H.L. Mencken (1880–1956). The American Language. 1921.
List of Words and Phrases 18
| railway, 115, 168 |
| railway guard, 97, 138 |
| railway servant, 115 |
| raise, n., 41, 133, 406; v., 274 |
| raised, 274 |
| rake-off, 10 |
| ram, 149 |
| rambunctious, 96, 163 |
| ran, 274 |
| ranch, n., 101; ranch, v., 101 |
| ranchero, 39 |
| ranch-house, 101 |
| ranchman, 101 |
| rancho, 39 |
| rancor, 221 |
| rancorous, 227 |
| rancour, 221, 227 |
| rank, 274, 278 |
| range, n., 96 |
| rapides, 405 |
| rapids, 50, 56, 101, 405 |
| rare, a., 115, 118; rare, v., 316 |
| ratepayer, 116, 121 |
| rates, 116, 121 |
| rather, 111 |
| rathskeller, 103, 251, 319, 320 |
| rattle, v., 192 |
| rattler, 184 |
| rattling, 135 |
| razor-back, 56 |
| razor-strop, 317 |
| read, 274 |
| read for holy orders, vp., 130 |
| read law, vp., 119 |
| ready, 185 |
| ready-made, 144 |
| ready-tailored, 144 |
| ready-to-put-on, 144 |
| ready-to-wear, 144 |
| real, 218, 306 |
| real-estate agent, 26, 125, 144 |
| really, 306, 307 |
| realm, 231 |
| realtor, 144 |
| rear, v., 316 |
| recall, n., 124 |
| receipts, 115 |
| recess, 209 |
| reckon, 39, 81 |
| rector, 121, 130, 144 |
| reddish, 316 |
| red-eye, 100 |
| Red Indian, 114 |
| red-light district, 150 |
| reed-bird, 56 |
| reel of cotton, 118 |
| reflexion, 240 |
| refresher, 125 |
| régime, 249 |
| regular, 98 |
| regular guy, 153 |
| regularity, 98 |
| reit ev, 413 |
| releasement, 39, 91 |
| realiable, 36, 37, 61, 159 |
| relm, 231 |
| reminisce, 175, 185 |
| remove, n., 121, 170 |
| rendezvous, 249 |
| renig, 192 |
| rench, 106, 274, 316 |
| renched, 274 |
| rent, v., 280 |
| Reo, 195 |
| rep, 184 |
| repeater, 98, 124 |
| repertoiré, 249 |
| repertory, 249 |
| reptile, 218 |
| requirement, 39 |
| requiset, 230 |
| requisite, 232 |
| resinol, 195, 196 |
| resolute, v., 92, 175 |
| restaurant, 144 |
| résumé, 250 |
| resurrect, 32, 92 |
| retainer, 125 |
| retiracy, 91 |
| retiring-room, 150 |
| retoric, 246 |
| return-ticket, 115, 122 |
| reunion, v., 192 |
| reumatism, 246 |
| Rev., 142 |
| revener, 130 |
| revenor, 130 |
| reverend, 130 |
| revernor, 130 |
| revernor, 130 |
| revue, 200 |
| Rhine-wine, 115, 119 |
| Rhine-wine cup, 26 |
| rhyme, 238 |
| rickey, 99 |
| rid, 274 |
| ride, v., 274 |
| ridiculosity, 88 |
| riffle, 56, 186 |
| right, 32, 135, 136 |
| right away, 135, 136, 413 |
| right good, 135 |
| right-of-way, 97 |
| Right Honorable, 138 |
| right now, 135 |
| right-o, 24 |
| right-off, 135 |
| right on time, 135 |
| right smart, 136 |
| right there, 136 |
| right-thinker, 423 |
| right well, 136 |
| rigor, 221, 228 |
| rigor mortis, 228 |
| rigorous, 221, 227 |
| rigour, 227 |
| rile, 176, 274, 315 |
| riled, 274, 315 |
| rime, 225, 238, 246 |
| rind, 211 |
| ring, n., 414; v., 274, 278 |
| rinse, 106, 274, 316 |
| ripping, 135 |
| rise, n., 133; v., 124, 274 |
| rised, 276 |
| rithm, 246 |
| ritualism, 130 |
| riveter, 226 |
| riz, 274 |
| rize, 246 |
| road-agent, 15, 15 |
| road-bed, 115 |
| road-boss, 414 |
| road-house, 190 |
| road-mender, 115 |
| road-repairer, 115 |
| roast, n., 115; roast, v., 192 |
| roasting-ear, 57 |
| rob, 216 |
| robd, 245 |
| rock, n., 40, 41, 63, 64 |
| rock-pile, 64 |
| rode, 274–277 |
| roil, 176, 274 |
| roil, v., 315 |
| rôle, 249 |
| roll, n., 115 |
| roll-call, 115, 124 |
| roller-coaster, 92 |
| rolling-country, 56 |
| Roman Catholic, 131 |
| romance, 209 |
| romanza, 88 |
| rood, 219 |
| roof, 219 |
| rook, 219 |
| room, n., 219; v., 60 |
| room-clerk, 125 |
| roorback, 98 |
| rooster, 26, 115, 149, 219 |
| root, 219 |
| rooter, 128 |
| rooves, 219 |
| rope in, vp., 93 |
| Roquefort, 320 |
| rose, v., 274 |
| Rotten Row, 52 |
| rotter, 153 |
| rough, 244 |
| roundsman, 122 |
| round-trip ticket, 122 |
| rough-house, 32 |
| rough-neck, 95 |
| round-trip, 97 |
| round-trip-ticket, 115 |
| round-up, 95 |
| ’rous mit ’im, 104 |
| roustabout, 95 |
| row, n., 126 |
| rowdy, 96, 366 |
| royal supreme knight commander, 145 |
| R.S.O., 97 |
| rubarb, 246 |
| rubber-neck, n., 10, 15, 31, v., 281 |
| rube, 15, 134, 184 |
| ruby, 132 |
| ruby-nonpareil, 132 |
| ruf, 244, 246 |
| Rugby, 128 |
| Rugger, 128 |
| Rumania, 249 |
| rumbustious, 163 |
| rum-dumb, 104 |
| rumour, 221 |
| rumour, 221, 227 |
| run, n., 56, 97, 125, 352; run v., 98, 124, 135, 274 |
| rung, 274, 277, 278 |
| run-in, 193 |
| run into the ground, vp., 93 |
| run slow, 181 |
| Russian, 334 |
| rutabaga, 126 |
| ruz, 276 |
| Sabbaday, 184 |
| sabe, 101, 202 |
| sachem, 52 |
| sack, 41 |
| sacrifice, n., 130 |
| sacrilege, v., 192 |
| Sadd’y, 212 |
| sagamore, 39, 52 |
| said, n., 249, 274 |
| salesgirl, 141 |
| saleslady, 141, 406 |