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by H. L. Mencken


  batting-average, 191

  battle, 399

  battle, to, 199

  battleship, 583

  battle-wagon, 582

  Bauer, 483

  bauer, 157

  baugh,482

  Baughman, 479, 482

  baulk, 389

  Bauman, 483

  bawd, 349

  bawl, to, 198

  bawl out, to, 198

  Bay, 492, 552

  bay, 124

  Bayard, 516

  bayberry, 124

  Bayle, 481

  bayou, 98, 151

  Bay State, 101

  bay-window, 128

  bazaar, 234

  bazoo, 557

  b.d.t., 209

  be, to, 427, 445, 613

  beach, 236; -comber, 231

  beagle, 580

  bean, 328, 341, 428, 557, 563

  beanery, 176

  Bear Creek, 529

  beat, to, 428

  beaten, 428

  Beatha, 521

  beatingest, 143

  Beatrice, 541

  beat the Dutch, to, 259

  beat up, to, 198

  Beauchamp, 480, 503, 522

  Beaufort, 541

  beau pré, 105

  beaut, 169, 564

  beautician, 179, 229, 284, 288

  beautiful, 463

  beautifuler, 420

  beautifuller, 463

  beautifullest, 463

  beautorium, 179

  beaux-arts, 411

  Beaver, 514, 529

  beaver, 536

  Beaver moon, 106

  became, 428

  becassine, 214

  becaus, 404

  because, 339

  Becker, 485

  become, to, 428

  becuz, 339

  bed, 308

  bed-bug, 86, 233, 310

  Beddow, 495

  bed-rock, 227

  Bedrosian, 497

  bed-spread, 144

  Bee, 537

  beech, 124

  Beecham, 503

  beef, 128

  beef, to, 609

  beefsteak, 155

  beeg, 368

  bee-hive, 583

  bee-line, 116, 231

  been, 328, 341, 373, 374, 427, 441

  beer, 243; -garden, 112, 155, 219; -mallet, 236, 244; -sort, 112

  bee’s knees, 561

  bees too bee busy, 260

  Beethead, 552

  beet, 228; -root, 228

  began, 428, 440

  began (n), 428

  beggar, 368

  begin, to, 422, 428, 447

  begob, 160

  begorry, 160

  begun, 428, 441

  begunnon, 428

  behavior problem, 293

  behaviorist, 178

  behaviour, 395

  behind, 252

  Behla, 496

  behoove, to, 415

  behove, 392

  behove, to, 415

  Be-jesus Be-johnson, 510

  bel, 403

  Bela, 496

  Belair, 533

  Bel Air, 533

  belch, 309

  belch, to, 578

  Beldo, 493

  beleev, 381

  belgiumize, to, 193

  Belgrade, 530

  Belič, 489

  believ, 403

  belittle, to, 7, 14, 22, 100, 118, 224

  Belko, 489

  Bellair, 533

  Bellaire, 533

  bell-boy, 227

  Belle Aire, 533

  Belle Ayr, 533

  beller, 353

  Bellevue, 533

  Bellfontaine, 525

  bell-hop, 145, 186, 263

  Bello, 493

  bellow, 602

  Bellows, 493

  bell-ringer, 583

  belly, 309

  bellyache, to, 196

  belly-laugh, 560

  belly-robber, 573

  belovéd, 438

  Belsnickel, 159

  belt, 239

  Belva Dula, 522

  Belvidere, 543

  Ben, 519

  ben, 341, 428

  bend, 260

  bend, to, 428

  benefice, 248

  Ben Hur, 534, 537

  Benjamin, 506, 515

  Benld, 538

  Bensonhurst, 529

  Bent, 523

  bent, 528, 538

  berceuse, 347

  -berg, 500

  Berg, 484

  Berger, 484

  Berinthia, 522

  Berkeley, 503

  Berkeleyan, 549

  Berks County Dutchman, 550

  Berlin, 530

  Bernalilo, 534

  Bérnard, 504

  Berneita, 521

  Bernheimer, 498

  Bernstein, 499

  berries, 45

  Bert, 506, 507, 519

  Bertha, 510

  Besma, 522

  bespoke, 234

  Bess, 511

  Bessie, 507

  best, 463

  best, to, 199

  best bib and tucker, 232

  best end, 236

  best end of the neck, 236

  best of the bunch, 565

  bet, to, 428

  betcha, 258

  Beth, 519

  Bethene, 521

  betrayed, 302, 310

  Betsy, 511

  Bettelarm, 501

  better, 463

  betterment, 145

  betterments, 98

  better’n, 464

  Betts, 483

  Betty, 507, 509, 511, 519

  between, 472

  Betz, 483

  Beulah, 535

  Beverly, 520

  beyond, 343

  bhoy, 162

  B.I., 579

  Bianca, 509

  Bias, 537

  Bible, 505, 584

  bible, to, 196, 578

  Bible Belt, 230, 239

  bid, 239

  biergarten, 112

  bierstube, 219

  biff, 564

  biff, to, 609

  big, 368, 377; -chief, 106; -day, 580; -fella, 226; -gun, 144; -horse, 577, 580; -ox, 583; -shot, 580; -stick, 174

  Big Baby, 514

  Big Chimney, 537

  Bighorse, 514

  bil, 401, 403

  Bilbo, 505

  bild, 402, 403

  bile, 102, 161, 346

  Bilious, 505

  Bill, 509, 512, 519

  bill, 159, 233; -board, 95, 233, 266; -fold, 239; -of-lading, 238; -poster, 579

  Bille, 537

  billiards-saloon, 237

  billiard-studio, 292

  billion, 144, 255

  bilt, 381, 384

  Biltmore, 538

  bimeby, 129

  bin, 341, 428

  bind, to, 428

  bindery, 176

  bindle, 582

  bindle-stiff, 582

  bing, 184

  bingle, 263

  bint, 569

  biograph, to, 194

  biology, 604

  biorque, 214

  bird, 367, 564

  Birdene, 521

  Birdie, 507

  birdie, 562

  Birdsong, 485

  Birmingham, 540

  Birquelle, 487

  biscuit, 123, 233, 234, 255, 267

  bishop, 149

  biskit, 406

  Bismarck, 529, 537

  bit, 580

  bitch, 301, 302

  bit of a lad, 569

  bitten, 428, 429, 444

  bitter, 244

  Bittinger, 484

  bizar, 401

  Bizjak, 489

  bj, 490

  Bjerstjerne, 510

  Björnson Björnstjerne, 510

  Black, 482, 485, 489

  Blackbear, 514

  blackbird, 124

  black-coated, 239

  blacked, 247

  black-eye, 12

/>   Blackfoot, 485

  black-hand, 222

  black-ink, 255

  blackleg, 239

  black-stripe, 149

  black treacle, 235 -blad, 491

  Bladder, 159, 584

  blah, 185, 557

  blame, to, 199

  blamed, 375

  Blancamano, 493

  blanch, 335

  blanche, 214

  Blanco, 493

  bland, 337

  blankety, 316

  blarneyfest, 218

  blasphemious, 353

  blast, 182, 184, 315

  blasting-engineer, 290

  blather, 338

  Blaustein, 500

  Blauvelt, 481

  bleachers, 191

  bleater, 587

  Bleba, 521

  bled, 429

  bleed, to, 429

  bleeding, 316

  blessed-event, 561

  blew, 429, 440

  blighty, 573

  blimp, 573

  blind, 36; -baggage, 147; -pig, 149; -tiger, 100

  blintzes, 217

  blizzard, 144, 219, 231, 568

  Bloch, 482

  Block, 482

  block, 12, 239, 247, 554, 557

  blockhead, 563

  Block Island, 533

  block of flats, 233, 247

  block of service-flats, 233

  blond, 411, 412

  blonde, 411, 412

  blood, 312, 382

  blood count, to, 197

  blood disease, 307

  blooded, 120

  bloodfest, 218

  blood-poison, 304

  bloody, 311, 314, 316

  Bloom, 482

  Blooma, 522

  Bloomer, 523

  bloomer, 144

  Bloomingdale, 498

  blotter, 243

  blotto, 573

  blow, 315, 602

  blow, to, 118, 429, 440, 566, 581

  blowed, 429, 440

  blow in, to, 227

  blown, 429, 440

  blow-out, 144

  blow smoke, to, 583

  blud, 382

  blue, 231, 345

  Blue Ball, 536

  blue-blazer, 149

  blue-grass, 114

  Blue Hen’s Chicken, 552

  Bluehill, 539

  Blue Jay, 537

  blue-law, 150

  bluf, 401, 403

  bluff, 3, 57, 115, 231

  bluff, to, 231, 609

  Blum, 482, 484

  Blumenthal, 498

  blummie, 109

  blurb, 557

  blustiferous, 568

  blut, 312

  blutarm, 312

  blutwurst, 155

  bo, 170, 581; bo-, 491

  B. O., 586

  boar, 302, 308

  board, 349

  boarded, 604

  board-school, 241

  boat, 182

  bob, to, 373

  bobateria, 177, 179

  bobatorium, 179

  bobby, 243

  Bobo, 505

  bobolink, 12

  Bob Ruly, 533

  bob-sled, 115

  boche, 295

  bock-beer, 112, 155

  bodacious, 359

  boddy, 397

  body, 397; -snatcher, 577

  boedel, 109

  bog, 115, 246

  bogie, 147

  bogue, 214

  Boguehomme, 547

  bogus, 108, 120, 231, 373, 538

  Bohdan, 511

  Bohdanka, 511

  bohee, 295

  boheme, to, 192

  bohick, 295

  bohoe, 295

  bohunk, 263, 295

  boid, 350, 367

  boil, 346

  Boileau, 495

  boiled, 568; -dinner, 247; -shirt, 144

  boiler, 585

  Bois Boulogne, 348

  Boiseite, 549

  boko, 260

  Bolander, 491

  boll-weevil-expert, 291

  bologna, 391

  boloney, 391, 263, 560, 572

  bolt, to, 148

  bolter, 148

  bolts, 119

  bom, 402

  Boman, 491

  bomb, 580

  bonanza, 152

  Bonaparte, 478

  Bon Cœur, 481

  bond, 244

  bonds, 244

  bone-dry, 565

  bone-head, 187, 563, 564

  bone-orchard, 577

  bones, 566

  bonnet, 236

  Bonne Terre, 542

  Bon Pas, 482

  Bon Secour, 539

  Bons Enfants, 547

  boob, 37, 170, 263

  boobarian, 560

  boobariat, 560

  booberati, 560

  booboisie, 560

  boobomaniac, 560

  boobuli, 560

  boocoo, 573

  boocoop, 573

  boodle, 108, 231

  boodle, to, 148

  boodler, 148

  boogie, 296

  Boohum, 524

  book-concern, 150

  bookdom, 178

  Booker, 485

  bookfest, 218

  booking-clerk, 238

  booking-office, 147

  bookseller’s shop, 99

  bookstore, 12, 99

  boom, 167, 227, 565, 602

  boom, to, 93, 141, 167, 227

  boomer, 142, 582, 583

  boom-town, 142

  Boomy, 524

  boor, 614

  boost, 171

  boost, to, 35, 141, 231, 567

  booster, 47, 263, 565

  boot, 122, 158, 233, 235, 266, 344, 391

  bootchkey, 295

  bootee, 12

  bootery, 176, 266

  bootician, 179, 288

  Bootjack, 524

  bootlace, 235

  boot-legger, 149, 288, 565

  boot-maker, 122, 266

  boots, 85, 247

  boot-shop, 122, 266

  booze, 244, 566 -fest, 218; -foundry, 564; -hister, 346

  boozer, 244

  boozery, 176

  Boozeville, 536

  borax-house, 218

  Borbély, 496

  Bordeaux, 348

  Borecký, 512

  bored, 349

  boredom, 178

  boric-boracic, 415

  boro, 402, 403, 539

  borracho, 153

  borrow, to, 433

  bosch, 532

  bosom, 302

  boss, 24, 69, 98, 108, 231, 372, 570, 609

  boss, to, 609

  boss around, to, 262

  boss-rule, 148

  Boston, 527, 528

  Boston Common, 115

  Bostonia, 529, 548

  bother, 315

  bottle, 587, 603

  bottom, to, 15

  bottom, 359; -dollar, 144; -land, 99, 115; -round, 236

  bottoms, 115

  Bouchevaldre, 487

  Boughman, 479

  bought, 429

  boughten, 425, 429, 438, 442

  boulevard, 546, 547

  bouncer, 142,149, 236, 245

  bound, 428

  bound’ry, 353

  Bourbon, 547

  bourbon, 263

  bourgeois, 250

  bout, 182

  bower, 157

  Bowers, 483

  Bowery, 533

  bowl, 368

  bowler, 234, 239

  bowling-alley, 236

  bowls, 248

  Bowman, 479, 483, 491

  bowsprit, 105

  Bowzar, 524

  box-canyon, 152

  box-car, 146, 238

  box-engineer, 290

  Boyd, 367

  boyologist, 179

  bozart, 411

  Bozo, 497

  bozo, 564, 585

  Bozoian, 497

  bracelet, 335

  braces, 85, 235, 239, 391

  brac
ken, 115

  brains, 583

  brain-trust, 186

  brainy, 143

  brake, 429

  brake-van, 238

  brakie, 572

  branch, 115, 334, 336, 337

  brand-new, 352

  brandy-champarelle, 149

  brandy-crusta, 149

  brang, 429

  Brasby, 523

  brash, 143

  brassiére, 347

  brass-mounted, 137

  brass-pounder, 583

  Braswell, 516

  Braun, 477, 483

  Braunstein, 477, 499

  brave, 108

  bravo, 108

  bread-basket, 566

  breadery, 176

  breadstuffs, 12, 35, 120, 122

  break, 235

  break, to, 429

  breakaway, 587

  break away, to, 609

  breakbone, 563

  breakfast, 240

  breast, 302, 303, 308, 309

  bred, 381, 401, 403

  Bredevelt, 485

  breeze, to, 16, 578

  breezer, 579

  brekfast, 401

  brekfest, 403

  brekker, 568

  Bremen, 530

  bresh, 360

  brest, 381

  brethren, 353, 614

  breve, 250

  brevier, 250

  brevis, 250

  Brian, 487

  briar, 392, 393

  briars, 580

  bribd, 402

  brick, 603

  brickstein, 159

  Bridgewater, 479

  brief a barrister, to, 246

  brief-case, 246

  brier, 393

  brigadier, 283

  brigghity, 110

  Brigham, 516

  brile, 346

  Brill, 482

  brilliant, 250

  bring, to, 429

  brioche, 214

  briqué, 214

  brisbanality, 175

  Bristol, 527, 528

  broad, 305, 577

  broad-bean, 260

  broadcast, to, 197, 439

  broadcasted, 439

  broad-gauge man, 147

  Broadway, 546

  Brodie, 578

  broil, 346

  broiled, 234

  broiler, 240

  broke, 422, 429, 565

  broken, 428, 429

  broker, 244

  bromid, 401

  Bromide, 536

  bromide, 227

  bromo-seltzer, 172

  bronc, 152, 170

  bronchitis, 341

  bronco, 152

  bronichal, 353

  Bronislawa, 510

  Brookfreed, 485

  Brooklyn, 532; -ite, 549

  broom, 344

  brother, 280, 614; -act, 562

  brought, 429

  Brown, 477, 478, 483, 486, 498, 514

  brown, 247; -skin, 296

  Bruce, 492

  Brühl, 482

  brung, 423, 429, 437

  brush off a hat, to, 251

  brush your hat off, 198

  brusk, 394

  Bruss, 492

  bryanize, to, 193

  Bryant, 516

  Bryn Jenkins, 546

  Bryn Jones, 529

  b. s., 209

  bt, 401

  Bubble, 536

  Bucher, 485

  buchershelf, 159

  buchta, 216

  Buchwalter, 487

  Buck, 520

  buck, 302, 308, 582

  buck, to, 263

  buckaroo, 152

  bucket, 243; -shot, 228

  Buckeye, 101, 552

  buckeye, 12

  Buck moon, 106

  buck-private, 573

  buckra, 98, 112, 113

  buckshot, 308

  buck the tiger, to, 143

  buckwheat, 85; -cake, 12

  Bud, 519

  budge, to, 126

  Buena, 543

  Buerckel, 487

  Buffalo, 529, 536; -nian, 549

 

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