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bakalingo, 113

bakehead, 583

Bakehouse, 487

bake-house, 233

Baker, 485, 497

baker, 368

baker’s shop, 233

bakery, 176, 233

baking-engineer, 290

Bakken, 492

bakt, 414

balance, 120, 165

balcony, 228

Bald, 529

Bald Knob, 529

balk, 389

ball-and-chain, 561

ballast, 238

ballat, 360

ballistics-engineer, 290

balloon, 582

bally, 270, 568

ballyhoo, 188, 191

bally-stand, 584

balm, 182, 335, 336, 349, 359

bologna, see boloney

baloney, see boloney

balony, see boloney

Baltimore, 530, 531, 540

Baltimoron, 552

bam, 184

bamboozle, to, 126

ban, 182

ban, to, 199

banana, 112

Bancamerica, 172

Bancorporation, 172

band-box, 581

bandits, 412

banditti, 412

bandwagon, 37

bang, 184

banjo, 113

bank-account, 244; -bill, 99; -holiday, 237; -note, 99. 233

banking-account, 233, 244

bank -management - engineer, 291

bank on, to, 227

bankrup, 352

banner-line, 584; -state, 148

banter, 126

Baptist, 462

bar, 334, 335, 339, 349

bar, to, 199

Baraboo, 533

Barb, 519

barb, to, 192, 374

Barbara, 519

barbaratorium, 179

barbecue, 112, 247

Barber, 486, 496

barber, 373

barberia, 177

Bar–B–Q, 209

bard, 349

Barefoot, 505

bargain, to, 269

bargain-counter, 227

Bar Harbor, 391

baritone, 390

bark, 390

Barkly, 503

bark up the wrong tree, to, 100, 143

barly, 402

barm, 349

barmaid, 243

barman, 236, 243

bar-mitzva, 217

barn, 7, 12, 122

Barnegat, 533

Barnum, 537

barque, 390

barracon, 153

barrel, 359; -house, 149

barren, 536

barrens, 115

barrister, 245

barrow, 235

bartender, 37, 150, 236, 243

Bartholomew, 515

Bartolomeo, 509

Barton, 489

Bartoszewicz, 489

Baruch, 500

barytone, 390

Bashie, 521

Basil, 511, 512

basin, 260

basketeria, 177

bas-relief, 338

bassaris, 214

basswood, 115

bastard, 293, 314

bat, 150

batfest, 218

bath, 233

bathe, 252

bathing-suit, 233

bathtub, 233

bathtub-gin, 580

batl, 399

batman, 30

Baton Rouge, 537, 542; -an, 550

batteau, 108, 151

Battenberg, 500

battery, 236

batting-average, 191

battle, 399

battle, to, 199

battleship, 583

battle-wagon, 582

Bauer, 483

bauer, 157

baugh,482

Baughman, 479, 482

baulk, 389

Bauman, 483

bawd, 349

bawl, to, 198

bawl out, to, 198

Bay, 492, 552

bay, 124

Bayard, 516

bayberry, 124

Bayle, 481

bayou, 98, 151

Bay State, 101

bay-window, 128

bazaar, 234

bazoo, 557

b.d.t., 209

be, to, 427, 445, 613

beach, 236; -comber, 231

beagle, 580

bean, 328, 341, 428, 557, 563

beanery, 176

Bear Creek, 529

beat, to, 428

beaten, 428

Beatha, 521

beatingest, 143

Beatrice, 541

beat the Dutch, to, 259

beat up, to, 198

Beauchamp, 480, 503, 522

Beaufort, 541

beau pré, 105

beaut, 169, 564

beautician, 179, 229, 284, 288

beautiful, 463

beautifuler, 420

beautifuller, 463

beautifullest, 463

beautorium, 179

beaux-arts, 411

Beaver, 514, 529

beaver, 536

Beaver moon, 106

became, 428

becassine, 214

becaus, 404

because, 339

Becker, 485

become, to, 428

becuz, 339

bed, 308

bed-bug, 86, 233, 310

Beddow, 495

bed-rock, 227

Bedrosian, 497

bed-spread, 144

Bee, 537

beech, 124

Beecham, 503

beef, 128

beef, to, 609

beefsteak, 155

beeg, 368

bee-hive, 583

bee-line, 116, 231

been, 328, 341, 373, 374, 427, 441

beer, 243; -garden, 112, 155, 219; -mallet, 236, 244; -sort, 112

bee’s knees, 561

bees too bee busy, 260

Beethead, 552

beet, 228; -root, 228

began, 428, 440

began (n), 428

beggar, 368

begin, to, 422, 428, 447

begob, 160

begorry, 160

begun, 428, 441

begunnon, 428

behavior problem, 293

behaviorist, 178

behaviour, 395

behind, 252

Behla, 496

behoove, to, 415

behove, 392

behove, to, 415

Be-jesus Be-johnson, 510

bel, 403

Bela, 496

Belair, 533

Bel Air, 533

belch, 309

belch, to, 578

Beldo, 493

beleev, 381

belgiumize, to, 193

Belgrade, 530

Belič, 489

believ, 403

belittle, to, 7, 14, 22, 100, 118, 224

Belko, 489

Bellair, 533

Bellaire, 533

bell-boy, 227

Belle Aire, 533

Belle Ayr, 533

beller, 353

Bellevue, 533

Bellfontaine, 525

bell-hop, 145, 186, 263

Bello, 493

bellow, 602

Bellows, 493

bell-ringer, 583

belly, 309

bellyache, to, 196

belly-laugh, 560

belly-robber, 573

belovéd, 438

Belsnickel, 159

belt, 239

Belva Dula, 522

Belvidere, 543

Ben, 519

ben, 341, 428

bend, 260

bend, to, 428

benefice, 248

Ben Hur, 534, 537

Benjamin, 506, 515

Benld, 538

Bensonhurst, 529

Bent, 523

bent, 528, 538

berceuse, 347

-berg, 500

Berg, 484

Berger, 484

Berinthia, 522

Berkeley, 503

Berkeleyan, 549

Berks County Dutchman, 550

Berlin, 530

Bernalilo, 534

Bérnard, 504

Berneita, 521

Bernheimer, 498

Bernstein, 499

berries, 45

Bert, 506, 507, 519

Bertha, 510

Besma, 522

bespoke, 234

Bess, 511

Bessie, 507

best, 463

best, to, 199

best bib and tucker, 232

best end, 236

best end of the neck, 236

best of the bunch, 565

bet, to, 428

betcha, 258

Beth, 519

Bethene, 521

betrayed, 302, 310

Betsy, 511

Bettelarm, 501

better, 463

betterment, 145

betterments, 98

better’n, 464

Betts, 483

Betty, 507, 509, 511, 519

between, 472

Betz, 483

Beulah, 535

Beverly, 520

beyond, 343

bhoy, 162

B.I., 579

Bianca, 509

Bias, 537

Bible, 505, 584

bible, to, 196, 578

Bible Belt, 230, 239

bid, 239

biergarten, 112

bierstube, 219

biff, 564

biff, to, 609

big, 368, 377; -chief, 106; -day, 580; -fella, 226; -gun, 144; -horse, 577, 580; -ox, 583; -shot, 580; -stick, 174

Big Baby, 514

Big Chimney, 537

Bighorse, 514

bil, 401, 403

Bilbo, 505

bild, 402, 403

bile, 102, 161, 346

Bilious, 505

Bill, 509, 512, 519

bill, 159, 233; -board, 95, 233, 266; -fold, 239; -of-lading, 238; -poster, 579

Bille, 537

billiards-saloon, 237

billiard-studio, 292

billion, 144, 255

bilt, 381, 384

Biltmore, 538

bimeby, 129

bin, 341, 428

bind, to, 428

bindery, 176

bindle, 582

bindle-stiff, 582

bing, 184

bingle, 263

bint, 569

biograph, to, 194

biology, 604

biorque, 214

bird, 367, 564

Birdene, 521

Birdie, 507

birdie, 562

Birdsong, 485

Birmingham, 540

Birquelle, 487

biscuit, 123, 233, 234, 255, 267

bishop, 149

biskit, 406

Bismarck, 529, 537

bit, 580

bitch, 301, 302

bit of a lad, 569

bitten, 428, 429, 444

bitter, 244

Bittinger, 484

bizar, 401

Bizjak, 489

bj, 490

Bjerstjerne, 510

Björnson Björnstjerne, 510

Black, 482, 485, 489

Blackbear, 514

blackbird, 124

black-coated, 239

blacked, 247

black-eye, 12

Blackfoot, 485

black-hand, 222

black-ink, 255

blackleg, 239

black-stripe, 149

black treacle, 235 -blad, 491

Bladder
, 159, 584

blah, 185, 557

blame, to, 199

blamed, 375

Blancamano, 493

blanch, 335

blanche, 214

Blanco, 493

bland, 337

blankety, 316

blarneyfest, 218

blasphemious, 353

blast, 182, 184, 315

blasting-engineer, 290

blather, 338

Blaustein, 500

Blauvelt, 481

bleachers, 191

bleater, 587

Bleba, 521

bled, 429

bleed, to, 429

bleeding, 316

blessed-event, 561

blew, 429, 440

blighty, 573

blimp, 573

blind, 36; -baggage, 147; -pig, 149; -tiger, 100

blintzes, 217

blizzard, 144, 219, 231, 568

Bloch, 482

Block, 482

block, 12, 239, 247, 554, 557

blockhead, 563

Block Island, 533

block of flats, 233, 247

block of service-flats, 233

blond, 411, 412

blonde, 411, 412

blood, 312, 382

blood count, to, 197

blood disease, 307

blooded, 120

bloodfest, 218

blood-poison, 304

bloody, 311, 314, 316

Bloom, 482

Blooma, 522

Bloomer, 523

bloomer, 144

Bloomingdale, 498

blotter, 243

blotto, 573

blow, 315, 602

blow, to, 118, 429, 440, 566, 581

blowed, 429, 440

blow in, to, 227

blown, 429, 440

blow-out, 144

blow smoke, to, 583

blud, 382

blue, 231, 345

Blue Ball, 536

blue-blazer, 149

blue-grass, 114

Blue Hen’s Chicken, 552

Bluehill, 539

Blue Jay, 537

blue-law, 150

bluf, 401, 403

bluff, 3, 57, 115, 231

bluff, to, 231, 609

Blum, 482, 484

Blumenthal, 498

blummie, 109

blurb, 557

blustiferous, 568

blut, 312

blutarm, 312

blutwurst, 155

bo, 170, 581; bo-, 491

B. O., 586

boar, 302, 308

board, 349

boarded, 604

board-school, 241

boat, 182

bob, to, 373

bobateria, 177, 179

bobatorium, 179

bobby, 243

Bobo, 505

bobolink, 12

Bob Ruly, 533

bob-sled, 115

boche, 295

bock-beer, 112, 155

bodacious, 359

boddy, 397

body, 397; -snatcher, 577

boedel, 109

bog, 115, 246

bogie, 147

bogue, 214

Boguehomme, 547

bogus, 108, 120, 231, 373, 538

Bohdan, 511

Bohdanka, 511

bohee, 295

boheme, to, 192

bohick, 295

bohoe, 295

bohunk, 263, 295

boid, 350, 367

boil, 346

Boileau, 495

boiled, 568; -dinner, 247; -shirt, 144

boiler, 585

Bois Boulogne, 348

Boiseite, 549

boko, 260

Bolander, 491

boll-weevil-expert, 291

bologna, 391

boloney, 391, 263, 560, 572

bolt, to, 148

bolter, 148

bolts, 119

bom, 402

Boman, 491

bomb, 580

bonanza, 152

Bonaparte, 478

Bon Cœur, 481

bond, 244

bonds, 244

bone-dry, 565

bone-head, 187, 563, 564

bone-orchard, 577

bones, 566

bonnet, 236

Bonne Terre, 542

Bon Pas, 482

Bon Secour, 539

Bons Enfants, 547

boob, 37, 170, 263

boobarian, 560

boobariat, 560

booberati, 560

booboisie, 560

boobomaniac, 560

boobuli, 560

boocoo, 573

boocoop, 573

boodle, 108, 231

boodle, to, 148

boodler, 148

boogie, 296

Boohum, 524

book-concern, 150

bookdom, 178

Booker, 485

bookfest, 218

booking-clerk, 238

booking-office, 147

bookseller’s shop, 99

bookstore, 12, 99

boom, 167, 227, 565, 602

boom, to, 93, 141, 167, 227

boomer, 142, 582, 583

boom-town, 142

Boomy, 524

boor, 614

boost, 171

boost, to, 35, 141, 231, 567

booster, 47, 263, 565

boot, 122, 158, 233, 235, 266, 344, 391