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consols, 244

constable, 243, 344

Constantine, 512

Constantinopoulos, 485

constituency, 120, 245

constitution, 614

contact, to, 194

contact-manager, 288

container-engineer, 290

contested election, 245

controled, 406

controlled, 406

controversialist, 165

conventionitis, 179

convocation, 248

coo, 602

Cook, 485, 488, 496

cook, to, 580

cook-book, 234

cook coffee, to, 215

cookery-book, 234

cookey, 108

cookie, 234

cooking-stove, 234

cook-stove, 234

cooler, 149, 580

coon, 153, 169, 170, 264, 296

Coons, 482, 483

coop, 344

Cooper, 481, 485

cooper, 344

cooter, 113

cootie, 573

cop, 40, 243

c.o.p., 209

cop a mope, to, 581

copious, 128

Copoulos, 486

copper-bellied, 137

copper-head, 114

Coraopolis, 530

corbigeau, 214

cord, 247

cord, to, 118

cord-wood, 128

Corey, 494, 496

Corlaers’s Hook, 532

corn, 7, 12, 42, 85, 106, 122, 234; -belt, 144, 239; -brake, 122; -broom, 122; -cake, 122; -cob, 122; -crib, 115, 122; -cutter, 122; -dodger, 115, 122; -factor, 245; -fed, 122; -flour, 234; -fodder, 122; -fritter, 122; -grater, 122; -hook, 122; -husk, 122; -juice, 122, 149, 568; -knife, 122; -market, 256; -meal, 122, 234; -pone, 122; -shuck, 122; -snake, 122; -stalk, 122; -starch, 122, 234

corned-beef, 352

corned willie, 573

corner, 544

corner, to, 141, 231

corner-loafer, 156, 256

Cornhill, 546

Cornielsen, 481

Corn Laws, 122

Corn moon, 106

Cornstalk, 537

corp, 461

corporation, 244; -lawyer, 246; -profits, 244

corpse, 287; -maker, 137; -reviver, 149

corral, 92, 152

corral, to, 152

Correia, 494

correspondence-engineer, 290

corridor, 238

corset, 301

Cortlandt, 532

corus, 401

cos, 260

cosma, 413

cosmetician, 179, 288

Cosmopolis, 530

cosmos, 413

cost, to, 440

Costanza, 509

coster, 234; -monger, 234

Costilla, 543

cosy, 393

cotched, 429

Cotica, 524

cotilion, 406

cotillion, 406

Cotton, 499

cotton, 234; -belt, 239; -wood, 234

Cottonwood, 529

cottonwood, 536

Cottonwood Crossing, 554

couch, 254

Coughlin, 504

cough up, to, 227

coulda, 443, 444

coulee, 151

council, 245

Council Bluffs, 535

councillor, 243

council-school, 241, 243

counterfeiter, 243

counterfoils, 244

county, 414; -farm, 293; -home, 293

coupé, 347

coupla, 443, 471, 570

Courey, 496

court, 386, 547

courtesan, 305

courthouse, 539

Courtney, 512

Coury, 496

cove, 536

cover, 346

cow, 364; -beast, 361;

-boy, 152; -brute, 306, 361; -cage, 583; -catcher, 96, 146; college, 187; -creature, 301, 302; -critter, 302; -hand, 152; -juice, 582; -puncher, 152

Cowan, 498

cowcumber, 129

Cowhide, 536

cowhide, to, 114

Cow-Tail, 536

Cox, 308, 485

Coyne, 498

coyote, 150, 536

cozy, 393

crab, to, 263

crab-cocktail, 247

crabfest, 218

Crabtree, 495

Cracker, 552

cracker, 7, 101, 122, 123, 234 267

crackerjack, 264

crack up, to, 143

Craig, 478

cranberry-bog, 115

crane-navvy, 239

crank, 145, 231

crap, 584

crape, 409

craps, 86, 264

crash, 182, 184

crash, to, 578, 581, 602

crass, 16

Crawfish, 536

crawfish, to, 142, 148

Crawthumper, 552

crayfish, 105

crazy-bone, 239

crazy-quilt, 116, 145

Crček, 489

cream-cracker, 235

creamery, 176

creature, 341

Credilla, 522

credit, 242

Creed, 522

creek, 7, 12, 70, 115, 121, 341, 609

creep, to, 430

Crenshawe, 503

creole, 112

creosote, 155

crep, 352, 430, 437

crěpe, 409

crescent, 547

Crespigny, 503

creton, 401

crevasse, 98, 151

crew, 430

crib, 583

cricket, 248

crickthatch, 119

Crile, 483

crime, 603

criminal, 293; -assault, 304; -engineer, 290;

-operation, 304

Crippiny, 503

crisco, 173

crise, to, 192

crispette, 173

Crist, 512

Cristsylf, 459

criteria, 412

criterions, 413

critic, 380

critikin, 118

crix, 586

croaker, 577

cronic, 401

Cronkhite, 483

crook, 167, 227, 565

crookdom, 178

crook the elbow, to, 150

crope, 430

crossed, 398

crossing-plate, 96, 146

cross, purposes, 128, 231

crossroads, 539

crosswordpuzzleitis, 179

crotchet, 250

croud, 384

crow, to, 430

crowd, 30, 383, 384

crowd out, to, 227

crowed, 430

crower, 308

crown, 116

crucified, 398

cruller, 108

crum, 402, 406

crumb, 406

crummy, 582, 583

crypt, 248

cuanto, 376

cub, 227

Cuba, 349

Cubéan, 353

cucaracha, 112

cuckoo, 562

Cueller, 487

Cuffee, 524

Cufrey, 524

Cufry, 523, 524

cultus, 150

Cump, 517

cunning, 257

cupiding, 561

curate, 248, 249

curator, 325

curb, 393

curb, to, 199, 394

curet, 411

curette, 411

curio, 169

curled, 561

curricula, 412

curriculas, 413

Curry, 494

curse, 316

curse, to, 430

curse out, to, 229

Curtis, 486

Curtiss, 499

curv, 403

curve, 367

Curzon, 497

Cush, 524

cushion, 583

cuspidor, 216

cuss, 74, 169, 170, 231, 316, 350; -word, 167

cuss, to, 430

cussed, 430

cussedness, 145

cuss out, to, 430

Custer, 480

customable, 119

customize, to, 193

custom-made, 234

cut, 182, 227, 261

cut, to, 199, 430, 440, 580

cut across lots, to, 121

cut a swath, to, 142

cute, 120, 226

cutex, 173

cuticura, 173

cut no figure, to, 95

cut no ice, to, 232, 565

cut-off, 144

cut one’s eye-teeth, to, 568

cut out, to, 38

cut paper-dolls, to, 562

cutting, 239

Cy, 252

cyar, 364

cyclery, 176

Cyclone, 537

cyclone, 231

cyder, 389

cymbi, 113

cypher, 389

Cyril, 518

cystoscope, to, 197

Czar, 537

czar, 390

Czeslaw, 510 d, 335 348, 352, 360, 368, 375. 397. 410 438, 447

da, 113

dachshund, 155, 347

da-da, 113

daffy, 464

dago, 86, 110, 231, 294, 295. 305; -red 222

dahlia, 155

Daisette, 522

Dakoming, 537

Dakota, 526

dalite, 407

Dalsemer, 500

Dalsheimer, 500

Dame’s Quarter, 537

damfino, 316

damn, 205, 313, 318, 464

damnation, 316, 317

damndest, 316

damned, 317, 464

damphool, 316

Dan, 509, 519

dance, 329, 335, 336, 337, 338

dance, to, 581

dance-hall, 227, 581

dance marathon, 180

dancethon, 180

dancingest, 463

D. & D., 208

dandy, 257

danger, 24

Daniel, 506, 509, 511, 515

Daniel of St. Thomas, 518

Daniels, 490

Danielson, 489

Dǎnila, 509

Daniliwsky, 490

dansant, 409

dansant-engineer, 290

Danylchenko, 489

Danylchuk, 489

Danylshyn, 489

dar, 339

Darby, 503

dare, 375

dare, to, 430

dared, 430

darken one’s doors, to, 100, 119

dark-horse, 148

Darky, 520

darky, 120

Darlene, 521

darn, 316, 317

darned, 317

darnfoolski, 222

daSilva, 501

das’n’t, 430

dast, 430

dat, 367

data, 338, 412

Dauphine, 547

Dauud, 513

davenport, 254

Davenporter, 549

David, 506, 510, 513, 515

Davidovitch, 498

Davis, 477, 498, 499

dawter, 381

day-coach, 147

daylight time, 234

dayyan, 217

D-Cady, 517

D. D., 273, 281

de-, 194

deacon, to, 140

dead as a door-nail, 570

dead-beat, 37, 144, 167

deader’n, 464

dead-head, 228

dead-head, to, 147

dead pan, 587

deaf, 340

deal, 182

deal, to, 430

dealt, 430

dean, 242, 248, 274, 279, 289; of women, 241

Deane, 507

dear, 311

death-knell, 587

debamboozle, to, 194

Debaun, 495

debenture, 244

De Bon, 495

debt, 383

debunk, to, 174, 194, 199, 226

debunking, 174

debut, to, 192

début, 347, 409

débutante, 409

debutramp, 561

decalog, 400

deCasseres, 501

deceit, 380

deceived, 310

decent, 303, 308

deciev, 402, 403

deck, 144, 236

decoy, 325

ded, 403

deed, to, 7, 117

deep, 368, 465

Deering, 482

defect, 325

defence, 383, 394

defense, 386, 394

defensive, 394

defi, 169

deficit, 325

definit, 399, 401, 403

deft, 128

DeGrasse, 514

degree-day, 242

degrees of frost, 246

Degrofe, 539

dehorning-engineer, 290

deign, 380

Dejean, 481

dejelly, to, 194

De La Haye, 481

Delaware, 525, 530

Delaware Water Gap, 535

delayd, 403

Delhi, 540

de l’Hôtel, 482

delicate condition, 304

delicatessen, 155

delicatessens, 412

delinquent, 293

deliveress, 75

deliver the goods, to, 227

dell, 115

Delmar, 538

Del-Mar, 537

Delmarva, 538

Delmer, 523

delouse, to, 194

Delphia, 521

Delsey, 524

demagogue, to, 192, 196

demean, to, 121, 165

Demetrios, 512

Demikof, 478

deminition bow-wows, 317

demisemiquaver, 250

demmed, 317

demolition-engineer, 289

Demon Rum, 244

demonstrate, 325

Demopolis, 530

demoralize, to, 118

Demos, 512

De Moss, 512

Demosthenes, 512

dendanthropology, 117

Denis, 481

Dennis, 505

Denny, 481

dénouement, 409

Denva, 521

Deodolphus, 524

depart, 335

deposit-slip, 244

depot, 147, 151, 409

dépôt, 409

deputize, to, 7, 118

deputy-pro-chancellor, 241

derange, to, 118

Derby, 503

derby, 234, 239

Dermen, 497

Dermenjian, 497

Dermott, 479

derned, 317

derrière, 307

DeRue, 522

desave, 161

Desbrosses, 547

Des Champs, 495

deserv, 401

Deshong, 481

desk, 150, 254

Des Moines, 541

desperado, 152

dessert, 247

destitution, 15

destructor, 234

det, 383, 401, 403

detainer, 583

determin, 401, 403

determine, 383, 384

detour, 236, 325

dettor, 401

develop, 391

develope, 391

De Vere, 479

device, 394

devil, 318

devil-dog, 574

devilinsky, 222

devilled-crab, 247

devotee, 412

dewax, to, 194

Dewey, 512, 516

DeWitt, 506

diagnosticate, to, 197

diagram, 402

diagramme, 394

dialog, 394

dialogicians, 179

diamond, 250, 341, 583

diamond-cracker, 583

Diarmuid, 479

diarrhea, 411

diarrhœa, 411

diary, 341

dick, 577

dicker, to, 118

dickey-seat, 237

dicta, 412

dictograph, 173

did, 430, 442

diddle, to, 22

did I say no?, 217

didn’t, 352

Diego, 110

diener, 220

dierne, 317

diet-kitchen-engineer, 290

die with one’s boots on, to, 142

diff, 170

different, 466

different than, 472

dig, to, 430, 436

diggings, 98, 145

dilatory, 24

Dillehay, 481

diminute, to, 75

din, 128

dinah, 577

dindon farouche, 214

dindon sauvage, 214

diner, 170

dinge, 296

dinger, 583

dingus, 176, 210, 211, 263

dinky, 464

dinner, 240

dinner-bell, 97

dino, 582

dioxygen, 173

dip, 368, 576

diphtheria, 352

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