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[1] No capitals are used in the book. Even the title page is in lower case.
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List of Words and Phrases
The parts of speech are indicated only when it is desirable for clearness. The following abbreviations are used:
/a./ adjective /adv./ adverb /art./ article /n./ noun /pref./ prefix /pro./ pronoun /suf./ suffix /v./ verb /vp./ verb-phrase.
a, /art./, 62, 154, 267; /particle/, 207; /pref./, 92.
a-/sound/, 11, 58-60, 94-5, 102, 173-4, 176.
Aarons, 280
aber nicht, 152.
aber nit, 152, 308, 311.
abgefaked, /v./, 156.
aboard, 92.
abolitionist, 83.
above, 262.
Abraham, 280n.
absquatulate, /v./, 82.
abuv, 262.
accept, 77n.
acceptum, 77n.
accommodation-train, 82.
accouchement, 127.
achtel, 113.
acre, 250, 252, 254.
acute, 160.
acy, /suf./, 77.
ad, 142, 160.
Adamic, 73.
ad-card, 160.
addition, 50.
addressograph, 165.
ad-man, 160.
admitted to the bar, /vp./ 108.
adobe, 87.
ad-rate, 160.
advertisement, 160, 169, 176.
advertize, 262.
advocate, /v./, 27, 48, 49, 51.
ad-writer, 160.
adze, 56.
aeon, 243.
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.
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.