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by H. L. Mencken


  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

  Magnus, 510

  Mahala, 522

  Mahmoud, 513

  Máhoney, 504

  Mahonri, 516

  maid, 266

  maiden, 308

  Maija, 510

  mail, 238, 256; -bag, 238; -box, 238; -car, 238; -carrier, 238; -clerk, 147; -order, 238; -man, 238; -matter, 238; -train, 238; -van, 238

  Main street, 547

  maiz, 122, 384

  maize, 3, 106, 122, 234, 384

  major, 242, 274, 283

  makai-ewa, 377

  make, to, 433, 604

  make a get away, to, 198

  make a kick, to, 143

  make good, to, 227, 229

  make out, to, 229

  make the fur fly, to, 142

  make the grade, to, 565

  make tracks, to, 142

  make whoopee, to, 561

  Maki, 492

  Mäki, 492

  Makláry, 496

  Makohon, 489

  malafee, 113

  malaise, 409

  Malcolm, 497, 507

  malease, 409

  male-cow, 301

  male-hog, 302

  Malen, 523

  male-sheep, 302

  mama, 585

  mama-san, 373

  Mamie, 519

  Mamie Taylor, 149

  mamma, 325

  managing director, 244

  manaña, 221

  man-and-woman it, to, 561

  mangelwurzel, 246

  mangle, 261

  Manhattan, 532

  manhattanize, to, 193

  manicure, 178

  manicurist, 178

  manifest, 582

  manitee, 106

  Mann, 484

  männerchor, 157, 347

  Manney, 479

  Manoel, 509

  mansions, 247, 414

  Månsson, 491

  Manuel, 508, 509

  map, to, 199 />
  marathon, 180

  March, 493

  march, 614

  marcy, 339, 340

  Mar-Del, 537

  mare, 302

  Mareda, 524

  Marenisco, 538

  Marg, 519

  Margaret, 509, 519, 520

  Margarida, 509

  Margorilla, 524

  Maréa, 509

  Maréa, 508

  Marian, 509

  Mariano, 509

  Marie, 511, 513

  Marilyn, 511, 512

  Marin, 509

  Marinaccio, 493

  Marinace, 493

  Marion, 537

  Marjette, 521

  Marjoribanks, 503

  Mark, 506, 507

  marketeria, 177

  marketing-expert, 291

  Marks, 494

  Marlborough, 503

  Marques, 494

  marriage-certificate, 235

  marriage-lines, 235

  marrid, 402

  marsh, 246, 339

  Marshall, 515, 517

  Marshbanks, 503

  Marston, 487

  mart, 183

  Marth, 519

  Martha, 519

  Martin, 494, 507, 509

  martin, 536

  Martinez, 514

  Martini-cocktail, 85

  Martins, 494

  Marttinen, 479

  marvelous, 388

  Marvin, 507, 516

  Mary, 183, 506, 507, 509, 510, 513, 519

  Maryland, 540

  Marysville, 529

  Masculine, 505

  ma’sh, 246, 350

  masheen, 382, 384

  Mason, 486, 498

  mass, 249, 334

  massa, 271

  masseur, 347

  massive, 334

  mass-meeting, 98,144,148, 231

  Masten, 487

  master, 241, 242, 268, 281, 334, 583; -maniac, 583; -mind, 583; of ceremonies, 586; of properties, 289

  masterpiece, 155

  Master (s), 485

  masticate, 334

  mastiff, 386

  mat, 261, 614

  match, to, 256

  mater, 338

  Matha, 524

  Mathias, 507

  Mathushek, 487

  Matilda, 519

  matineé, 409

  matins, 268

  Matoka, 524

  Matoušek, 487

  matrimonial-engineer, 290

  Matrimony, 536

  mat-roller, 261

  matron, 289

  Mattagomonsis, 531

  Mattawamkeag, 531

  matter, 336, 349

  Matthew, 506, 510

  Matthews, 487

  Matti, 510

  mattins, 249

  mattress-engineer, 289

  Matuscheck, 487

  matzoth, 216, 217

  Mauch Chunk, 532

  mauka, 377

  Mauna Loa, 522

  Maurice, 503

  Maury, 516

  mauvaises terres, 108

  Mauwauwaming, 532

  maverick, 144, 188, 189

  maw, 328, 349

  Mawlbra, 503

  Max, 507

  Maximilian, 507

  Maxwell, 507

  may, 420

  Maybeth, 521

  Maynard, 497

  mayorality, 353

  mazuma, 216, 217, 263

  mazzaltov, 217

  mb, 402

  McClautz, 489

  McCleary, 496

  McCoy, 580

  McDonald, 514

  McKaba, 496

  McKeesport, 529

  McLane, 479

  McLoud, 487

  McShane, 477

  McSweeney, 504

  M.D., 272

  me, 447, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458; -me, 390, 391

  meal, to, 196

  Mealy, 524

  mean, 25, 384, 466

  mean, to, 433

  measure up, to, 256

  measure up to the standard, to, 229

  meat, 373, 614

 

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