Authors: H.L. Mencken
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
bracken, 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
buffalo, 296
Buffalo Creek, 536
buffer, 238
buffet, 292, 347
bug, 12, 86, 233, 310, 577
bugaboo, 144
Bug-eater, 552
bug-eye, 117
bugger, 314
buggy, 583
bug-house, 186
Bugtown, 554
build, to, 429
builder-upper, 586
building, 414
building-lot, 121
build-up, 576
built, 384, 429, 438
bull, 286, 301, 302, 308, 309, 361, 577, 585; -fist, 218, 581; -frog, 114, 308; -snake, 12
Bulldog, 536
bulldoze, to, 141, 142, 263
bulldozing, 148
Bull Head, 514
Bull Run, 535
bullsh, 378
Bulltown, 537
bully, 229
bullyrag, to, 232
Bulow, 410
Bülow, 410
Bulpitt, 505
bum, 92, 155, 156, 170, 263, 306, 310, 581; -bum, 500
bum, to, 156
bum-bailiff, 310
bum food, 156
bummelei, 156
bummelig, 156
bummelleben, 156
bummeln, 156
bummelzug, 156
bummer, 93, 156
bummery, 156
bumming-place, 156
bummler, 156
bump, 184
bump, to, 564, 586
bump a block, 261
bumped off, to be, 40
bumper, 147, 238
bump off, to, 578
Bumpus, 482
bum’s-rush, 156
bum steer, 156
bunco, 92; -steerer, 37
buncombe, 92, 144, 148, 225
-bund, 219
bundling, 12
bung-starter, 149, 236, 244
bunk, 92, 170; -shooter, 263
Bunker, 481
bunker, 562
bunkum, 558, 572
Bunnie, 552
bunt, to, 191
Buonaparte, 479
burden, 389
bureau, 12, 100, 108, 254
bureaucracy, 406
bureau-of -information, 238
burg, 263, 539
burgh, 539
Burgh de Walter, 479
burglarize, to, 93
burgle, to, 141, 192
burial-abbey, 288
buried, to be, 581
Burl, 522
burlesk, 406
burly, 128
burn, to, 429, 581
Burnett, 503
Burning Bear, 536
burnt, 429, 536
buro, 403
burocracy, 406
burp, to, 309, 564
burro, 152; -load, 152; -trail, 152; -train, 152; -weed, 152
Burroughs, 499
burst, 429, 439, 602
burthen, 389
Burton, 498
Burtyce, 521
bury deep, to, 465
bury the hatchet, 106, 232
bush, 108, 532; -fighting, 108; -league, 108; -leaguer, 191; -ranger, 108; -town, 108; -whacker, 108
bushel, 462
busher, 108
bushwah, 301
business-block, 247
business-suit, 235
bust, 92, 102, 150, 185, 350, 422, 439
bust, to, 429
busted, 429, 439
buster, 102
bust-head, 429, 568
Busyjack, 489
but, 203
butch, to, 192
Butcher, 496
butcher, 344; -shop, 587
Butrus, 513
Butt, 499
butt, to, 198
butte, 151
Butte Creek, 535
butterine, 86
butter-krust, 407
Buttermilk, 505
butter-muslin, 234
butter no parsnips, to, 565
butter-nut, 114
butt in, to, 198
buttinski, 103, 222
buttle, to, 192
buttonwood, 12
but what, 454
buy, to, 429
buz, 401, 403
Buzzard, 552
buzzard, 587
buzz-saw, 144
B. V. D., 208
by God, 316
by gosh, 316
by gum, 316
by Jove, 313
by-law, 243
Byrd, 367
by ’r Lady, 312
Byron, 516
by way of being, 256
c, 383. 386, 394, 401, 402, 404
cab, 169, 343
cabaret, 347
cabeca, 216
Cabinet, 245
cablegram, 171
caboodle, 231
caboose, 146, 238
Cabot, 498
cach, 400
cache, 98, 108, 182
cacodemonize, to, 117
cacogen, 175
cactuses, 413
caddy, 579
-cade, 180
cadet, 283
Cadogen, 503
Caesar, 523
café, 177, 292, 347, 409
cafeteria, 176, 221, 228
cag, 383, 384
cage, 583
cahoots, 263
Caillé, 481
Cain, 498
Cairo, 541
Caitlin, 513
cake-eater, 561
cakery, 176
caketeria, 177
cake-walk, 145
Cal, 183
calaboose, 98, 152, 263
calabozo, 152
Calais, 348
calamity-howler, 145
calculate, to, 24, 99
cald, 401, 403
Caldeno, 538
calendar, 246
Calexico, 537
calf-slobber, 583
caliber, 394
calibre, 383
California, 349
call, to, 191, 198, 613
call down, to, 198
called to the bar, to be, 246
Callowhill, 503
calm, 334, 335, 338, 371
calox, 173
calumet, 106
calv, 461
calvary, 353
Calvert, 540
calves, 335
Calvin, 512, 517
Cam, 522
Cambria, 530
Cambridge, 527
Camdenite, 549
came, 430
camelcade, 179
camerado, 75
Cameron, 486
camino, 153
camouflage, 347
Camp, 503
campaign, 228
camp-meeting, 116, 150
campo santo, 153
campus, 144, 263
can, 228, 243, 334, 339, 420, 446, 581
can, to, 199, 263
Canaan, 535
canary, 587
canary’s tusks, 561
canch, 361
Carlotta, 509
Carlson, 492
carnal connection, 303
carniceria, 177
carnival, 145; of crime,
Carol, 506
Carolinas, 526
carom, 236
caroussel, 236
Carpenter, 484, 485, 498
carpet-bagger, 144, 148, 227, 228, 558
carriage, 85; -paid, 238, 240; -rug, 237
carrid, 401, 403
carrier, 147
carriole, 108
Carroll of Carrollton, 504
carry-all, 108, 117, 582
carry on, to, 265
cars, 147
cart, 334
Carthage, 530
Carthagenian, 551
car-toad, 583
carton, 347
cartoon, 347
cart-wheel, 564
carv, 401
car-washery, 176
carwhacker, 583
casa, 152
Casalegno, 493
Casbergue, 487
cascaret, 173
case, 287
case, to, 578
casement-window-engineer, 290
case work, 292
Casey, 487, 510
cashateria, 177
cash in, to, 191
Casitas Springs, 534
casket, 287; -coach, 287
casketeria, 177
Cassels, 503
Cassia, 503
cast, to, 429, 439
casted, 429, 439
casting-couch, 587
Castle, 485
castrate, to, 302
Castro, 494
Cataline, 509
can cha, 446
cand, 402
candidacy, 30, 148, 245
candidate, 283
candidature, 245
candour, 395
c. & s., 209
candy, 41, 234; -shop, 266; -store, 234; -studio, 292
candyteria, 177
cane-brake, 116
canitist, 179
canned, 568; -goods, 234; -music, 186
cannibal, 112
cannon, 236, 578
canon, 3, 57, 112, 155
cañon, 248, 279
canon, 411
canoodle, to, 142
can-opener, 234
can’t, 334, 336, 446
Cantabrigian, 550
can’t come it, 99
Canton, 537 1
can’t you, 446
canuck, 151, 295
canvas-back, 114
canyon, 57, 152, 231, 411, 543
Cap, 523
cap, 170, 614
Cape May, 533
capitalize, to, 101
capitan, 153
capitol, 11
Capone, 494
capote Anglaise, 296
captain, 243, 273, 274, 583
cap the climax, to, 142
car, 85, 182, 247, 335
caracter, 401
Caranguejo, 495
carborundum, 172, 173
carburetor, 559
card, 101
Cardozo, 501
care, 339
careless, 466
carencro, 214
Caress, 537
care-taker, 235, 247
caribou, 104, 105
Carl, 506, 510
Carlo, 509
catalog, 391, 399, 400, 402, 403, 406
catalogue, 406
Catalpa, 522
catalpa, 104, 105
catapult, 239
catarrh, 360
catawba, 106
cat-bird, 114
cat-boat, 86, 116, 117
cat-burglar, 243
catcal, 380
catch, 339, 400
catch, to, 429
catched, 429
Catchpole, 505
catcht, 339