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diphthong, 352

Dipucci, 497

directly, 251

director, 242

directory-engineer, 290

direct primaries, 245

dirt, 165, 310, 580

dirty, 467

Dirty Face, 514

disagreeable, 268

discipline, 384

discommode, to, 168

disdain, 380

disembarked, 604

dishpan, 234

disme, 116

disorderly house, 304

display-ad, 170

dissenter, 248, 249

distaff, 386

distributing, 376

district, 245, 247

ditch, to, 227

div, 430

dive, 37, 149

dive, to, 430

dived, 430

divide, 115

division, 245

divorcée, 409, 412

divot, 562

Divver, 479

divvy, 191

diwy, to, 148, 192

Dixie, 101

dixième, 116

do, to, 306, 430, 446, 566, 604

do a land-office business, to, 142

do a tailspin, to, 198

Doc, 520

doc, 170

docile, 341

docket, 145

dock-walloper, 263

dock-yard, 239

doctor, 271, 289

doctorine, 180

doctrin, 406

doctrine, 406

Dodge City, 529

dodge the issue, to, 142

do don’t, 99

does, 24

doesn’t, 446

dogdom, 178

dog-eater, 373

doggery, 145, 149

doggone, 316, 317

dog-house, 583

dognaper, 180

dog on it, 317

do-gooder, 187

dog-robber, 573

dog-weary, 564

Dohme, 484

do it all, to, 581

dokus, 217

dol, 401

dole, 430, 437

Doley, 523

dollar, 116, 155

Dollarhide, 505

dollars to doughnuts, 259

Dollarville, 536

doll up, to, 264

Dolly, 520

Dolor, 522

dolour, 395

-dom, 109, 178

dominie, 109

Dominus, 281

don, 183, 242

donate, to, 121, 165, 231

donation-party, 150

Don Carlos, 516

done, 422, 430, 441, 442

donee, 180

donivorous, 118

donkey, 302

donky, 402

don’t, 445, 446, 471

donut, 402

doodad, 176, 211

-doodle, 176

Doolittle, 482

door, 614

Dope, 582

dope, 38, 95, 108, 229,
565
, 609; -fiend, 232

dope, to,
S5

dope out, 264

dopester, 178

D. O. R. A., 209

Doran, 503

dorg, 350

dorm, 170

Dorothy, 507, 511

dorp, 109, 532

Dorpian, 550

do the book, to, 578, 581

Dotterer, 484

Dötterer, 484

doubld, 403

double-cross, 565

double-header, 191

double pica, 250

double team, 122

doubt, 397

Doug, 183

dough, 45

doughboy, 573, 575

doughface, 74

doughnutery, 176

Douglas, 482, 516

do up brown, to, 143

dout, 397, 401, 403

dove, 430, 437

Dow, 516

down, 115

down-and-out, 93, 143

down-East, 246

downhil, 380

down-town, 143, 246

down-train, 247

doxologize, to, 96, 140

dozen, 462

Dozine, 524

Dr., 272, 280

draft, 334, 382, 394

draftee, 180

drag, 582

drag, to, 430

drain, 339

drains, 235

drama, 337

drank, 422, 425, 430, 440, 442

draper’s-shop, 234

drapes, 170

draught, 382

draughts, 236

draw, 70, 120, 170

draw, to, 430

draw a bead, to, 119

draw a bead on, to, 232

draw-bridge, 70, 120

drawed, 430

drawers, 234, 239

drawing-pin, 239

drawing-room, 266

drawing-room-car, 101

dreadful, 99, 210

dream, to, 430

dreampt, 438

dreamt, 392

dreen, 339

dremp, 430

drempt, 430, 439

dres, 403

dress-circle, 228

dress in, to, 580

Dretha, 522

drew, 430

Drewry, 503

drill, to, 578

drillery, 176

drill-hall, 239

drily, 392, 393

drink, to, 430, 440

drinked, 430

drinkery, 176

Drinkwater, 495

driv, 416, 431

drive, 182, 546

drive, to, 431

driver, 260

drive urself, 407

drove, 431, 437

drown, to, 431

drown’d, 438

drownded, 161, 431, 438

drowned, 431

drug, 430

druggist, 231, 234

drug-store, 231, 234, 263

drugteria, 177

drummer, 37, 583

drunk, 430, 440

druv, 423, 431

dry, 86, 191, 565

dry-cleaning-engineer, 290

dry-goods, 122, 123

dry-goods store, 27, 234

drygoodsteria, 177

dryly, 393, 396

Drytown, 534

dub, 37, 565

Dubois, 495

Duchesne, 539

Duck, 537

duck, 149, 564, 569

ducker, 579

dude, 180

Dudelant, 482

dude-wrangler, 180

dudine, 180

duds, 567

du-du, 113

due, 345

dug, 430

dug-out, 144, 231

duke, 345

duket, 584

dul, 401

dum, 402

dumb, 109, 112, 158, 374

dumb Dora, 561

dumbell, 561

dumbfound, 171

dumbfounded, 126

dumb John, 573

dumb-waiter, 86, 254

Dumitrue, 509

dumm, 109

dummy, 580

dump, to, 118

Duncan, 516

Dunkard, 250

Dunke, 524

dunski, 222

duo, 183

Dupriel, 522

Durhamite, 549

Düring, 482

Durstine, 499

dust-bin, 233

dust-cart, 233

dust-engineer, 290

dustman, 233

Dusty, 520

dutchie, 295

Dutch oven, 260

dutiable, 119, 120

Dutrow, 484

Duttera, 484

Dutterer, 484

duty, 345

Duyvel, 533

Dvořák, 487

dwelling-engineer, 290

dwindle, to, 564

Dykehouse, 485

Dÿkhuis, 485

dynamo, 236

dynasty, 341

dysentery, 376

Džan, 512

Dáaník, 512

Džim, 512

Džimik, 512

e, 339, 340, 341, 346, 347, 359, 368, 375, 384, 389, 393, 394, 401, 405, 438, 451, 469, 484; -e, 464, 549

ea, 381, 401

each way, 248

eagle, 116

Eagle Pass, 535

Eammarell, 525

eankke, 110 ear, 603

Earl, 517

earlier’n, 464

earnest, 367

Earthly, 525

earth-wire, 236

Earvila, 524

eastbound, 247

East End, 247

easy, 465

easy-mark, 565, 576

eat, 404, 424

eat, to, 431

eat crow, to, 148, 198

eaten, 431

eatery, 176

eatfest, 218

eat out of my hand, to, 95

Ecker-R, 496

eclaircise, to, 75

éclaircissement, 75

éclat, 409

eco, 401

ecology, 155

écrevisse, 105

ed, 401, 402; -ed, 377, 435, 464

-ede, 438

Edelstein, 501

Edelweiss, 522

Eden, 183

Edgar, 506

edict, 183

Edina, 522

Edith, 506

editor, 289

editorial, 165

Edward, 506, 507, 515, 519

Edwin, 506, 515

Edyth, 520

ee, 381, 412; -ee, 180, 549

eel, 600; -grass, 114

-een, 491

-eer, 180

effuse, to, 75

eg, 401, 403

egad, 315

egg, 340, 614

egg-plant, 114, 246

eggs, 614

egofest, 218

egoist, 340

ei, 402, 484

Eibhlin, 513

eighth note, 250

Eileen, 513

einen bummeln machen, 156

Einstein, 501

Eisenach, 484

either, 6, 341, 472

el, 86

elastic, 334

Eldarema, 521

Eldeese, 524

Eldorado, 534, 539

eldorado, 152

electioneer, to, 228

electragist, 178, 284, 287

electric-sign-engineer, 290

electrize, to, 192

electrocute, to, 192

electrolier, 171

Eleroy, 538

elevator, 57, 120, 234, 239, 254; -boy, 234

Elias, 506

Elihu, 515

Elijah, 515, 519

élite, 409

Elizabeth, 506, 507, 509, 511, 519, 520, 529

Elk, 529, 536

Elkdom, 178

Ellen, 510

Elliott, 507

Ellis, 499, 507

Ellsworth, 512

ellum, 129, 353

Elly, 510

Elmer, 510, 515, 516, 517

elocute, to, 192

Elpasoan, 548

Elseroad, 483

Elserode, 483

Elserote, 483

Elsinore, 534

Elsroad, 483

Elsrode, 483

Eltzroth, 483

Ely, 508

Elzie, 523

Em, 519

em, 452

Emanuel, 508

Emavida, 522

embalm, 335

embalmed-beef, 174

embalming-fluid, 582

embalming surgeon, 287

emerald, 250

Emersonthusiast, 570

emfasis, 402

Emil, 513

Emily, 507

Emjo, 518

Emma, 509, 519

Emmanuel, 506

emote, to, 192

emperor, 395

Empire, 552

empire, 346

employd, 401

employé, 409

employée, 412

emporiums, 413

-en, 193

enceinte, 304

enceinte sow, 305

enclose, 390

encumbrance, 390

endeavour, 395

endive, 260

endorse, 390

endorse, to, 141

Eneatha, 521

enervate, 325

Engberg, 490

Enghien, 547

engin, 403

engine, 347

engineer, 227, 228, 604, 605

engineer, to, 93, 141, 231

engineer of good taste, 289

engineman, 291

Englewoodite, 549

English, 250, 296

engulf, 391

engulph, 391

Eno, 499

Enoch, 511

enquire, 390, 392, 393

Enroughty, 503

Ensenada, 534

ensure, to, 393

ent, 446; -ent, 192

enter a claim, to, 142

enthuse, to, 141, 165, 192, 232

enthusiasm, 126

entire, 325

entrance-hall, 237

enuf, 402, 403

envoy, 183

eolian, 394

eower, 449

eowrum, 449

Episcopalian, 249

epoc, 401

epoch, 340

Epstein, 499

equestrian-director, 584

equipment-engineer, 290

ex 353, 367, 396, 399, 402, 411; -er, 192, 463, 549, 568

eraser, 239

Erdmann, 484

Erez Israel, 299

Erie Canal, 525

Erik, 510

Erin go bragh, 160

Ernest, 507

Ernst, 510

erosion-expert, 291

errant, 360

errata, 338

error, 395

-ers, 346

erster, 367

eruptiveness, 101

-ery, 176, 325

Esbjörn, 490

Esbyorn, 490

escaped, 604

Eschscholtzia, 522

Esco, 522

escritoire, 254

Eselkopf, 501

eskate, 375

esleep, 375

esophagus, 391, 411

espace, 375

espantoon, 243

Esq., 278

-est, 463

estampida, 152

estate-agent, 239

estator, 286

Estelle, 507

Estha, 522

Estherina, 522

esthetic, 388, 401

estudent, 375

et, 431

eternal, 316, 317, 339, 379

eternal triangle, 570

Ethel, 507

ether, 155, 390

etiology, 411

etiquet, 391

-ette, 178

étude, 347

eu, 484

Euclid, 525

Eulalia, 525

Euliel, 522

eunuch, 305

European-plan, 86

Eusona, 522

Eva Belle, 520

evangelizationeer, 118

Eve, 535

Evelyn, 518, 520

evensong, 268

eventuate, to, 7, 118, 232

Everett, 516

everything, 352, 353

every time, 611

evincive, 120

evolution, 339

ex-, 274

exactly, 253

exam, 183

examin, 403

examind, 403

example, 334, 336

excede, 401

Excellentia Reverendis- sima, 282

excess, 325

exchange, 292

exciting, 211

exculpate, 325

excursionist, 231

excurt, to, 141

excuse me, 267

executive-session, 148

ex-ex-seventh, 241

exfluncticate, to, 145

exflunctify, to, 568

expect, to, 24, 99

expenditure, 118

experience, to, 168

experience-meeting, 150

expert, 291

expertize, to, 193

explosion, 602

export-engineer, 291

exposé, 409, 411

express, to, 147

express-car, 146

expressman, 146

express-office, 146

express post, 238

exquisite, 325

ex-seventh, 241

exterior, 380, 395

exterminating engineer, 284, 290

extra, 126

extraordinary, 324, 328, 353

ey, 402

eye, 577

eye-opener, 149

E.Z., 209

ez, 365

Ezekiel, 515

Ezra, 515

f, 335, 375, 383, 386, 402

face-cloth, 236

faced, 402

face the music, to, 119

facile, 341

fact, 402

faculty, 242, 268

fade away, to, 609

fade out, to, 264

fag, 573

faggot, 392

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