Authors: H.L. Mencken
hari-kari, 149
harken, 406
Harland, 481
Harlem, 532
harlot, 305, 309
harm, 334
harmonica, 120
harmonicon, 120
harmonika, 120
Harold, 506, 507, 515
harp, 295
Harper, 498
Harris, 496, 499
Harrison, 498
Harry, 507, 510, 511, 512, 513, 515, 519
Hart, 490
hart, 401, 600
Harte, 499
Hartford City, 529
harth, 401
Hartikainen, 492
Hartman, 492
Harvey, 507, 515
Harwick, 499
has, 375
has-been, 92
hash, 260
hashery, 176
hash-slinger, 187
has not, 469
hass, 375
Hassie, 521
Hastings, 508
hatateria, 177
hatatorium, 179
Hatch, 497
Hatetoleaveit, 546
hat-shop, 266
hatta, 443
hattery, 176
Hattie, 519
Hatton, 516
Hatzakordzian, 497
haul, to, 122, 124
haunch, 236
haunt, 344
hausfrau, 155
hav, 399, 401, 403
have, 251, 425, 441, 471
have, to, 432, 442, 443
have an ax to grind, to, 143
have got, 257, 443
have gotten, 257
have money in the stocks, to, 244
have not, 445
haven’t, 377, 445
have the brokers (or bailiffs) in, to, 244
have the floor, to, 142
have the goods, to, 565
Havre de Grace, 542
haw, 349
hawker, 234
Hawthorne, 503
hay-barrack, 108
haycock, 301
Hayseed Center, 554
haystack, 301
H-bone, 236
he, 448, 451, 458, 461
head, 183, 243, 383, 384; -cheese, 86; -electrician, 289; -guy, 254; -master, 241, 268; -mistress, 241
headache, 560
head-guy, 254
headlights, 582
headlineitis, 179
headliner, 236
healthatorium, 179
healtheteria, 177
healthful, 203
health-mobile, 180
healthy, 203
he am, 363
he-and-she, 460
heap big chief, 150
here to, 432
hear, hear!, 252
hearing, 350
hearken, 406
hearse, 287, 406, 583
heat, 580
heat, to, 432
heaten, 432
heaten, to, 432
heath, 115
heave, to, 432
Heber, 516
he-biddy, 302
Hebrew, 249, 297, 298, 525; -comedian, 297; -holidays, 297; -rabbi, 297
Hector, 523
hed, 381, 383, 384, 401, 403
Hedison, 497
Heditzian, 497
Hedvig, 510
heeler, 167
heer, 460
heerd, 432
hefer, 406
heft, to, 122, 124, 129
hefty, 124, 464
heheheh, 561
Heid, 483
heifer, 406
height, 353
heighth, 161
heights, 546
-heim, 500
-heimer, 219, 500
heinie, 110, 295
heinous, 383, 384
Heinrich, 505, 511
Heintz, 483
Heinz, 511
heir, 351
hekka, 373
held, 433
Helen, 507, 509, 511
Helena, 511
Helentzi, 522
Helga, 506
hell, 205, 305, 313, 318, 377
hell and high water, 314
hell and red niggers, 314
hell and scissors, 314
hell around, to, 314
hell-bender, 314
hell-bent, 314
hell-bent for election, 314
hell-box, 144
hellcat, 305
hellenium, 171
hell-fired, 316
hell-for-leather, 314
Hell-For-Sartain, 536
Hell-Gate, 532
helliferocious, 568
hellion, 140, 314
hellishing, 314
hell-raiser, 314
hell-roaring, 140, 314
hell-robber, 150
hell to pay, 314
helluva, 316
Helm, 490
Helma, 510
help, 69, 98, 101, 228, 292
help, to, 433
helped, 433
help make, to, 229
helpt, 402
Help Wanted, 228
helt, 360, 433, 438
helter-skelter, 126
helth, 403
hem, 411, 452, 460
he-man, 96
hemidemisemiquaver, 250
hemlock, 124
Hen, 519
Hence, 519
hence, 467, 468
Henderson, 519
Hendricksen, 481
hendy, 365
hen-party, 86
Henrik, 510
Henriola, 522
Henry, 505, 507, 510, 515, 519
heo, 448
heom, 445
heora, 448
he-or-she, 460
her, 448, 451, 454, 455, 456
Herald, 516
heraus mit ihm, 157
herb, 351, 375
Herbert, 507
Herchheimer, 479
here, 448, 467, 600
her ear, 350
here’bouts, 468
heren, 448
Her Excellency, 277
Herkimer, 479
Herman, 513
Hermosa Beach, 534
hern, 432, 448, 456
hernia, 307
heroic, 351
herring choker, 296
Herrmann, 505
herse, 406
herun, 448
hes, 460
he’s, 461
hesh, 175, 460
hesped, 217
het, 432
het up, 432
heurack, 159
hev, 360, 365
hex, 159
hex-doctor, 159
hez, 460
hi, 406
hiccup, 402
hick, 263, 566, 576
hickory, 104
hid, 433
hidden, 428, 433
hide, to, 433
hide-out, 580
hie, 448
high-ball, 149, 236, 583
high-binder, 162, 263
high-boot, 233
high-brow, 186, 227, 230, 232
high-brown, 296
highfalutin, 143, 231
Highfield, 491
high-hat, 560
Highland, 536
Highlandtown, 553
high-liner, 583
high-school, 241
high-steppingest, 463
high steward, 242
Highstone, 485
High street, 547
high-tone, 464
high-toned, 464
Highwater, 524
high-yellow, 296
hi-jack, to, 578
hike, 151, 656
Hill, 492
hill, to, 16
hill-side, 99
him, 448, 451, 454, 455, 456, 459
him-and-her, 460
himer, 460; -himer, 500
Himself, 525
himself, 459
Hines, 483
hir, 460
Hiram, 515
hired-girl, 116, 266
hired-man, 116
hire-purchase system, 235
hire system, 235
his, 383, 448, 461
His Eminence, 282
hiser, 460
His Excellency, 275, 277, 282
His Grace, 282
His Highness, 275
His Honor, 277
His Lordship, 279, 282
hisn, 22, 359,448,451
his-or-her, 460
hisself, 459
hist, to, 161, 346, 433, 578
histed, 433
historic, 351
hist’ry, 353
His Worship, 279
hit, 360
hit, to, 199, 433, 440
hit-and-run, 585
Hitchcock, 308
hitched, 38, 609
Hite, 483
hither, 467, 468
hit the bricks, to, 581
hit the ceiling, to, 198
hit the grit, to, 583
hit the pipe, to, 564
hiz, 383
hj, 490
Hjalmar, 510
Hjelm, 490
Hjort, 490
ho, 401
hoacky, 206
hoar, 349
hoarding, 86, 95, 235, 266
Hobbes, 488
Hobbs, 488
hobo, 37, 188, 191, 565, 581
Hoboken, 553
Hobson, 489
Hobza, 488
Hoch, 482
hoch, 157
hock, 240, 402
hockey, 406
hocky, 406
Hodge, 252
Hoeber, 480
hoe-cake, 102, 114, 115
hoed, 401
hoek, 532
hofbräu, 347, 409
Hoffman, 487
hog, 582, 583
hog, to, 93, 95
Hogan, 514
hogan, 151
hog-expert, 291
Hog-Eye, 554
Högfelt, 491
hoggish, 466
hoghead, 582, 583
Hog Heaven, 554
hog-wallow, 102, 114
Hohokus, 553
hoist, 346
hoist, to, 433
hoisting-engineer, 346
Hoke, 482, 522
hokum, 188, 189, 191
hola, 376
hold, 352
hold, to, 433, 438
hold on, 158
hold on, to, 99
hold out, to, 191
hold-up, 37, 167, 227, 232
hold up, to, 557
hold with, to, 215
hole, 119, 580
Holger, 510
Holič, 486
holiday, 237
holiday, to, 195
holla, to, 142
hölle, 602
holler, 353
holler, to, 142, 433
hollered, 433
holloa, to, 142
holloe, to, 142
hollow, 115
hollow, to, 142
hollow ware, 27
Holm, 510
holmendods, 577
Holmgrain, 491
holo, to, 142
holow, to, 142
holsum, 406
holt, 352
holy catfish, 514
holy gee, 316
holy Jesus, 316
Holy Joe, 573
holy jumping Jesus, 316
holy orders, 249
holy-roller, 250
ho-made, 406
hombre, 152, 153
homely, 86, 128, 251
Homer, 515, 517
homer, 191
Homera, 522
home-run, 191
homesickness, 155
home-spun, 128, 231
home-stretch, 144
homicidious, 16
hominy, 100, 105
Homo boobiens, 560
Homo boobus, 560
homologize, to, 119
homosexuality, 311
hon, 170
Hon., the, 266, 275, 277, 278, 279
hon. agent, 278
hon. and gallant member, 294
hon. and learned member, 294
honest, 351
honeyfogle, to, 142
honeyteria, 177
hon. gentleman, 275
honky-tonk, 263, 564
hon. lady, 294
hon. member, 276, 294
honneur, 384
Honolulu, 541
honor, 351, 383, 384, 386, 390, 402
honorarium, 396
honorary, 278, 395, 396
honoree, 180
honorific, 396
honors, 268
honour, 383, 395, 396
honourable, 396
honours, 242
Hoober, 480
hooch, 149, 221, 263
hoochfest, 218
hood, 236, 237
hoodlum, 37, 167
hoodoo, 113
hoof, 344
hoof, to, 585
Hoofer, 480
hoofer, 586
Hoogsteen, 485
hooiberg, 108
hook, 108, 109, 115, 532
Hook Mountain, 532
hoop, 344
hoopla, 584
hoosegow, 221, 557, 558
Hoosier, 101, 552, 553, 570
hoosier, 580
hootch, 263
hoov, 461
Hoover, 480
hooverize, to, 193
hooves, 344
hop, 162, 183, 343
Hope, 511, 516
hop-head, 186
hop-pillow, 162
Hopson, 489
Hořčička, 488
Horicon, 532
hornswoggle, to, 142, 145, 568
horror, 389, 395
horse-engineer, 290
horse of another color, 101
horse-opera, 587
horse’s caboose, 301
horse-sense, 144, 227
horse’s neck, 149
Horsethief, 536
Horton, 503
Horvath, 496, 507
hose, 302
hospice, 301
hospital, 351
hospitalization-engineer, 290
hospitalize, to, 193
hospital nurse, 240
hoss, 129, 350, 523
host, to, 195
hostil, 401, 403
hostile, 341
hostler, 351, 393
hot, 252; -air, 227; -box, 147; -cake, 231; -dog, 186; -dog-engineer, 290; -mamma, 305; -seat, 581; -spot, 186; -squat, 581; -stuff, 582; -tamale, 152
Hot Coffee, 536
hotel, 351
hotelette, 292
Hot moon, 106
hot patootie, 259
hotter’n, 464
hour, 351
house, 247, 414
house, to, 194
house and lot, 121
household-engineer, 290
housekeep, to, 192
house-lot, 121
Houseman, 485
house-master, 268
house of detention, 293
house of ill repute, 304
house of questionable repute, 304
house of refuge, 292
housing-expert, 291
Houston, 540
Hovanesian, 497
hove, 432
Hover, 480
how, 25
Howard, 516
Howarth, 496
How did you get that way?, 566
How’d you like to be the ice-man?, 566
Howland, 499
Hoyt, 492
Hrdlička, 488
Hřebec, 486
Hryhory, 511
Hub, 553
hub, 98
hubbub, 564
Huber, 480
Hubsy, 488
huckleberry, 114
huckster, 234
Hudson-pup, 579
Huerlin, 490
huero, 153
hug, 447
Huisman, 485
Hulda, 506
human-engineer, 290
humble, 351
humbug, 99, 126, 373
humgig, 118
humility, 351
humor, 351
humorous, 395
humour, 395
hump, 585
hun, 183, 295
hunderd, 353
hunderder, 398
hundred and twenty-eighth note, 250
hung, 432
Hungarian cuisine, 299
hunger, 374
hungry, 374
hunker, 99
hunkie, 295
hunkydory, 145
Hunter, 513
hunting, 236, 252
Hunting moon, 106
hupmobile, 173
Hurayz, 496
Hurbick, 486
hurl, 184
hurrah, 360
hurricane, 231
hurry up, 198
hurry up, to, 198
-hurst, 546
hurt, 320
hurt, to, 433, 440
hurtle, 184
hurtleberry, 114
hush-money, 566
hussy, 309
hustle, to, 128, 227
hustler, 231
hut, 583
huzzy, 305