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stamping-ground, 116

stamps, 346

stance, 562

stand, to, 245

standard, 241

standchen, 409

standchen, 409

stand for, to, 227, 229

Standing Bear, 514

Standingdeer, 514

stand pat, to, 191

stand-patter, 187

standpoint, 120, 121, 158, 165, 231

standpunkt, 121

stang, 435

Stǎnilǎ, 494

Stanislaw, 510

stank, 435

Stanley, 494, 506, 510, 516

Stanton, 494

star, to, 199

stardom, 178

starry, 350

start, 349

start in, to, 198, 229

start off, to, 198

start out, to, 198, 229

statehouse, 109

statement, 118

Staten, 532

station, 147, 539; -agent, 238; -master, 238

statistics, 155

status, 338

statutory offense, 304

staunch, 335, 392

Staunton, 541

stave off, to, 99

stay, 373, 374

staylit, 407

stay put, 198, 227

St. Cyr, 482

St. Denis, 479

steady, 340, 383, 384, 397, 466

steal, to, 435

steamboat, 57

steam-roller, 186, 196

steam-shovel, 239 -steam, 499

stean, 499

steddy, 384, 397

steering-committee, 148

Stehli, 483

Stein, 499

stein, 155, 237, 243; -stein, 499, 507

Steinmetz, 484

Steinway, 482

St. Elmo, 537

stem-winder, 96, 235, 239

stench, to, 196 I

Stenny, 486

steno, 169

stenog, 169

Stephen, 510, 512, 513

-ster, 178

Stern, 499

stern, 372

Steve, 510, 512

Stevens, 514

stew, 260, 345

steward, 245

stewed, 568

stick, 149

stick, to, 579

sticker, 229

Stick No Bills, 239

stick up, to, 558

sticky-back, 229

stiff, 563

stiff upper lip,
565

stile, 384

still better, 463

Stilton cheese, 261

Stimits, 484

stimulis, 413

stimulus-response-bond, 588 !

-stine, 499

sting, to, 435

Sting Tail, 514

stingy, 126

stink, 303, 309

stink, to, 435

stinkibus, 149

Stiobhan, 513

St. John, 496, 503

St. Joseph, 535; -ite, 549

St. Lawrence, 531

St. Leger, 503

St. Louis, 531, 541

stock, 128, 244

stockbroker, 244

stockholder, 244

Stockholm, 530

stocking, 378; -feet, 145

stockings, 302, 308

stocks, 244

Stock Yards, 536

stockyards, 462

stoker, 583

Stolar, 498

stole, 435, 437, 442

stomac, 401

stomach, 302, 310

stomps, 346

stonden, 442

stone, 99, 250, 308

stone-fence, 149

stones, 303

stone-wall, 149

stood, 442

stoop, 98, 108

stop, 602

stop-over, to, 147, 198

store, 7, 122, 123, 266, 292; -clothes, 145; -used, 293

stores, 234

storey, 390, 392

stork, 349

storked, 561

Storm, 492

storm, 578, 585, 602

story, 390

Stout, 537

St. Patrick, 535

St. Paul, 528, 531, 535

straddle, to, 148

straddling, 143

strafe, to, 573

straight, 149, 605

straight-ticket, 148

strap, 346

strap-hanger, 228

strata, 338, 412

stratas, 413

stratosphere, 559

Strauss, 500

Streed, 491

street, 544; -cleaner, 239; -railway, 239

Streeter, 489

strength, 360

strenuous, 558; -life, 174

stricken out, 246

Strid, 491

strife, 578

strike, to, 435

strike it rich, to, 142

strike oil, to, 167

strike out, to, 191

striker, 30, 573

string, 247; -bean, 235, 260

strings, 583

strip, to, 586

stripe, 585

Stritar, 489

Stromberg, 490

strong-arm-squad, 243

strop, 346

struck, 435

struck out, 246

struggld, 402

strychnine, 341

St. Therese, 543

stube, 219, 292

stubs, 244

stuccoed, 568

Studebaker, 485

Studebecker, 485

student, 375

Studie, 579

studio, 292

study for the ministry, to, 249

study law, to, 240

study medicine, to, 240

stuf, 403

stump, to, 35, 93, 118, 228

stumped, 114

Stumptown, 537

stung, 435

stunk, 435

stunt, 159, 232

stuntfest, 218

Sturgeon moon, 106

Stuyvesant, 481

stye, 389

style, 384

style, to, 93, 194

subpena, 401

subsidize, 118

subsist, to, 196

succede, 401

successor, 395

succotash, 98, 100, 105

such, 346

Suciu, 494

Suck, 505

sucker, 37, 263, 556, 562, 576, 584

Sucker Branch, 535

suddint, 360

Sue, 507

suffragan, 248

Sug, 519

sugar, 585

sugar-basin, 235

sugar-bowl, 235

suicide, to, 167

suitatorium, 179

Suke, 519

Sukey, 519

sulfite, 394

sulfur, 402

Sullivan, 477, 500

Summer time, 234

Summit, 536

summon, 461

summons, 461

sump, 237

sundae, 86, 188, 190, 191

Sunday, 485

sunflower, 536

sung, 434, 441

sunk, 434

supawn, 106

super-, 180, 181, 464; -American, 181; -cabinet, 181; -criminal, 181; -film, 181; -gang, 181; -highway, 181; -love, 181; -perfect, 181; -production, 181

supergobosnoptious, 145

supergobsloptious, 176

super-highway, 181

superintendent, 243, 288

superior, 395

supernaculum, 577

supper, 240

surallikus, 109

sure, 93, 103, 202, 262,

sure-fire, 262

surely, 467

surface-protection-engineer, 290

survey, 325, 588

Susan, 519

Susanville, 534

suspectful, 175

suspenders, 85, 145, 235, 239, 391

suspicion, to, 25

Susquehanna, 528

susy, 359

sut, 383, 384

Sutter, 542

Suva, 488

suveran, 384

Svec, 487

Sven,510

Svensson, 491

Swaffham, 537

swagger, 269

swaller, 353

swallow, 124

swam, 435

swamp, 246, 343

Swampskeeter, 552

swan, 343

Swanell, 522

swang, 435

swanga, 113

swank, 269, 568

Swanson, 492

swap, to, 126

Swashing Creek, 533

swatfest, 218

sweat, 309

sweat, to, 435

Swede, 240

sweep, to, 435

sweep stakes, 155

sweet, 247, 602; -corn, 240; -potato, 114, 246; -shop, 234

sweets, 41, 234

swell, 557

swell, to, 435

swelled, 438

Swensson, 492

swep, 435, 437

swerve, to, 252

Swiler, 485

swim, to, 435

swimmingly, 126

swim-suit, 233

swing, to, 435

switch, 146; -engine, 146; -man, 146; -yard, 146

switch, to, 147

switchback-railway, 237

swole, 435, 438

swollen, 435

Swope, 483

sword, 349

’s wounds, 312

swum, 435, 441

swung, 435

sycamore, 536

Sydney, 508

Sylvester, 511, 519

Sylvia, 507, 509

Syphax, 524

syphilis, 304, 306

Sýr, 487

Syracuse, 530

syren, 389

Syringia, 522

syrup, 235

Szabó, 496

Szemán, 496

Szentgyörgyi, 496

Szentpétery, 496

Sztefan, 510

Szüle, 496

t, 335, 348, 352 353 360 368, 375, 389, 401, 402, 447,493, 600; -t, 438

Taaffe, 478

Taavetti, 510

tab, 229

table, to, 7, 117

taboobery, 175

Tacoma, 532; -n, 549

tactic, in, 461

tactics, 461

Tadpole, 552

taffy, 235

Taft, 478

Tahoma, 532

tail, 308

take, to, 435, 604

take a back seat, to, 142

take a bath, to, 252

take a lunar, to, 250

take for a ride, to, 558, 580

taken, 428, 435

take on, to, 99

take silk, to, 246

take the cake, to, 232

take the first turning, to, 253

take to the woods, to, 119

talented, 70, 98, 120, 223

Taliaferro, 503

talk, 183

talkfest, 218

talkie, 170, 187

talk-talk, 373

talk through your hat, to, 563

tall, 614

Tallahassee, 528

tallest, 420

tallow-pot, 583

Talmadge, 524

Talvi, 492

tamal, 152

tamale, 152

tamber, 409

Tamer, 524

tamer, 584

tammany, 106

tan, 247

tangle-foot, 167

tango, 155

tank, 582

tanked, 568

tank-town, 147

Taos, 541

Taoseño, 550

tap, 235

tapioca, 112

tap-room, 243, 292

Tarheel, 552

tariff reform, 245

Tarkington, 513

tarn, 115

tarnal, 316, 317, 339

tarnation, 35, 316, 317

tart, 235, 305

tassel, 334

tasty, 93, 96

Tatiyopa, 514

taught, 349, 435

Taunton, 541

taut, 349

tavern, 123, 292

Tavia, 519

taw, 349

tay, 161

Taylor, 488, 496, 497, 499, 520, 529

taxed-paid, 194

taxes, 235

taxi, 374

taxi, to, 192

taximeter, 155

taxpaid, 194

taxpay, to, 194

taxpayer, 235

T.B., 208, 536

-te, 438

tea, 240; -cake, 233; -shop, 266

teach, to, 435, 440

team, 7, 122

tear, to, 435

tear-bucket, 587

teat, 303, 309

tech, 346

technical - publicity - engineer, 291

tecnical, 401

Tecumseh, 517

Ted, 519

Teddy, 519

tee off, to, 562

teeth, 612

teetotal, 161

teetotaler, 145

tegua, 151

tel, 401, 403

telefone, 402, 403

telegraf, 402, 403

telegram, 147, 604

telegramme, 394

telegraph-blank, 247

telegrapher, 165, 324

telegraph-form, 247

telegraphic communication, 147

telegraphic dispatch, 147

teleology, 155

telephone, 591, 604

telescoped, 228

tell, to, 435

tell’d, 435

tell it to a judge, to, 561

Telluride, 536

Tell your troubles to a policeman, 566

Temba, 524

temporarily, 324

Tenah, 524

tend, to, 435

tended, 435

tender, 239

tender-foot, 145, 231

tenderloin, 236, 240

Ten Eyck, 481

Tennessee Iron and Coal, 525

Tennyson, 513

ten-pins, 237, 248

tent, 435

ten thirty, 251

tepee, 106

tequila, 152

Tera, 523

Terence, 505

Terjesen, 492

terminal, 147

Terra, 494

Terra Amarilla, 534

terrace, 547

terrapin, 104, 105, 246

Terre Haute, 541

Terry, 494

Tertzagian, 497

testicles, 307

tête, 214, 557

tête-a-tête, 409

Texarkana, 537

Texhoma, 537

Texico, 537

textil, 403

th, 335, 353, 367, 375, 382, 404

-thal, 499, 500

Thalberg, 500

Thalheimer, 500

Thames, 540

than, 458, 464, 472

thanx, 406

that, 367, 452, 453, 454

that-a way, 471

that-ere, 452

thatn, 451, 454

that’n, 471

that-one, 451

that-there, 451, 452

that way, 561

-thau, 499

theatre, 325, 383, 388, 402

The Dalles, 537

thé dansant, 409

thee, 450, 454

the Hon., 275, 277, 278, 279

their, 448, 456, 460

theirn, 448, 456, 461

theirs, 448

theirself, 419, 459

theirselves, 459

the limit, 227, 230

them, 420, 424, 448, 451, 452, 454, 455, 456

them-ere, 452

them’ere, 471

Themicoud, 479

them’n, 452

themselves, 459, 460

them-there, 451, 452

them-two, 449

thence, 468

Theodore, 507, 519

Theotiste, 522

there, 24, 375, 420, 467

Thermopolis, 530

thermos, 173

thés-dansants, 412

these, 451, 452

these-here, 451, 452

thesen, 451

These States, 75

these-yur, 452

thet, 365

they, 424, 448, 451

they is, 363

thief, 584

thin, 375

think, to, 435

thinnen, to, 193

third, 367

third-degree, 243, 264, 577

thirty-second note, 250

this, 452

this-and-that-way, 561

this-a way, 471

this-here, 424, 451, 452

thish-yur, 452

thisn, 451

this’n, 464

this-one, 451

thither, 468

tho, 399, 400, 402, 403, 406

thoid, 350, 367, 368

Thomas, 493, 506, 509, 515

Thompson, 439, 488

thon, 460

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