The American Language A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States
Part 37
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.
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.
Weber, 227.
week-end, 105.
weep, 197.
weir, 47, 111.
Weisberg, 277.
Weiss, 273, 277.
well, /interjection/, 34.
wellest, 230.
well-fixed, 116.
well-heeled, 79.
Wellington, 97.
well-posted, 79.
Welsbach, 276.
Wemyss, 283.
went, 195, 205.
weop, 200.
wep, 197, 200, 238.
wepte, 200.
were, 209, 210.
weren't, 61.
Werner, 276.
Wesleyan, 99, 113.
west-bound, 110.
West End, 139.
wet, /v./, 197.
Weymann, 275.
whap, 31.
what, 218.
whatdyecallem, 310.
wheat-pit, 80.
when, 61.
whence, 228.
where, 61, 145, 228.
which, 217, 218.
which'n, 218.
whiet, 155.
whipple-tree, 101.
whisker, 156.
whiskey-and-soda, 85.
whiskey-daisy, 85.
White, 277.
Whitehill, 277.
Whiteneck, 273.
white-plush, 85.
white-slave, 127.
whitewash, /n./, 33; /v./, 49.
white-wings, 102.
whither, 145, 228.
whittle, 56.
who, 144, 145, 217, 218, 219.
whole-souled, 79.
whom, 144, 145, 179, 218, 219.
whortleberry, 45.
whose, 217, 218.
whosen, 217, 218.
wid, 226.
wide, 226.
wie geht's, 89.
wienerwurst, 88.
wife, 126.
wigwam, 33, 41, 42.
wild-cat, /a./, 81.
Wilkiewicz, 277.
will, /auxiliary/, 143, 144, 191, 208, 210.
Williams, 271.
willn't, 61.
Wilson, 277, 278.
Wilstach, 276.
wilt, 31, 56.
wimmen, 250, 251.
win, 197, 204, 211.
wind, /v./, 164, 197.
windfall, 33.
window, 155, 156, 157.
wind-up, /n./, 164.
wind up, /vp./, 164.
winned, 204.
wireless, /v./, 202.
wire-puller, 83.
Wirt, 274.
Wise, 273.
wiseheimer, 151.
wish, /v./, 197.
wisht, 197, 238.
witness-box, 101.
witness-stand, 101.
Wittnacht, 273.
wo, 250.
woe, 250.
wohnzimmer, 103n.
woke, 197, 205.
woken, 197.
wold, 46.
Wolf, 280.
Wolfsheimer, 280.
wolln't, 61.
woman, 126.
women, 250, 251.
women's-singles,-wear, 121.
won, 197, 204.
wonderful, /adv./, 226.
won't, 61.
wood-alcohol, 101.
woodchuck, 41.
Woodhouse, 277.
woolen, 245, 260.
woollen, 245, 261.
wop, 115, 279.
Worcester, 297.
Worcestershire, 297n.
wore, 197.
workhouse, 100, 105.
world, 158.
Worm Moon, 42n.
worse, 230.
worser, 230.
Wörth, 274.
wosterd, 239.
would, 60.
would'a, 190, 238.
would of, 34, 234.
wound, /v./, 197.
wrang, 197.
wrangler, 105.
wrassle, 237.
wrath, 59.
wrecking-crew, 82.
wrestle, 237.
wring, 197.
write, 197.
written, 197, 205.
wrote, 197, 205, 206.
wroten, 205.
wrung, 197.
Wyoming, 290.
y-/sound/, 60, 96.
y, /suf./, 228, 230.
yam, 109.
yank, /v./, 31, 77.
Yank, 160.
Yankee, 42, 160, 279n.
Yankel, 281, 284.
Yankelevitch, 281.
Yanker, 42.
yankie, 42.
yap, 115.
ye, 145, 219.
yeller, 239.
yellow-back, 134.
yellow-belly, 279.
yen, 93.
yes, 152, 179.
yes-indeedy, 92.
yestiddy, 238.
yodel, 89.
yok-a-mi, 93.
Yom Kippur, 114.
Yosel, 284.
you, 145, 212, 214, 215, 219.
you-all, 189, 215.
Young, 275.
young man, 115.
your, 212, 214.
youre, 213, 214.
youren, 214.
youres, 214.
yourn, 212, 214.
yours, 214.
yous, 212, 215.
yuh, 219.
Zacharias, 269.
Zeal, 251.
zeber, 252.
zebra, 252.
zed, 62.
zee, 62.
zeel, 251.
Zimmer, 269.
Zimmermann, 269, 277.
Zimmern, 269.
Zouchy, 269.
zowie, 310.
zubumt, 156.
zug, 116.
zwei, 89.
zwei bier, 89.
zwieback, 89.
General Index
Aasen, Ivar, 5.
Abbreviations, 23, 161.
/Actes de la Société Philologique de Paris/, 18n.
Adams, Franklin P., 144n.
Adams, John. 50.
Adams, John Quincy, 49.
Ade, George, 16, 191, 305.
Addison, Joseph, 201n.
Adjective, American, 24, 27, 30, 33, 44, 48, 50, 56, 57, 76, 80-83, 230, 231.
Adverb, American, 24, 44, 76-80, 83, 146, 226-9.
Alford, Henry, 75, 76, 220, 312.
American Academy of Arts and Letters, 148.
American Dialect Society, 6, 7, 29, 235.
Americanism, definitions of; White's, 10; Lounsbury's, 10; Bartlett's, 30; Fowler's, 30; Farmer's, 32; Clapin's, 33; Thornton's, 33.
/American Magazine/, 185n.
American Philological Association, 261.
/American Review of Reviews/, 157n.
Ames, Nathaniel, 47.
/Annual Review/, 38.
Archer, William, 12, 28.
/Archiv f. d. Studium d. neueren Sprachen/, 18.
Aristophanes, 181n.