American Language (140 page)

bootchkey, 295

bootee, 12

bootery, 176, 266

bootician, 179, 288

Bootjack, 524

bootlace, 235

boot-legger, 149, 288, 565

boot-maker, 122, 266

boots, 85, 247

boot-shop, 122, 266

booze, 244, 566 -fest, 218; -foundry, 564; -hister, 346

boozer, 244

boozery, 176

Boozeville, 536

borax-house, 218

Borbély, 496

Bordeaux, 348

Borecký, 512

bored, 349

boredom, 178

boric-boracic, 415

boro, 402, 403, 539

borracho, 153

borrow, to, 433

bosch, 532

bosom, 302

boss, 24, 69, 98, 108, 231, 372, 570, 609

boss, to, 609

boss around, to, 262

boss-rule, 148

Boston, 527, 528

Boston Common, 115

Bostonia, 529, 548

bother, 315

bottle, 587, 603

bottom, to, 15

bottom, 359; -dollar, 144; -land, 99, 115; -round, 236

bottoms, 115

Bouchevaldre, 487

Boughman, 479

bought, 429

boughten, 425, 429, 438, 442

boulevard, 546, 547

bouncer, 142,149, 236, 245

bound, 428

bound’ry, 353

Bourbon, 547

bourbon, 263

bourgeois, 250

bout, 182

bower, 157

Bowers, 483

Bowery, 533

bowl, 368

bowler, 234, 239

bowling-alley, 236

bowls, 248

Bowman, 479, 483, 491

bowsprit, 105

Bowzar, 524

box-canyon, 152

box-car, 146, 238

box-engineer, 290

Boyd, 367

boyologist, 179

bozart, 411

Bozo, 497

bozo, 564, 585

Bozoian, 497

bracelet, 335

braces, 85, 235, 239, 391

bracken, 115

brains, 583

brain-trust, 186

brainy, 143

brake, 429

brake-van, 238

brakie, 572

branch, 115, 334, 336, 337

brand-new, 352

brandy-champarelle, 149

brandy-crusta, 149

brang, 429

Brasby, 523

brash, 143

brassiére, 347

brass-mounted, 137

brass-pounder, 583

Braswell, 516

Braun, 477, 483

Braunstein, 477, 499

brave, 108

bravo, 108

bread-basket, 566

breadery, 176

breadstuffs, 12, 35, 120, 122

break, 235

break, to, 429

breakaway, 587

break away, to, 609

breakbone, 563

breakfast, 240

breast, 302, 303, 308, 309

bred, 381, 401, 403

Bredevelt, 485

breeze, to, 16, 578

breezer, 579

brekfast, 401

brekfest, 403

brekker, 568

Bremen, 530

bresh, 360

brest, 381

brethren, 353, 614

breve, 250

brevier, 250

brevis, 250

Brian, 487

briar, 392, 393

briars, 580

bribd, 402

brick, 603

brickstein, 159

Bridgewater, 479

brief a barrister, to, 246

brief-case, 246

brier, 393

brigadier, 283

brigghity, 110

Brigham, 516

brile, 346

Brill, 482

brilliant, 250

bring, to, 429

brioche, 214

briqué, 214

brisbanality, 175

Bristol, 527, 528

broad, 305, 577

broad-bean, 260

broadcast, to, 197, 439

broadcasted, 439

broad-gauge man, 147

Broadway, 546

Brodie, 578

broil, 346

broiled, 234

broiler, 240

broke, 422, 429, 565

broken, 428, 429

broker, 244

bromid, 401

Bromide, 536

bromide, 227

bromo-seltzer, 172

bronc, 152, 170

bronchitis, 341

bronco, 152

bronichal, 353

Bronislawa, 510

Brookfreed, 485

Brooklyn, 532; -ite, 549

broom, 344

brother, 280, 614; -act, 562

brought, 429

Brown, 477, 478, 483, 486, 498, 514

brown, 247; -skin, 296

Bruce, 492

Brühl, 482

brung, 423, 429, 437

brush off a hat, to, 251

brush your hat off, 198

brusk, 394

Bruss, 492

bryanize, to, 193

Bryant, 516

Bryn Jenkins, 546

Bryn Jones, 529

b. s., 209

bt, 401

Bubble, 536

Bucher, 485

buchershelf, 159

buchta, 216

Buchwalter, 487

Buck, 520

buck, 302, 308, 582

buck, to, 263

buckaroo, 152

bucket, 243; -shot, 228

Buckeye, 101, 552

buckeye, 12

Buck moon, 106

buck-private, 573

buckra, 98, 112, 113

buckshot, 308

buck the tiger, to, 143

buckwheat, 85; -cake, 12

Bud, 519

budge, to, 126

Buena, 543

Buerckel, 487

Buffalo, 529, 536; -nian, 549

buffalo, 296

Buffalo Creek, 536

buffer, 238

buffet, 292, 347

bug, 12, 86, 233, 310, 577

bugaboo, 144

Bug-eater, 552

bug-eye, 117

bugger, 314

buggy, 583

bug-house, 186

Bugtown, 554

build, to, 429

builder-upper, 586

building, 414

building-lot, 121

build-up, 576

built, 384, 429, 438

bull, 286, 301, 302, 308, 309, 361, 577, 585; -fist, 218, 581; -frog, 114, 308; -snake, 12

Bulldog, 536

bulldoze, to, 141, 142, 263

bulldozing, 148

Bull Head, 514

Bull Run, 535

bullsh, 378

Bulltown, 537

bully, 229

bullyrag, to, 232

Bulow, 410

Bülow, 410

Bulpitt, 505

bum, 92, 155, 156, 170, 263, 306, 310, 581; -bum, 500

bum, to, 156

bum-bailiff, 310

bum food, 156

bummelei, 156

bummelig, 156

bummelleben, 156

bummeln, 156

bummelzug, 156

bummer, 93, 156

bummery, 156

bumming-place, 156

bummler, 156

bump, 184

bump, to, 564, 586

bump a block, 261

bumped off, to be, 40

bumper, 147, 238

bump off, to, 578

Bumpus, 482

bum’s-rush, 156

bum steer, 156

bunco, 92; -steerer, 37

buncombe, 92, 144, 148, 225

-bund, 219

bundling, 12

bung-starter, 149, 236, 244

bunk, 92, 170; -shooter, 263

Bunker, 481

bunker, 562

bunkum, 558, 572

Bunnie, 552

bunt, to, 191

Buonaparte, 479

burden, 389

bureau, 12, 100, 108, 254

bureaucracy, 406

bureau-of -information, 238

burg, 263, 539

burgh, 539

Burgh de Walter, 479

burglarize, to, 93

burgle, to, 141, 192

burial-abbey, 288

buried, to be, 581

Burl, 522

burlesk, 406

burly, 128

burn, to, 429, 581

Burnett, 503

Burning Bear, 536

burnt, 429, 536

buro, 403

burocracy, 406

burp, to, 309, 564

burro, 152; -load, 152; -trail, 152; -train, 152; -weed, 152

Burroughs, 499

burst, 429, 439, 602

burthen, 389

Burton, 498

Burtyce, 521

bury deep, to, 465

bury the hatchet, 106, 232

bush, 108, 532; -fighting, 108; -league, 108; -leaguer, 191; -ranger, 108; -town, 108; -whacker, 108

bushel, 462

busher, 108

bushwah, 301

business-block, 247

business-suit, 235

bust, 92, 102, 150, 185, 350, 422, 439

bust, to, 429

busted, 429, 439

buster, 102

bust-head, 429, 568

Busyjack, 489

but, 203

butch, to, 192

Butcher, 496

butcher, 344; -shop, 587

Butrus, 513

Butt, 499

butt, to, 198

butte, 151

Butte Creek, 535

butterine, 86

butter-krust, 407

Buttermilk, 505

butter-muslin, 234

butter no parsnips, to, 565

butter-nut, 114

butt in, to, 198

buttinski, 103, 222

buttle, to, 192

buttonwood, 12

but what, 454

buy, to, 429

buz, 401, 403

Buzzard, 552

buzzard, 587

buzz-saw, 144

B. V. D., 208

by God, 316

by gosh, 316

by gum, 316

by Jove, 313

by-law, 243

Byrd, 367

by ’r Lady, 312

Byron, 516

by way of being, 256

c, 383. 386, 394, 401, 402, 404

cab, 169, 343

cabaret, 347

cabeca, 216

Cabinet, 245

cablegram, 171

caboodle, 231

caboose, 146, 238

Cabot, 498

cach, 400

cache, 98, 108, 182

cacodemonize, to, 117

cacogen, 175

cactuses, 413

caddy, 579

-cade, 180

cadet, 283

Cadogen, 503

Caesar, 523

café, 177, 292, 347, 409

cafeteria, 176, 221, 228

cag, 383, 384

cage, 583

cahoots, 263

Caillé, 481

Cain, 498

Cairo, 541

Caitlin, 513

cake-eater, 561

cakery, 176

caketeria, 177

cake-walk, 145

Cal, 183

calaboose, 98, 152, 263

calabozo, 152

Calais, 348

calamity-howler, 145

calculate, to, 24, 99

cald, 401, 403

Caldeno, 538

calendar, 246

Calexico, 537

calf-slobber, 583

caliber, 394

calibre, 383

California, 349

call, to, 191, 198, 613

call down, to, 198

called to the bar, to be, 246

Callowhill, 503

calm, 334, 335, 338, 371

calox, 173

calumet, 106

calv, 461

calvary, 353

Calvert, 540

calves, 335

Calvin, 512, 517

Cam, 522

Cambria, 530

Cambridge, 527

Camdenite, 549

came, 430

camelcade, 179

camerado, 75

Cameron, 486

camino, 153

camouflage, 347

Camp, 503

campaign, 228

camp-meeting, 116, 150

campo santo, 153

campus, 144, 263

can, 228, 243, 334, 339, 420, 446, 581

can, to, 199, 263

Canaan, 535

canary, 587

canary’s tusks, 561

canch, 361

Carlotta, 509

Carlson, 492

carnal connection, 303

carniceria, 177

carnival, 145; of crime,

Carol, 506

Carolinas, 526

carom, 236

caroussel, 236

Carpenter, 484, 485, 498

carpet-bagger, 144, 148, 227, 228, 558

carriage, 85; -paid, 238, 240; -rug, 237

carrid, 401, 403

carrier, 147

carriole, 108

Carroll of Carrollton, 504

carry-all, 108, 117, 582

carry on, to, 265

cars, 147

cart, 334

Carthage, 530

Carthagenian, 551

car-toad, 583

carton, 347

cartoon, 347

cart-wheel, 564

carv, 401

car-washery, 176

carwhacker, 583

casa, 152

Casalegno, 493

Casbergue, 487

cascaret, 173

case, 287

case, to, 578

casement-window-engineer, 290

case work, 292

Casey, 487, 510

cashateria, 177

cash in, to, 191

Casitas Springs, 534

casket, 287; -coach, 287

casketeria, 177

Cassels, 503

Cassia, 503

cast, to, 429, 439

casted, 429, 439

casting-couch, 587

Castle, 485

castrate, to, 302

Castro, 494

Cataline, 509

can cha, 446

cand, 402

candidacy, 30, 148, 245

candidate, 283

candidature, 245

candour, 395

c. & s., 209

candy, 41, 234; -shop, 266; -store, 234; -studio, 292

candyteria, 177

cane-brake, 116

canitist, 179

canned, 568; -goods, 234; -music, 186

cannibal, 112

cannon, 236, 578

canon, 3, 57, 112, 155

cañon, 248, 279

canon, 411

canoodle, to, 142

can-opener, 234

can’t, 334, 336, 446

Cantabrigian, 550

can’t come it, 99

Canton, 537 1

can’t you, 446

canuck, 151, 295

canvas-back, 114

canyon, 57, 152, 231, 411, 543

Cap, 523

cap, 170, 614

Cape May, 533

capitalize, to, 101

capitan, 153

capitol, 11

Capone, 494

capote Anglaise, 296

captain, 243, 273, 274, 583

cap the climax, to, 142

car, 85, 182, 247, 335

caracter, 401

Caranguejo, 495

carborundum, 172, 173

carburetor, 559

card, 101

Cardozo, 501

care, 339

careless, 466

carencro, 214

Caress, 537

care-taker, 235, 247

caribou, 104, 105

Carl, 506, 510

Carlo, 509

catalog, 391, 399, 400, 402, 403, 406

catalogue, 406

Catalpa, 522

catalpa, 104, 105

catapult, 239

catarrh, 360

catawba, 106

cat-bird, 114

cat-boat, 86, 116, 117

cat-burglar, 243

catcal, 380

catch, 339, 400

catch, to, 429

catched, 429

Catchpole, 505

catcht, 339