American Language (148 page)

Kerttu, 510

Kester, 483

ketch, 161, 339, 429

ketcht, 339

ketchup, 391

kettle, 346, 368

key, 112, 115

keyless-watch, 96, 235, 239

key-man, 227

Keystone, 552

Key West, 535

Khachadoorian, 497

Khouri, 496

Khoury, 496

Khuri, 496

ki, 113, 490; -ki, 296

kibitzer, 217, 578

kibosh, 263, 573

kick, 142, 227

kick, to, 141

kicker, 142

kick in, to, 198

kick the bucket, to, 142

kick up hell, to, 314

kidding, 37

Kiercereau, 495

kife, to, 585

kike, 295, 305

kiki, 296

Kilander, 491

Kilberg, 490

Kilgren, 490

kill, 109, 532

killflsh, 109

kill-joy, 187, 564

Kill van Kull, 532

kilogram, 390, 391

kilometer, 325

Kilpatrick, 501

Kilström, 490

kilt, 360

kilter, 129

kin, 339

kinda, 443, 471

Kindberg, 490

Kindbloom, 490

kindergarten, 112, 155, 235

Kinderhook, 532

Kindlund, 490

kindness, 348

King, 485, 498

king-pin, 583

King’s Counsel, 246

king snipe, 583

King Solomon, 525

kinker, 584

kinky, 120

Kirk, 485

Kirkeslager, 485

Kirstein, 499

Kish, 496

kishkes, 217

Kiss, 496

kissingest, 463

kitchen-cabinet, 228

kitchenette, 178

kitchen-fender, 256

kittenship, 118

kittl, 217

kittle, 346

kitty, 191

kiva, 151

kiver, 22, 129, 346

Kizirboghosian, 497

Kjellman, 490

Kjellstrand, 490

klainzaric, 109

klassy, 407

kleen, 407

kleenex, 173

Klein, 483, 499

Klicklighter, 505

Kline, 483

kloof, 532

klothes, 407

kn, 484

Knapp, 493

kneel, to, 433, 439

kneeled, 433, 439

knelt, 433, 439

knew, 433, 437

knew not, 469

knickebein, 85

knicker, 170

knife, to, 148

knob, 115

knocked-up, 309, 310

knock into a cocked hat, to, 143

knockout-drops, 609

knock out of the box, to, 191

Knoebel, 484

know, to, 433

knowed, 424,433,436,437

know him like a book, to, 142

know-nothing, 102

know the ropes, to, 142

Knoxville, 529

Knut, 510

Knutson, 492

Koch, 485

kodak, 172, 173, 559; -er, 173; -fiend, 173

kodak, to, 173

Koesegi, 496

Koester, 482

Koevesh, 496

Kohler of Kohler, 504

Koith, 522

kokshut, 151

kolach, 216

kolic, 382

kollege-kut, 407

komusta kayo, 376

König, 484, 485

Koning, 485

Kookno, 503

Koorey, 496

korus, 382

Korzienowski, 489

kosher, 216, 217, 299, 347, 578

Koski, 492

kosy, 407

Köszegy, 496

kotex, 172, 173

Kouba, 488

Kovács, 477, 496

Kov´r, 477

Kovář, 486

Köves, 496

Kowalczyk, 477, 488

kowtow, to, 162

Krankheit, 483

Krantz, 484

Krauswood, 529

kraut, 295

Krawiec, 488

kreem, 406

Kreil, 483

Krejčí, 487

Krisking’l, 156

Kriss Kringle, 156

Kriton, 486

kruller, 98

kruxingiol, 214

Kuba, 488

Kubíček, 512

Kucharz, 488

Kuehle, 483

Kühn, 500

Kühne, 484

Kuhns, 483

Kuiper, 481, 485

kuleana, 373

kümmel, 157

Kuntz, 482, 483

Kurtz, 484, 485

Küssemich, 501

Küster, 480

Kutiš, 486

kutlery, 407

-kvist, 491

kwality, 407

-ky, 296

Kyle, 481

L, 208

l, 348, 352, 375, 377, 402; -l, 380

lab, 373

Labelle, 533

labor, 390, 397, 402

laboratory, 325, 373

laborer, 239

laborious, 395

Laboris, 500

La Borwit, 500

Labouiss, 500

labour, 395, 397

labourer, 396

Labovitz, 500

lace-engineer, 290

lachrymal, 411

lackey, 393

lacquey, 392, 393

lacrimal, 394, 411

La Crosse, 539

Lacygné, 533

ladder, 235

ladened, 193

ladies’ championship, 293

ladies’ international, 293

ladies’ room, 414

ladies’ round, 293

ladies’ wear, 293

ladrone, 221

lady, 69, 284, 293, 302; -actor, 293; -champion, 293; -doctor, 293; -golfer, 293; -inspector, 293; -secretary, 293; -superintendent, 294

læt, 465

laf, 381, 402, 403

Lafayette, 337, 519, 529, 533, 542

Lafe, 519

lag, 215

lager, 112, 368

lager-beer, 155

lagged, to be, 581

lagniappe, 151, 214

Lagrange, 533

Lähteenmäki, 492

Laib, 484

laid, 433

lain, 433

Laine, 492

La Junta, 543

Lake, 492, 493

Lake George, 532

lallapalooza, 160, 175

lam, 402

lam, to, 579

Laman, 516

La Mar, 516

lamb, 582

lame-duck, 92, 148, 187

laminated - wood - engineer, 290

Lamiza, 522

Lamoine, 533

Lamonte, 533

lamp, to, 263

lanai, 377

Lancastrian, 550

Lance, 493

landläufer, 156

land-office, 116

landscape-architect, 288

landscape-gardener, 288

land-slide, 115, 148

Landsschaffshausen, 497

Lane, 479, 492

lane, 547

Lang, 483, 484

Langestraet, 480

Lantz, 484

Lanza, 493

Lápaček, 487

La Pache, 487

lap-robe, 237

Laramie, 541

larcensy, 353

Larch, 495

L’Archevêque, 495

(la)reata, 152

larf, 351

lariat, 152

LaRiviére, 495

lark, 124

larn, 339

Larraby, 495

La Rue, 495, 516

La Salle, 520

Las Palomas, 534

lass, 334

lasso, 152

lasso, to, 152

last, 334

last waltz, 581

late, 465, 467

lately, 467

Lath, 522

lather, 338

Latrina, 521

laud, 249, 328

laudanum, 155

Laudenschläger, 483

Laudenslager, 483

Laudensläger, 483

laugh, 334, 336, 366

laughingest, 463

laugh in your sleeve, to, 563

laugh like a hyena over a dead nigger, to, 137

laugh that off, to, 560

La Una, 521

launch, 344

laundry, 344

laurel, 124

Lauria, 493

Lauten, 484

Lautenberger, 483

Lautenschläger, 483

Lautenschleger, 483

L’Auvergne, 482

lava, 338

Lavake, 482

lavandera, 376

Lavar, 516

lavatory, 373

Lavaun, 521

La Verne, 512, 516

law, 577

law-abiding, 120

lawn, 349

Lawrence, 494, 507, 509, 511

lay, 420

lay, to, 309, 433, 439

lay off, to, 40

lay-reader, 249

Lazarre, 507

lazo, 152

ld, 438

lead, to, 433, 437

leader, 228

leader of the orchestra, 289

leads, 238

Leadville, 536

leag, 402

leakingest, 463

lean, to, 433, 439

leaned, 439

leap, to, 433, 439

leapt, 392

learn, 339

learn, to, 433, 435, 440

learnéd, 438

leather, 406

leather and finding store,

Leatherhead, 552

leather-neck, 187, 263, 570, 573, 574

leave, to, 433, 440

Lebenschweiler, 485

leberwurst, 155, 220

LeBlanc, 495

lecturer, 242

led, 433, 437

Lee, 492, 498, 506, 507, 508, 513, 517

Leebakken, 492

leech, 272

leery, 464

Le Esta, 522

Leetha, 522

leetle, 346

lefse, 215

left, 433, 440

left at the post, to be, 142

Left Hand, 537

left-luggage room, 238

leg, 302, 308, 309, 340

legal holiday, 237

légion d’honneur, 409

legion of honor, 409

legislate, to, 118, 119, 120, 191

Lehi, 516

Lehman, 500

Lehn, 480

Lehnert, 479

Leider, 514

Leilabeth, 521

Leipzig, 530

Lejitta, 522

Lekander, 491

Lem, 523

Le Maine, 479

Lemon, 525

lend, 439

lend, to, 433, 439

length, 360

lengthy, 15, 100, 119, 120, 223

leniency, 121, 165

lens-hog, 587

lent, 433, 438, 439

Leon, 506

Leonard, 479, 508

Leonhard, 479

Leonhardt, 479

leopard, 383, 384

Leora, 522

lep, 161, 433, 437

leperd, 384

lepero, 153

lepper, 269

lernt, 433

Les, 507

les, 352, 401, 402

Leser, 484

Leslie, 512, 516

Lester, 506, 507

let, to, 433, 440, 604

let George do it, 572

let-George-do-it-itis, 179

lether, 406

Let her go, Gallegher, 566

Letitia, 519

let it slide, to, 143

Letizia, 509

let on, to, 99

let’s, 352

letter-box, 235

letter-carrier, 85, 235, 238, 266

letters, 238

Leuvenmark, 490

Levay, 498

levee, 98, 151

level-crossing, 260

leveler, 389

leveller, 389

Levene, 498

l’Evěque, 482

lever, 340

Levering, 480

Leveson-Gower, 503

Levey, 498

Levie, 498

LeVie, 498

Levien, 498

Levin, 498

Levine, 498

Levitt, 498

Levoy, 498

Levvy, 498

Levy, 477, 498, 500

lewdness, 303

lewd woman, 303

Lewis, 494, 499, 505

Lewy, 498

ley fuga, 221

L.G., 183

Li, 513

Liam, 513

liar, 306

libertad, 75

Liberty, 537

liberty-cabbage, 155

libretti, 412

lib’ry, 353

-lic, 464

-lice, 464

license, 394, 462

licensed trade, 243

licensed victualler, 243

Liceta, 524

Lichtenstein, 498

Lichtman, 498

lickety-split, 114

lick to a frazzle, to, 95

lid, 368

lie, to, 433, 439

Liebel, 506

Liebering, 480

lied, 433

lieutenant, 243, 345

lieutenant-colonel, 283

lieutenant-commissioner, 283

lifebelt, 252

lifeboat, 252

lifeguard, 252

life-preserver, 252

lift, 234, 239, 368

liftman, 234

Lige, 519

light, to, 198, 433

lightning-bug, 114

lightning-rod, 100

light out, to, 142, 167, 198

Liisa, 510

like, 420,424,425,458,472

likeable, 389

like a snowbird in hell, 314

like greased lightning, 563

like hell, 314

likely, 99, 100, 128

Liliecrona, 491

lilj, 490

Lilja, 510

Liljedáhl, 491

Liljegren, 491

Liljeqvist, 491

Lillian, 510, 520

Lillquist, 491

Lilydahl, 491

Lilygren, 491

Lilymary, 521

Lilyquist, 491

lim, 402

lima-bean, 260

limb, 302, 304

limberger, 295

lime-juicer, 295

lime-tree, 115

limey, 55, 295

limited, 147

limited liability company, 244

Limmer, 524

Limus, 524

Lina, 509

Lincoln, 480, 498, 508, 517

Lindbergh, 491

linden, 115

line, 147

linen-draper, 85

Lingo, 525

lingon, 215

lingreese, 216

Linkhorn, 480

Lionel, 507

lip, 566, 576

liqueur, 347

Lisi, 510

Lister, 516

listerine, 172, 173

lit, 368, 433

lite, 406

literat, 75

literature, 352

lithographic-engineer, 289

Little, 493

little, 346

Little Giant, 101

Little Mary, 310

Little Snoring, 537

liturgy, 249

Litvinoff, 499

liv, 399, 401, 403

livd, 403

lived, 368

live-oak, 100, 114

liver, 463

livercheese, 220

liverwurst, 155

live-wire, 37

living, 248

I living-room, 219, 235, 266

Livingston, 499

Lizard, 552

Lizzie, 509, 510, 519

lj, 491

Ljung, 491

Ljungdahl, 491

ll. 401; -ll, 380

LL.D., 273

Llewelyn, 508

Lloyd, 516

(l)m, 335

load, 586

loaden, to, 193

loaf, 156

loaf, to, 156

loafer, 99, 155

loaflng-place, 156

loan, 439; -office, 292; -shark, 186

loan, to, 128,195,433

loaned, 433

lobby, 237

lobby, to, 148, 232

lobby-display, to, 195

lobbyist, 254

Lobe, 484

Lobenstein, 498

Lobenstine, 498

locate, to, 7, 31, 118, 119 120, 165, 191, 232

loch, 544

locker, 368

locoed, 153

loco foco, 99

locomobile, 173

locomotive, 149

loco-weed, 152

locum tenens, 248

locust, 100, 115, 536

lodger, 235

Loeb, 484

Loeser, 484

log-cabin, 57, 115

log-house, 115

logroll, to, 114

log-rolling, 227, 228

lohengrined, 561

Lom, 519

Lomoe, 492

Lömoe, 492

London, 527, 528

Lonesomehurst, 546

Lone Star, 552

Lone Wolf, 514

Long, 483

longa, 250

long-distance, 235

long-haul, 239

long-horn, 582

long primer, 250

long sauce, 100

Longstreet, 480

Lonnquist, 490

Lony, 523

look, 159

loom, to, 199

loop-hole, 128

Loose Creek, 533

loosen, to, 433

loosened, 433

Looson-Gor, 503

loot, 169

Lopes, 495

Lopez, 494, 495

Lord, 272, 305, 318, 349

lord, 328

lorn, 349

los, 401

Los Angeles, 542

lose, to, 433

lose out, to, 198

Los Gatan, 549

loss, 603

lost, 433

lot, 98, 121

Lotawana, 522

loud, 465

Loudenslager, 483

Louis, 505, 506, 515, 524

Louisviilain, 552

Louisville, 529, 541

Louisvillian, 550

lounge, 243; -lizard, 187, 263, 569 572; -suit, 235

Lourenço, 494, 509

louse, 305; -cage, 583

lousy, 566

Louvenia, 524

lov’d, 438

love, 308, 406

loved, 438

lovefest, 218

love her up, to, 308

lovely, 257

love-nest, 186, 570

Lovern, 482

low-brow, 186

low-down, 102, 231

Lowe, 482

Löwe, 482

Lowell, 498

Lowery, 493

low-flung, 143

Low Freight, 533

low-gear, 237

low-life, 564

lowly, 467

lozenger, 353

Ltd., 244

lubritorium, 179

lucer, 402

Lüchow, 482

Lucien, 508

Lucille, 507

lucky-dip, 239

lucre, 386

Lucybelle, 521

Luda, 522

Ludie, 524

Ludwig, 505, 507

luggage, 85, 233, 254; -shop, 266; -van, 147

Luiz, 494

Luke, 506

Lum, 523

lumber, 7, 12, 57,122, 123; -jack, 123; -man, 123; -room, 123; -yard, 123

lump, 582

lump o’ lead, 578

lunatickest, 463

lunch, 240

lunch-counter, 239

luncheon, 171

lunchery, 176

luncheteria, 177

Lundquist, 514

Lunette, 521

lunger, 563

lure, to, 199

lustre, 383

lutfisk, 215

Luther, 512, 513, 515, 517, 525 535

lux, 172

lv, 335 401 -ly, 464, 465, 466, 467

lynch, to, 141, 231, 232

lynching-bee, 142

lynch-law, 98

Lynner, 549

Lyons, 499

lysol, 173

M., 348

m, 375

ma, 170, 284

Mabel, 512, 513

mac, 235

Macá, 486, 488

MacEochagain, 504

machete, 221

Macheyovsky, 489

machine, 148, 227, 382, 384

machine-shop, 123

MacIlleathiain, 479

Mack, 490

Mackey, 492

mackinaw, 105

mackintosh, 235

Mackis, 512

MacMahon, 489

MacSuihhne, 504

Macy, 486, 498

mad, 12, 143

madam, 305

Madame, 283, 503

Madames, 412

Madames of the Sacred Heart, 412

mad as a hornet, as, 144

mad as a March hare, as, 144

mad-dog, 144

made, 433

made-to-measure, 234

mad-house, 144

Madison, 537

Mae, 507, 520

ma femme, 75

mafia, 222

Magazine, 525

magazine, 325

Magdalene, 510

Maggie, 509

Maggio, 493

magnisonant, 118