.
seidel, 89.
selectman, 30, 47.
self, 224.
sell, /v./, 196.
semi-breve, 113.
semi-brevis, 113.
semi-demi-semi-quaver, 113.
semi-minima, 113.
semi-occasional, 27, 81.
semi-quaver, 113.
send, 196, 201.
sende, 201.
senior, 104.
senior-prom, 105.
señor, 265.
señorita, 158.
sent, 196.
sente, 201.
seofan, 114.
septicaemia, 244.
septums, 265.
servant, 102, 124, 135.
serviette, 99.
set, /v./, 196, 202.
set-off, 31.
seven-and-forty, 114.
Seventh Day Adventist, 113.
sew, 250, 251.
Sewell, 274.
sewer, 100.
Seymour, 273.
sez, 196, 211.
'sGravenhage, 281.
shack, 14.
shaddock, 109.
shake, /v./, 196, 204.
shaken, 196, 199, 204.
shall, 143, 144, 191, 208, 210.
Shane, 276.
sha'n't, 210.
shanty, 86.
shareholder, 100, 106.
shares, 101, 106.
shave, 196.
shaved, 196.
Shawangunk, 297.
she, 212, 220.
shebang, 93.
shebeen, 93.
shed, /v./, 196, 200.
shell, 85.
shell-road, 46.
Shepherd, 277.
Sheppard, 277.
Sher, 280.
Sherman, 280.
sherry-cobbler, 84.
shevaleer, 251.
shew, 244, 246.
shillelah, 90.
shilling, 139.
shilling-shocker, 98.
shily, 260.
shin, /v./, 49.
shine, 196.
shined, 196.
shingle, /n./, 46; /v./, 48.
shirt, 126.
shirtso, 240.
shirt-waist, 100, 103.
shoat, 33.
shod, 203.
shoe, /n./, 19n, 52, 53, 100, 137; /v./, 196, 203.
shed, 196, 203.
shoeing, 203.
shoemaker, 100.
Shoemaker, 277.
shoe-string, 100.
shoe-tree, 100.
shoo-fly, 311.
shook, /v./, 196.
shoot, /v./, 196.
shooting, /n./, 99, 115.
shoot-the-chutes, 163.
shop, /n./, 52, 53, 105, 136, 138, 155; /v./, 138.
shop-assistant, 100.
shop-fittings, 101, 138.
shoplifter, 138.
shopper, 138.
shopping, 138.
shop-walker, 98, 124.
shop-worn, 138.
short and ugly word, 306.
shot, /v./, 196.
shot-gun, 80.
should, 60, 210.
should not ought, 210.
shouldn't, 210.
should of, 234.
should ought, 191, 210.
show, /n./, 155, 157; /v./, 164, 244, 246, 196.
show-down, 10, 164.
showed, 196.
show up, /vp./, 164.
shrub, 85.
shuck, /v./, 48, 196, 204.
shunt, 83, 101.
shut out, /vp./, 111.
shutup'n, 157.
shuyster, 90n.
shyster, 89, 89-90n.
si, /pro./, 216n.
siad, /pro./, 216n.
sick, 10, 56, 56n, 100, 125.
sick at the stomach, 125.
sick-bed,-flag,-leave,-list,-room, 125.
siddup, 172.
side-hill, 31.
side-stepper, 14.
side-swipe, /v./, 83.
side-track, /v./, 83.
sidewalk, 14, 47, 100, 110.
sideways, 229.
Sidney, 273, 283.
sierra, 87.
silk-stocking, /a./, 107.
silver, 100.
simp, 160.
simpleton, 160.
sing, 196, 317.
singan, 232.
singen, 317.
single-track mind, 83n.
Sing-Sing, 290.
sink, /v./, 196.
Sint Klaas, 43n.
Sioux, 291.
siphon, 244.
siren, 244, 257.
sit, 197, 202, 206.
sitten, 206.
sitting-room, 103.
skedaddle, 87.
skeer, 237.
skeerce, 237.
skeptic, 245, 246, 247.
skiddoo, 92.
skin, /n./, 85; /v./, 197.
skun, 197, 199.
skunk, 40, 134.
skunna, 48.
skus me, 239.
slack, /v./, 306.
slacker, 306, 310.
slâepan, 200.
slâepte, 200.
Slagel, 276.
slam the pill, /vp./, 311.
slang, /v./, 197.
slangwhanger, 31.
slate, 83, 103.
slavey, 103.
sled, 100.
sledge, 100.
sleep, /v./, 24, 197.
sleeper, 82, 98, 160.
sleep good, 149.
sleeping-car, 160.
sleeve, 155.
sleigh, 40, 100.
slep, 197, 200, 238.
slept, 201.
slick, 236.
slid, 197.
slide, 197.
slightly-used, 124.
slily, 260.
slim, 79.
sling, /n./, 84; /v./, 197.
slip, /n./, 50.
slipper, 52.
slit, /v./, 197, 203.
slitted, 197, 203.
sliver, 174.
slog, 245, 246.
s'long, 239.
slopped, 85.
slosh, 245, 246.
slow, /adv./, 227.
slug, 245, 246.
slumgullion, 81.
slung, 197.
slush, 245, 246.
slush-fund, 152.
Sluter, 276.
Smackover, 291.
small, 79.
small-pearl, 114.
small-pica, 114.
small-potatoes, 33, 81.
smart, 31.
smash, /n./, 85.
smearcase, 43, 265.
smell, /v./, 197.
smelt, 197.
smited, 198.
Smith, 271, 277, 281.
Smith-Barry, 282n.
smithereens, 90.
smoker, 160.
smoking-car, 160.
smote, 198.
Snabely, 275.
snake, 107.
snake-fence, 81.
Snavely, 275.
sneak, /v./, 197.
snew, 199.
snitz, 89.
Snively, 275.
snook, /v./, 49.
snoop, 49.
snoot, 237.
snooted, 85.
snout, 237.
Snow Moon, 42n.
snow-plow, 46.
snuck, 197.
Snyder, 272, 276.
S. O. B., 127.
sob-sister, 163.
social-disease, 127.
social-evil, 127.
soccer, 111.
sockdolager, 81.
sock-suspenders, 98, 104.
sodalicious, 166.
soe, 250, 251.
soft, /adv./, 226.
soft-drinks, 85, 100.
soi, /pro./, 225.
soirée, 264.
sold, 196.
soli, 266.
solicitor, 108.
solid, 50.
Solmson, 280.
Solomon, 280.
sombrero, 14, 86.
some, /a./ and /adv./, 149, 306.
some pumpkins, 33.
somewheres, 147.
son, /pro./, 225.
son-in-laws, 229.
Sontag, 277.
Soo, 291.
soot, 250.
sophomore, 47, 104.
soprani, 265.
sort'a, 234.
s. o. s., /v./, 164.
sot, /v./, 196n.
Soule, 274.
sound, /n./, 108.
sour, /n./, 85.
sour-kraut, 30, 44, 88, 152.
soused, 85.
sovereign, 252.
sow, 126.
space-rates, 108.
spaghetti, 151, 152.
spalpeen, 90.
span, /n./, 43; /v./, 197.
spanner, 99.
spat, 203.
speak-easy, 85.
speaking-tour, 107.
speciality, 264.
specialty, 264.
speck, 89.
sped, 203.
speed, /v./, 197, 202.
speeded, 197, 203.
speeder, 203.
speeding, 203.
speed-limit,-mania,-maniac, 203.
speedway, 299.
spell, /v./, 197.
spelling-bee, 47.
spelt, 197.
spera, 158.
spiel, 240.
spieler, 93.
spiggoty, 279.
spigot, 100.
spill, /v./, 197.
spilt, 197.
spin, /v./, 197.
spit, /v./, 197, 203.
splendiferous, 166.
splendor, 245.
splendour, 245.
splinter-bar, 101.
split a ticket, /vp./, 84.
split one's sides, /vp./, 92.
split-ticket, 84, 107.
splurge, /n./, 77.
spoil, 197.
spoilt, 197.
spondulix, 81.
spoof, 129.
spool-of-thread, 103.
sport, 88n.
sporting, 171.
sporting-house, 127.
sprang, 197.
spread, /v./, 202.
spread-eagle, 81.
spread one's self, /vp./, 78.
sprightly, 31.
spring, /v./, 197.
sprung, 197.
spry, 31.
spuke, 30.
squantersquash, 41.
square, 110.
square-head, 279.
square-meal, 81.
squash, 40, 100, 104, 160.
squat, /v./, 49, 51.
squatter, 31, 40.
squaw, 41, 134.
squaw-man, 86.
squealer, 156.
squinch, 237.
squirrel-whiskey, 85.
stack hay, /vp./, 48.
stag, /a./, 14, 14n.
stage, 31.