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catch you up, to, 251

catch up, to, 251

caterpillar, 336

caterpillar-engineer, 289

Catfish, 536

catfish, 114

Cathill, 505

Cathleen, 513

Catholic, 249

catnip, 246

Cato, 523

Cato Sabo, 524

cats, 257

Catskill, 532

cat’s pajamas, 561

catsup, 391

cattle, 368

catty-cornered, 128

caucauasu, 107

caucus, 57, 98, 102, 107, 147. 225

caucusdom, 225

caucuser, 225

caught, 339, 429

cauliflower-ear, 562

cause-list, 246

cavalieress, 101

Cavannah, 524

cave in, to, 99, 558

cawcawaassough, 107

cayuse, 150

C.B., 183

C.C.C., 209

cedarblade, 491

cede, 401

cecil, 516, 518, 519

Cecil Manor, 546

Cedar Bayou, 535

Cedric, 518

ceed, 401

cellarette, 178

cellarman, 243

cellophane, 172

celotex, 173

Cement, 536

Cenék, 511

census, to, 196

cent, 116

centenary, 325

center, 393, 402, 539

Centerville, 537

centre, 383

centurion, 398

cereal, 227

cerebras, 413

ceremony, 325

Cerné, 489

Cerro, 543

certain, 6, 339

certainly, 253, 467

Cerviček, 486

cesspool, 128

ch, 335, 382, 384, 401, 404

chafer, 304

chaff, 336

chafing-dish, 227

chained, 375

chain-gang, 144

chain-store, 229, 234

chair, 302, 339, 614; -car, 147, 238; -warmer, 62, 145, 186

chairman, 244

chaise, 382

Chalene, 521

Challman, 491

chamber, 335

chambers, 247

chamois, 343, 347

chamois, to, 194

Champ, 522

champ, 169, 346

champeen, 346

champion, 346

chancellor, 241

Chancie, 522

chanct, 360

Chandler, 498

change, to, 302

change cars, to, 147

channel, 246

chant, 334, 337

chaparejos, 152

chaparral, 98, 152

chapel, 249, 268, 287

chaperon, 126

chaps, 152, 263

chapter, 284

char, 128, 266

char-a-banc, 237

character, 376, 382

charade, 338

chargé, 410

charged, 234

charge-sheet, 243

Charity, 516

Charles, 506, 507, 510, 512, 515, 516, 520, 527

Charleston, 497, 591

Charley, 510

charley-horse, 191

Charlie, 513

Charline, 521

Charlotte, 507, 529

Chartres, 547

charwoman, 128, 266

chase, 115

chase one’s self, to, 609

chaser, 150

Chatahospee, 539

chauf, to, 192

Chaurfe, 487

chauffeur, 347

Chauncey, 512, 516

chautauqua, 221

chaw, 161, 570

Cheapside, 546

cheap-skate, 187

check, 159, 389, 391, 604

check, to, 198

check against, to, 198

check-book, 244

checkers, 236

check in, to, 198

checkinqumin, 105

check out, to, 198

check over, 198

check-room, 238

check up, to, 198, 229

check with, to, 198

chee, 462

cheek, 375

cheer, 339

cheerio, 265, 269, 573

cheese, 462; -cloth, 234

cheese it, 562

Cheesewright, 505

chef, 347

cheka, 209

chelly, 375

chemist, 234, 385, 401

chemist’s-shop, 234

Chemquasabamticook, 539

cheque, 390, 391, 392; -book, 244

chequered, 392

Cherubim, 516

cheskey, 295

chest, 340, 346

Chester, 508, 510, 515, 516

chest of drawers, 254

chevalier, 382, 384

Chevy Chase, 115

chewing-gum, 231

chew the rag, to, 198, 573, 609

chianti, 222

Chiariglione, 493

Chicago, 528; -an, 548; -rilla, 552, 561

chick, 375

chicken, 240, 569

chickenburger, 220

chicken-yard, 234

chiclet, 173

chico, 153

chicory, 260

chief, 182; -constable, 243; -lithographer, 289;

of police, 243; of the ushers, 289

chiffon, 347

chigger, 152

chigoe, 152

chigre, 152

Chilberg, 490

chilblained, 558

children, 353, 614

childs, 614

child-welfare, 588

chile, 152

chile con carne, 221

Chilgren, 491

Chilson, 512

Chilstrand, 491

chimbley, 353

chimist, 385

chimly, 22

chimny, 402

China jack, 373

Chinberg, 490

chinch, 128, 152, 233

chinche, 152

Chindbloom, 490

Chinee, 111, 461

chink, 295

chink, to, 141

chinkapin, 104, 105

Chinlund, 490

chin-music, 187

chip in, to, 191, 609

chipped beef, 144

chippy, 305

chiquito, 153

chiropodist, 288

chiropract, to, 196

chiropractic, 263

chiropractor, 179

chirotonsor, 288

chisel, to, 567

chist, 346

chit, 376

chlorid, 394

Chloride, 536

chloride, 604

chlorine, 341

Chmielewski, 489

chocolate, 112, 152

chocolateria, 177

choir, 612, 614

cholic, 382

Cholmondeley, 503, 605

chomp, to, 346

choo-choo, 240

choose, to, 429

Chopper, 488

chops, 236

chop-suey, 162, 263; -joint, 162

chore, 128, 234, 266

chorine, 180

chortle, 171

chorus, 382

chose, 429

chosen, 429

Chotau, 495

Choto, 495

Chouteau, 495

chow, 162, 376, 573

chowder, 108

chow-mein, 162

chowmeinery, 176

Christ, 305, 318

Christiaanse, 485

Christiania, 530

Christians, 485

Christides, 486

Christie, 486

Christkind’l, 156

Christkindlein, 156

Christopher-Columbus-Who-Discovered- America, 523

Christos, 512

Chrome, 536

chromo, 169

Chronos, 486

chrysanthe’em, 353

chuck, 236, 582

chucker-out, 236

Chumly, 503

chump, 129

chump-bone chops, 236

chunky, 120

church, 249, 489

churchman, 249

chute, 98, 151

Cicognani, 494

cider, 389

cigaret, 401, 403

cigarette, 325; -butt, 234; -end, 234

Cilstrom, 490

cinch, 37, 152, 565

cinch, to, 152

cincho, 152

cinder-cruncher, 583

Cinderella, 537

cinema, 95, 237

cipher, 390, 396

circuit-rider, 150

circus, 547; -catch, 191; -play, 562

cite, to, 199

cited as correspondent, to be, 310

citified, 141

citizenize, to, 140

cits, 573

City, 244, 292

city, 539

City editor, 244

City man, 244

city ordinance, 243

city-stock, 244

civilizee, 75

civil-servant, 243

civvies, 573

ck, 386

claim, to, 199, 210

claim-agent, 239

claim-jumper, 144

clam-baker, 247

clamburger, 220

Clam-catcher, 552

clam-chowder, 247

clam-jamphrie, 568

clamorous, 395

clamour, 395

clang, 430

clangorous, 395

clangour, 395

clapboard, 99

clap-boarded, 116

clapperdogeon, 577

Clarence, 507

Clarene, 521

Clark, 520

Clary, 360

clas, 401

clash, 182, 184

clasp, 334, 335, 336

class, 241, 336, 368; -day, 242

classic, 211

classification-yard, 239

classy, 93, 464

clatter, 577

Claude, 518, 524

clawhammer, 86, 144, 167

cleaneteria, 177

cleanlily, 467

cleanly, 340, 467

clean up, 37, 183

clearance, to, 195

clearing, 115

clear the track, to, 147

Clem, 519

Clement, 519

Clendolia, 524

clergyman, 249

clerk, 85, 86, 123, 255

clerk, to, 118

Cleveland, 516, 529

clever, 6, 24, 25, 99, 101, 128

click, to, 560

cliff, 115

Clifford, 516

clift, 360

climb, to, 430, 436

climbed, 436

Cline, 483

cling, to, 430

cling-stone, 114

Clinton, 537

clipped, 438

clipping, 239

clipt, 438

cloak-room, 238

clockologist, 179

clock-watcher, 187

clodhopper, 128

cloister, 288

clomb, 416, 430, 436

clorid, 401

close, 352

close-call, 227, 570

closed season, 236

close season, 236

closet, 310

close-up, 227

closure 394

clothes-peg, 234

clothes-pin, 234

clothing-engineer, 290

clothing store, 27

clÔture, 394

clÔture, 394

clǒud-burst, 144

clove, 109

Clove Valley, 532

clown, 577, 583; -wagon, 583

Clown Alley, 584

club, 243; -car, 147; -sandwich, 247

clue, 393

clumb, 430, 441

clumsy, 558

clung, 430

cmear, 443

c’n, 445

CO., 573

coal-oil, 234

coal-operator, 256

coal-owner, 256

Coal Run, 536

coast, to, 141

coatee, 141

coax, to, 126

Coba, 521

cocain, 411

cocaine, 411

cock, 85, 235, 301, 304, 308

cockarouse, 107

cockchafer, 304

cockerel, 235

Cockey, 485

cock-eyed, 308, 568

cockroach, 112, 296, 301, 304

cocksure, 126, 308

cocktail, 149, 155, 604

cocktail-room, 292

cocotte, 305

C.O.D., 205, 208

codfish, 93, 143

Cody, 537

co-ed, 86, 170, 263

Coelo, 521

Coenties, 533

Coeur d’Alene, 541

cof, 403

coffee, 604; -engineer, 290

coffin-nail, 186

coffin-varnish, 568

coffin-warehouse, 27

Cogenhoe, 503

cohanize, to, 193

Cohen, 477, 478, 487, 498

Cohn, 498

cohoss, 119

coiner, 243

coive, 367

Coke, 485

coke, 170

cold-deck, 191

cold-feet, 227, 573

Cold moon, 106

cold-slaw, 411

cold-snap, 100, 115, 144, 231, 570

Cold Spring, 536

Coldwater, 536

Coleman, 499, 513

cole-slaw, 108, 263, 411

Colgate, 516

Colice, 521

collar-button, 234

collar-stud, 234

collateral, 145, 231

collecker, 568

collecting-stage, 260

college, 580; -engineer, 291; -widow, 186

collegiate, 581

Collenberg, 483

collide, to, 141, 231

collide head-on, to, 147

Colonel, 552

colonel, 273, 274, 283, 612

coloniarch, 16

colony, 293

color, 402

Colorado, 339, 543

colored, 231, 300

colorful, 229

colorific, 395

colorous, 395

colour, 395

colourable, 396

coloured, 396

Columbard, 548

Columbia Maypole, 522

Columbian, 551

Columbus, 517, 519

columnist, 178

Colwich, 537

com, 402

comb, 402

Comba, 524

combe, 115

combinations, 236

combine, 231

combust, to, 192

come, 422; -back, 183, 186, 227, 565; -down, 144, 227; -on, 565, 576; -onter, 150

come, to, 423, 430, 436, 604

comed, 436

come in collision, to, 231

come out at the little end

of the horn, to, 100, 143, 198

come to stay, to, 227

come up, to, 434

comisario, 153

command, 334

commencement, 242; -engineer, 290

commissioner, 283

committee, 245

common, 115

common-loafer, 156

communicable disease, 306

community-chest, 588

commutation, 31; -ticket, 146

commute, to, 147, 192

commuter, 147, 238

company, 245, 344, 414; -lawyer, 246

comparativ, 403

compensate, 325

com (p) fort, 439

complected, 120

complex, 210, 211

compromit, to, 7, 118, 119

Compton, 516

con, 170, 582, 583

conant, 376

conbobberation, 568

concededly, 167

concentrate, to, 325

Concepcion, 535

concertize, to, 141

conch, 378

conciet, 402, 403

condensery, 176

Conder, 524

condit, 402

conduct, to, 99

conductor, 85, 146, 239, 263, 273

conductorette, 178

cone, 303

confab, 183

confessional-address, 220

confirmand, 220

confiscate, 325

conflagrative, 22, 119

Congress, 11

congressional, 98, 119

conjure, 344

conk, 576

con-man, 263

Conn, 498

connexion, 390, 392

conniption, 144, 263

Conola, 522

conscious, 211

conservatory, 227

considerable, 25

consignment-note, 238

consistent, 211

consociational, 98, 140