The American Language
stage-coach, 31.
stag-party, 80.
staits-preussen, 155.
Staley, 275.
stallion, 155.
stalls, 99, 106.
stalwart, 83.
stamp, /v./, 95, 237.
stampede, 43.
stamping-ground, 47.
stanch, 245.
ständen, 155.
stand, /v./, 84, 107.
stand-patter, 163.
standpoint, 28, 28n, 51, 90, 136.
standpunkt, 90.
stang, 190, 197.
stank, 197.
Stanley, 283.
start off, /vp./, 164.
start-off, /n./, 164.
state-house, 47.
statutory-offense, 127.
staunch, 245, 260.
stave off, /vp./, 31.
stays, /n./, 98.
steal, 197.
steam-roller, 307, 312.
steady, /a./, 250, 251; /adv./, 227.
steddy, 251.
steep, 116.
Stehli, 275.
stein, /n./, 89; /suf./, 282.
Steiner, 277.
Steinway, 275.
stem-winder, 27, 100.
stenog, 160.
stent, 239.
stew, 174.
steward, 107.
stewed, 85.
stick, /n./, 85, 97, 110.
stiff, 116.
stile, 251.
sting, 197.
stink, 197.
stinkibus, 84.
stint, 239.
stock, 56, 106.
stock-holder, 100.
stocking-feet, 81.
stocks, 101.
stogie, 105.
Stolar, 280.
stole, 197, 205.
stomach, 125, 126.
stomp, /v./, 237.
stonden, 206.
stone, 31, 114.
stone-fence, 84.
Stoner, 277.
stone-wall, 85.
stoop, 30, 43, 156.
stop-over, /n./, 82.
stop over, /vp./, 83.
store, /n./, 52, 53, 138, 155.
store-clothes, 81.
store-fixtures, 101.
store-keeper, 124.
stores, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103.
storey, 103, 245, 257, 260.
story, 245, 257, 263.
straight, 85.
straight-ticket, 83, 107.
street, 155, 157, 299.
street-cleaner, 101, 105.
street-corner, 110.
street-railway, 101.
street-walker, 128.
stren'th, 238.
stricken out, /vp./, 108.
strike, /v./, 197.
strike it rich, /vp./, 78.
strike out, /vp./, 111.
string, /n./, 110.
strit-kar, 155.
strong-arm-squad, 105.
strop, 237n.
struck out, /vp./, 108.
stuck on, /vp./, 238.
Studebaker, 277.
student, 105.
study, /v./, 105.
study for the ministry, /vp./, 112.
study medicine, /vp./, 104.
stump, /v./, 24, 49, 135.
stumped, 44.
stumping-trip, 107.
stump-oratory, 135.
stunt, 133, 239.
stupor, 247.
Sturgeon Moon, 42n.
style, 251.
subaltern, 105.
subway, 101, 110.
succor, 245.
succotash, 30, 33, 41.
succour, 245.
sucker, 14, 133.
suffragan, 112.
sugar, 133.
suit-case, 106.
Sullivan, 271.
summon, /n./, 229.
sundae, 165.
Sunday, 277.
sunflower, 294.
sung, 196.
sunk, 196.
supawn, 42.
super, /pref./, 154, 230.
supergobosnoptious, 82n.
supergobsloptious, 166.
super-tax, 109.
Suplee, 276.
Suplée, 276.
Supplee, 276.
sure, /adv./, 34, 146, 227, 228.
surely, 228.
sure Mike, 157.
surgery, 108.
surtax, 109.
suspenders, 19n, 81, 101, 104, 259.
sut, 250.
swaller, 239.
swam, 197.
swamp, 109.
swang, 197.
swear, 197.
swear off, /vp./, 135.
sweater, 101.
sweep, /v./, 197.
sweepstakes, 88n.
sweet-corn, 109.
sweet-potato, 109.
sweets, 97, 103, 110.
swell, /v./, 197.
swelldoodle, 166.
swellellegous, 82n.
swep, 197, 200.
swim, /v./, 197.
swing, /v./, 197.
swingle-tree, 56.
switch, /n./, 82, 101; /v./, 83, 101.
switching-engine, 82.
switchman, 82.
switch-yard, 82.
swole, 197, 201.
swollen, 197.
Swope, 275.
sword, 60, 171.
swore, 197.
swum, 197.
swung, 197.
sycamore, 294.
syphilis, 127, 128.
syphon, 244.
syren, 244, 257.
t-/sound/, 96.
Taaffe, 272.
tabernacle, 112.
table, /v./, 48.
tablecloth, 155.
tactic, 229.
taffy, 245, 246.
Taft, 272.
tailor-made, 103.
take, 103, 197.
take a back seat, /vp./, 78.
taken, 197.
take in, /vp./, 103.
take on, /vp./, 31.
take orders, /vp./, 112.
take silk, /vp./, 108.
take to the woods, /vp./, 49.
takings, 100.
talented, 31, 133.
Taliaferro, 282.
talk-fest, 151.
talk through your hat, /vp./, 309.
tamale, 87.
tambour, 44.
tanked, 85.
tank-town, 83n.
tap, /n./, 100.
tapioca, 41.
tariff-reform, 107.
tarnal, 129.
tarnation, 129.
tart, /n./, 53, 100, 129.
tassel, 173.
tasteful, 146.
tasty, 24, 27, 146.
taught, 197.
tavern, 53.
taxed-paid, 142n.
taxes, 101.
taxi, /v./, 163.
tax-paid, 101.
tay, 91, 91n.
Taylor, 271, 272, 280.
T. B., 161.
tea, 91.
teach, 197, 203.
teacher, 155.
team, 52.
tear, /v./, 197.
tea-shop, 137.
Tecumseh, 285.
teetotaler, 81.
telegrapher, 170.
telephone, 160.
telescope, /v./, 83, 135.
tell, 197.
temporarily, 170.
tenant, 155, 156.
tender, /n./, 97.
tenderfoot, 81.
tenderloin, 101, 104, 163.
tenner, 156.
ten-pins, 101, 111.
tepee, 42.
terrapin, 40, 109.
Terre Haute, 291.
terrible, /adv./, 190.
tête, 306.
tête-à-tête, 264.
than, 223, 231.
Thanksgiving day, 114.
thank you kindly, 92.
that, 216, 217.
that'a way, 234.
that get's me, 142.
that'n, 216, 217.
that-one, 216.
that-there, 216, 217.
theater, 263.
theatre, 250, 259, 260.
the, 92, 123, 172.
thee, 219.
their, 212, 213, 214.
theirn, 212, 214.
theirs, 213, 214.
theirself, 224, 225.
theirselves, 224, 225.
them, 212, 216, 217, 219.
Themicoud, 272.
themselves, 225.
them-there, 216.
thence, 228.
there, 145, 228.
there's no two ways about it, /vp./, 31.
these, 216, 217.
these-here, 216, 217.
thesen, 216.
These States, 73.
they, 212, 213.
they is, 238.
thimble, 155.
thin, /pro./, 214.
thine, 214.
think, /n./, 197.
this, 216, 217.
this'a way, 234.
this-here, 216, 217.
thisn, 216, 238.
this-one, 216.
thither, 145, 228.
tho, 262, 263.
thoro, 262, 263.
thorofare, 262.
thoroly, 262, 263.
Thoroughgood, 273.
those, 216, 217.
thosen, 216.
those-there, 216, 217.
thou, 215.
thought, /v./, 197.
thread, 250, 251.
threat, 251.
thred, 251.
thret, 251.
three of a kind, 111.
three strikes and out, /vp./, 111.
threw, 197, 203.
thrive, 197.
throve, 197.
throw, 197.
throw a rock, /vp./, 53.
throwed, 197, 199, 203.
thru, 262, 263.
thruout, 262.
Thugut, 272.
thum, /n./, 251; /suf./, 154n.
thumb, 250, 251.
Thunichgut, 272.
thunk, 197n.
Thurgod, 273.
thy, 214.
ticket, 33.
ticket-agent, 82.
ticket-office, 83, 101.
ticket-scalper, 81, 82.
tickler, 81.
tie, /n./, 82, 99.
tie-pin, 100.
tight-wad, 162.
Tilia, 45.
tiles, 103.
tin, /n./, 97, 102, 103; /v./, 102.
tinker, 101.
tin-Lizzie, 142.
tinned-goods, 97.
tinner, 101.
tin-roof, 101.
tire, /n./, 245, 246, 257, 263.
tisch, 156.
toboggan, 41, 134.
Todenaker, 273.
toffy, 245, 246.
toil, 91n.
toilet(te), 127, 153, 154, 245.
tole, 197, 201, 238.
to let, 137.
tomahawk, /n./, 41, 318; /v./, 48.
tomato, 87, 173.
Tom and Jerry, 35.
Tombigbee, 30.
Tom Collins, 35.
Tommy-rot, 310.
tong, 93.
tongue, 250, 252, 262.
tonsorial-parlor, 124.
tony, 27, 81, 230.
took, 197.
tooken, 205.
Toothaker, 273.
topliner, 99, 106.
tore, 197.
torn, 197.
tornado, 87, 109.
tote, 31, 49.
tough, /a./, 319; /n./, 133.
tourist, 88n.
towards, 147, 148, 229.
towerman, 82.
town, /suf./, 296.
track, 101.
track-walker, 82.
tradesman, 124.
tradesmen's-entrance, 137.
traffic, 137.
trail, /n./, 46; /v./, 48.
train-boy, 82.
trained-nurse, 101.
trait, 172, 176.
tram, 105, 106.
tram-car, 101.
tramp, 133.
tramway, 101.
translatour, 248n.
transom, 101.
transpire, 134, 136.
trapee, 229.
trash, 56.
travel, 173.
traveler, 245, 250, 262.
Traveler's Moon, 42n.
traveller, 245, 262.
treacle, 10, 99, 106.
tread, /v./, 197, 200.
trewe, /adv./, 226.
trickster, 90n.
tripos, 105.
tripper, 83, 98.
triscuit, 165.
troble, 262.
trod, 200.
trolley-car, 101.
Trotterscliffe, 283.
trouble, 155, 262.
trousers, 110.
truck, 83, 101.
true, 174.
true-blue, 79.
trunk, 101, 106.
trust-buster, 143, 310.
trustification, 142.
trustify, 142.
tub, /v./, 137.
tube, 101, 110.
Tuesday, 174.
tumor, 245.
tumour, 245.
tune the old cow died of, 92.
tung, 250, 252, 262.
Tunicotto, 272.
tür, 156.
turbot, 109.
turkey-gobbler, 45.
turn, /v./, 164.
turn-down, /n./, 164.
turn down, /vp./, 164, 319.
turning, /n./, 110.
turnpike, 31, 160.
turnpike-road, 31.
turnverein, 89.
twelvemonth, 114.
{word missing?} 23, 161.
twice't, 238.
twine, 110.
2 o'clock, 127.
typewriter, 101, 103.
typhoid-fever, 101.
typist, 101, 103.
tyre, 245, 257, 260.
u-/sound/, 60, 96.
ü-/sound/, 174, 274.
ugly, 31.
Uhler, 276, 281.
Uhlyarik, 281.
uhrgucker, 90n.
umbrella, 239.
underbrush, 46.
undercut, 101, 104.
underdone, 100, 104.
underground, 101, 110.
underground-railroad, 83n.
underpinned, 50.
underpinning, 56.
undershirt, 101, 110, 259.
undertaker, 124.
under the weather, /vp./, 81, 109.
uneeda, 165.
union, 105.
unit, 47.
Universalist, 31.
university, 124.
unworthy, /adv./, 226.
up, 107.
up against, /vp./, 134.
uplift, /n./, 10, 113, 165.
up-line, 110.
up-state, 24, 109.
up-train, 110.
ur-/sound/, 158.
us, 220.
use, 155.
used, 124.
used to could, 31.
usen, 156.
usen't, 234.
usher, 104.
usually, 228.
vacationize, 164.
vag, 160.
valor, 245.
valour, 245.
vamose, 87.
vamp, /v./, 311.
van, 98.
Van Arsdale, 274.
Van de Veer, 274.
Vandiver, 274.
Van Huys, 274.
vanilla-r, 171.
Vannersdale, 274.
Vannice, 274.
Van Schaick, 282.
Van Siegel, 274.
Van Sickle, 274.
vapor, 245.
vapour, 245.
variate, 31.
variation, 31.
variety, 153.
vary, 31.
vase, 95, 240.
vaseline, 165, 166.
vaudeville, 153, 240.
vaudeville-theatre, 101, 153.
vegetable-marrow, 100, 104.
vegetables, 101.
Venable, 282.
Venables, 282.
Venables-Vernon, 282n.
venereal-disease, 127, 128.
veranda, 245.
verandah, 245.
verger, 112.
Versailles, 291.
vest, 101, 110, 156, 259.
vestry, 107.
vial, 245, 246.
vicar, 112.
vice, 245.
vice-chancellor, 104.
vice-diseases, 128.
victrola, 165.
victualler, 105.
viertel, 113.
vigilante, 87.
vigor, 245.
vigour, 245.
Viola tricolor, 45.
virgin, 128.
virtuosi, 265.
vise, 245.
vogelgesang, 277.
Voice-Like-Thunder, 86.
vois avez, 172.
voodoo, 44.
voting-paper, 107.
voyageur, 43.
w-/sound/, 60.
Wabash, 290.
waffle, 43.
wage-day, 99.
wagen, 90.
wages, 155.
waggon, 19n, 98, 245, 257.
Wagner, 276.
wagon, 19n, 90, 245, 250, 252, 257, 260, 261, 263.
wain, 47.
waist, 155.
waistcoat, 101, 110.
wake, /v./, 197.
walk, /n./, 155, 157, 300.
walk'd, 201n.
walk-out, /n./, 132.
walk out, /vp./, 115.
walk the hospitals, /vp./, 104.
walk the ties, /vp./, 83n.
walk-up apartment, 110.
Wall street, 139.
Wall-street-broker, 107.
wampum, 33, 42.
wampum-keeper, 42n.
wan, /v./, 197, 204.
wanderlust, 89.
wan't, 61.
want-ad, 160.
Ward, 271.
warden, 101.
ward, executive, 105.
ward-heeler, 107.
warehouse, 101.
Warfield, 280.
Warner, 275.
Wärner, 275.
war-paint, 41.
war-path, 41.
warphan, 166.
warphanage, 166.
Warwick, 297.
was, 193, 207, 209.
wash-hand-stand, 101.
wash'n, 157.
wash-rag, 101.
wash-stand, 18.
wasn't, 61.
waste-basket, 101.
waste-paper, basket, 101.
watch, /n./, 155.
watchké, 156.
water, /v./, 135.
water-closet, 127n.
water, pitcher, 18.
water-wagon, 23.
way-bill, 82.
Wayman, 275.
W. C., 127n.
we, 212.
weald, 46.
wear, /v./, 197.
Weaver, 277.