The American Language A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States
Part 35
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.
dicker, /v./, 49.
dictagraph, 165.
die with his boots on, /vp./, 78.
did, 194, 204, 205.
diff, 160.
difference, 160.
different from, than, to, 115.
difrens, 155.
dig, 194, 198.
digged, 198.
diggings, 31, 81.
dill, 156.
Dilehay, 274.
dime, 47.
dime-novel, 98.
din, 56.
diner, 82, 160.
dining-car, 160.
dinky, 230.
dinner, 155, 157.
diphtheria, 172.
diphthong, 172.
directly, 114.
direct-primary, 107.
dirt, 115.
dirty, 228.
discipline, 251.
disorderly-house, 127.
distaff, 254.
display-ad, 160.
dissenter, 112, 113.
district, 107, 109.
dive, /n./, 14, 14n, 85, 133; /v./, 194.
dived, 194.
divide, /n./, 46, 294.
division, 100, 107.
divorcée, 240, 265.
Divver, 273.
divvy, /n./, 111; /v./, 84.
Dixie, 33.
do, 194, 204.
docket, 81.
Doctor, 117, 124n.
dodge the issue, /vp./, 78.
do don't, 31.
doesn't, 210.
dog, 175.
doggery, 81, 85.
dog-gone, 129.
Dohme, 276.
dole, /v./, 194, 199.
dollar, 47, 139.
dollars to doughnuts, 142.
dolled-up, /a./, 142, 164.
doll up, /vp./, 164.
dom, /suf./, 154n.
dominie, 43.
don, 105.
donate, 27, 28n, 51, 136.
donder, 43.
done, 194, 204.
don't, 210.
doodle, /suf./, 166.
Doolittle, 274.
doop, 94.
door, 156.
dope, /n./, 93, 94, 311, 319; /v./, 94, 142.
dope out, /vp./, 94, 142.
double-header, 111.
double-pica, 114.
dough, 133.
dough-boy, 142.
do up brown, /vp./, 79.
dove, /v./, 194, 199.
down-and-out, 24, 81.
down-East, 109.
down, 46, 108.
down-town, 79.
down-train, 109.
downwards, 147.
doxologize, 27, 74, 76.
Dr. 108, /see also/ Doctor.
draft, 95, 243, 246.
drag, /v./, 194.
dragged, 194.
drain, 100, 237.
drama, 173.
drank, 194, 204, 205.
draper, 106.
draper's-shop, 98.
draught, 243.
draughts, 98.
draw, /n./, 50, 160; /v./, 194, 204.
draw a bead, /vp./, 49.
drawbridge, 50, 160.
drawed, 194, 204.
drawers, 110.
drawing-pin, 101.
drawing-room, 99, 103.
dreadful, 31.
dreadnaught, 243.
dreadnought, 243.
dream, /v./, 194.
dreampt, 194, 201.
dreamt, 260.
dreen, 237.
dress, 155.
dresské, 156.
dress'n, 157.
drew, 194, 204.
Drewry, 282.
drily, 243, 260.
drink, /v./, 194, 204.
drive, /n./, 299; /v./, 194.
drove, /v./, 194.
drown, 194.
drown'd, 201n.
drownded, 91, 196, 201.
drowned, 91.
drug, /v./, 194, 200.
druggist, 98.
drug-store, 18.
drummer, 14, 14n, 98.
drunk, 85, 195, 204.
dry-goods, 52, 53.
dry-goods store, 98.
dryly, 243, 261.
dub, /n./, 14, 311.
Dubois, 276.
duck, /n./, 85.
due, 174.
dug, 194.
dug-out, 80.
duke, 174.
dumb, 88, 90, 90n.
dumb-head, 90n.
dummkopf, 90n.
dump, /v./, 49.
Drunkard, 113.
during, 148.
Düring, 275.
durn, 129.
dust-bin, 97, 102.
dustman, 102.
dutchie, 279.
dutiable, 40, 50, 51.
duty, 174.
Duval, 271.
dwindle, 310.
e, /pro./, 216n.
e-/sound/, 60.
ea-/sound/, 91n, 96.
eagle, 47.
earlier'n, 231.
earth, 115.
east-bound, 110.
East end, 139.
East side, 139.
easy, /adv./, 227.
easy-mark, 311.
eat, 194, 211.
eat crow, /vp./, 84.
éclat, 264.
ecology, 243.
écrevisse, 41.
ecumenical, 243.
ede, /suf./, 200.
Edelstein, 277.
edema, 243.
edged, 85.
editorial, /n./, 98.
ee-/sound/, 96.
eel-grass, 45.
ee-ther, 96.
eetood, 240.
egg-plant, 45, 109.
either, 96.
eldorado, 87.
electrocute, 163.
electrolier, 165.
elevator, 14, 50, 98, 133.
elevator, boy, 98.
élite, 264.
Elk, 288, 294.
ellum, 239.
El Paso, 292.
em, 217.
embalming-surgeon, 124n.
emerald, 114.
emperour, 248n.
employé, 124, 153, 252, 265.
employee, 153, 252.
enceinte, 127.
enclose, 244, 258.
encyclopaedia, 243.
encyclopedia, 243.
endeavor, 243
endeavour, 243.
endorse, 244, 258.
end-seat-hog, 163.
engage, 106.
Enghien, 300.
engine-driver, 99.
engineer, /n./, 82; /v./, 24, 77.
English, /n./, 114.
English education, 279n.
engulf, 258.
enquire, 260.
enquiry, 244, 258.
Enroughty, 282.
enter a claim, /vp./, 78.
enteric, 101.
enthuse, 77, 142.
eon, 243.
eower, 213.
eowrum, 213.
epaulet, 243.
epaulette, 243, 245.
Episcopal, 113n.
Episcopalian, 113n.
er, /suf./, 253, 260.
Erdmann, 276.
Erin go braugh, 91.
eruptiveness, 33.
ese, 158.
esophagus, 243, 253, 263.
espera, 158.
Esq., 121.
estate-agent, 108.
et, /v./, 190, 194, 199.
eternal, 129.
étude, 240.
euchre, /v./, 134.
Evelyn, 286.
eventuate, 49.
evincive, 50.
ex, /pref./, 118.
exact, 77n.
exchange, /n./, 124.
excursionist, 82, 98.
excursion-train, 83.
excurt, /v./, 77.
exfluncticate, 82.
expect, 31.
exposé, 153, 265.
express, /v./, 83.
express-car, 82.
express-company, 98.
expressman, 82.
express-office, 82.
exterior, 248n.
extraordinary, 169, 170.
eye-opener, 85.
eye, ther, 96.
face-cloth, 101.
face the music, /vp./, 49.
factor, 98.
fade away, /vp./, 319.
faggot, 243, 245, 260.
fagot, 243.
fake, 319.
faker, 156.
fall, /n./, 10, 14, 33, 56, 59, 133; /v./, 194, 204.
fall down, /vp./, 142.
fallen, 194, 204.
fallen-woman, 127.
fall for it, /vp./, 311.
fambly, 238.
fan, 111.
fan-light, 101.
fan-tan, 93.
Farinholt, 282.
faster'n, 231.
fast-freight, 82.
father, 59, 95.
favor, 243, 251, 253.
favorite, 243.
favorite-son, 83, 84.
favourite, 243, 247.
Fear, 275.
feather, 250, 251.
feature, /v./, 14, 142.
feaze, 77.
fed, 194, 199.
feed, 194.
feel, 194, 202.
feeled, 202.
feel good, 149.
Feivel, 284.
Félicité, 300.
fell, /n./, 46; /v./, 194, 204.
feller, 157, 239.
fellow, 115, 155, 157.
fellowship, /v./, 27, 30, 57.
felt, /v./, 194, 202.
female, /n./, 126, 127.
femme de chambre, 154.
fen, 46.
fence, 254.
fences, 83.
fenster, 156.
fenz, 154.
ferry, 294.
fether, 251.
fervor, 243.
fervour, 243.
fest, /suf./, 151.
fetch, 195.
fetched, 195.
fête, 153, 264.
few, 174.
fiancée, 240.
fiddled, 85.
Fiddler, 280.
Fifth avenue, 139.
50° 40′, 285n.
fight, 195.
figure, 174.
filibuster, 83, 84.
filing-cabinet, 98.
fill the bill, /vp./, 78.
filthy, 228.
find, /v./, 195.
Findlay, 273.
fine, /a./, 116n; /adv./, 227; /v./, 195, 238.
finger, /n./, 85.
finish up, /vp./, 164.
Fionnlagh, 273.
Fion Uisg, 273.
fire, /v./, 83.
fire-brigade, 98, 105.
fire-bug, 81.
fire-department, 98, 105.
fire-eater, 10, 81, 309.
fire-laddie, 105.
fire-water, 41.
first-floor, 103.
first-form, 104.
first-storey, 103.
first-year-man, 104.
Fischbach, 275.
Fishback, 275.
fish-dealer, 98.
fish-monger, 98.
fish-plate, 82.
fit, /v./, 195n.
fitten, 195n.
five-o'clock-tea, 88n.
fix, /v./, 116, 157.
fix'n, 156.
fizz, 85.
fizzle, /v./, 49.
fizzle out, /vp./, 78.
flag, /v./, 83.
flagman, 82.
flang, 195.
flap, jack, 56.
flapper, 308n.
flare up, /vp./, 31.
flat, /n./, 110.
flat-boat, 81.
flat-car, 82.
flat-footed, 24, 79.
flat-house, 110.
flavor, 243.
flavour, 243.
fletcherize, 163.
flew, 195.
flier, 124.
fling, /v./, 195.
floater, 83.
floor, 155, 156, 157.
floor-walker, 98, 124.
floozy, 166.
flop-flop, /v./, 93.
flow, /v./, 195.
flowed, 195.
Flower Moon, 42n.
flu, 160, 310.
flume, 14.
flung, 195.
flunk out, /v./, 31.
flurry, /n./, 81.
fly, /v./, 195.
fly off the handle, /vp./, 49.
fonograph, 264.
font, 243, 258.
Fontaine, 274.
footway, 100.
Ford, 275.
foregather, 243, 260.
forego, 243, 246.
foreman, 155.
Foreman, 275.
forgather, 243, 260.
forgo, 243, 260.
forgot, 195, 206.
forgotten, 195.
fork, /n./, 33, 46, 294.
for keeps, 111, 319.
fork over, /vp./, 31.
form, 104, 243.
forme, 243, 245, 256.
former, /pref./, 118.
formulae, 265.
for rent, 137.
forsake, 195.
forsaken, 195, 199.
forsook, 195.
fortnight, 114.
forty-rod, 85.
forwards, 147, 229.
forward, looker, 302.
fosfate, 264.
fotch, 195n.
foto, 264.
fotograph, 264.
Foucher, 300.
fought, 195.
foul, /v./, 111.
found, 195, 200.
fount, 243, 258.
Fountain, 274.
fowl-run, 98.
Fox, 272.
fox-fire, 56.
frame-house, 46.
frankfurter, 88.
frat, 105, 160.
fraternal-order, 98.
fraternity, 160.
frawst, 175.
frazzle, 134.
frazzled, 85.
Freedman, 275.
free-lunch, 18.
freeze, 195.
freeze on to, /vp./, 78, 311.
freight, 98.
freight, agent, 98.
freight-car, 14, 82, 98.
Frémont, 276.
French, 279n.
French letter, 280n.
freshet, 52.
freshman, 104.
Friedmann, 275.
friendly-society, 98.
frijole, 87.
friz, /v./, 195, 200.
frog, 27, 82, 98.
froggy, 278.
frolick, 250, 254.
frolicksome, 254.
from here, 229.
from there, 229.
from where, 229.
frozen, 195.
Fuchs, 272.
Führ, 275.
Fuhrmann, 275.
fulfill, 170.
full-house, 111.
fun, 93.
funds, 106.
funeral-director, 124.
funeralize, 74, 76, 164.
funny, 231.
Fürst, 275.
Furth, 275.
fuse, 243, 246, 257.
fuze, 243, 257.
g-/sound/, 61, 274.
gabfest, 151.
gage, 253.
gag-rule, 83, 107.
gaiety, 260.
galoot, 80.
gambler, 155.
gamester, 90n.
gangster, 156.
ganof, 151, 240.
gantlet, 243.
ganze, 113.
ganz gut, 89.
gaol, 244, 246, 250, 257, 260.
gaoler, 257.
gap, 46.
garden, 97, 110.
garden-party, 153.
Garnett, 273.
garter-snake, 45.
garters, 98.
gas, 160.
gasoline, 98, 160, 165.
gate-money, 111.
gauge, 253.
gauntlet, 243.
gave, 203, 205.
gawd, 175.
gawne, 175.
gay Quaker, 33.
gazabo, 87.
G. B., 161.
g'by, 239.
gedämätscht, 155.
gee-whiz, 129.
gefiedelt, 151n.
General, 118.
generally, 228.
gentleman, 121.
gentleman-author, 121.
gentleman-clerk, 121.
gentleman-cow, 126.
gentleman-rider, 121.
gent'man, 238.
gerrymander, 83, 107.
Gervaise, 274.
gescheumpt, /v./, 155.
gesundheit, 89.
get, /v./, 60, 115, 193n, 195.
get ahead of, /vp./, 78.
get a move on, /vp./, 25.
get-away, /n./, 14.
get away with, /vp./, 309.
get by, /vp./, 311.
get it in the neck, /vp./, 319.
get-out, /n./, 14
get solid with, /vp./, 78, 142.
get sore, /vp./, 319.
get the bulge on, /vp./, 78.
get the dead wood on, /vp./, 78.
get the drop on, /vp./, 78.
get the hang of, /vp./, 31.
getting on, /vp./, 114.
get wise, /vp./, 319.
gift-shop, 137.
gillotin, 251, 252.
gin-fix, 85.
gin-fizz, 84.
ginger-ale, 85.
ginger-pop, 85.
ginseng, 93.
gipsy, 258, 260.
girl for general housework, 102.
girt, 201.
git, 60.
giv, 251.
give, 164, 195, 203, 205, 251.
give out, /vp./, 164.
glad-eye, 133.
glamor, 243.
glamour, 243.
glass, 95, 173.
glass-arm, 111.
glebe, 112.
gleich, 155.
gleiche, 155.
glide, 195.
glode, 195, 199.
gmilath chesed, 157.
go, 195, 317.
go-aheadativeness, 27.
goatee, 81.
go back on, /vp./, 78, 164.
go big, /vp./, 146.
god, 266.
god-damned, 129.
go finish, /vp./, 318.
Godfrey, 277.
go for, /vp./, 79.
going on, /vp./, 115.
going some, 26, 149.
going strong, 319.
go into service, /vp./, 78.
go it blind, /vp./, 78.
go it one better, /vp./, 111.
Gold, 280.
goldarned, 129.
Goldschmidt, 277, 280.
Goldsmith, 277.
gone-coon, 33.
goner, 48.
gonorrhea, 128, 253.
gonorrhoea, 253.
Gonzalez, 271.
goober, 44.
good, 148, 149.
good-afternoon, 115.
good-by, 243.
good-bye, 115, 243.
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.