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| H.L. Mencken (1880–1956). The American Language. 1921. |
List of Words and Phrases |
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| saleswoman, 115, 141 |
| saloon, 26, 100, 115 |
| salmon, 215 |
| saloon-carriage, 115 |
| saloon-corner men, 165 |
| saloon-keeper, 100 |
| saloon-loafer, 164 |
| salt-lick, 57, 352 |
| saltpeter, 222 |
| saltpetre, 222 |
| Salt river, 124 |
| saltwater-taffy, 14 |
| salvage, v., 370 |
| samp, 52 |
| sample-room, 100 |
| sanatoria, 251 |
| sandwich, 404 |
| sanemagogna, 411 |
| sang, 275, 278 |
| sängerfest, 104 |
| sank, 275 |
| Santa Claus, 54 |
| sapolio, 195 |
| sarape, 404 |
| sarge, 370 |
| sashay, 319 |
| sa’s’parella, 318 |
| sass, 106 |
| sassy, 316 |
| sat, 274 |
| satisfaction, 110 |
| sauce, 106 |
| saucy, 316 |
| sauer-braten, 251 |
| sauerkraut, 39, 54, 103, 199, 251 |
| saunter, 111 |
| savagerous, 91 |
| saviour, 227 |
| savor, 221 |
| savory, 227 |
| savour, 221 |
| saw, v., 274 |
| say, 133, 274 |
| says, 289 |
| scab, 15, 159 |
| scalawag, 96, 163 |
| scallawag, 163 |
| scallywampus, 196 |
| scalp, 160 |
| scant, 68 |
| scarce, 306, 316 |
| scarcely, 306 |
| scarf-pin, 115 |
| scary, 32, 94 |
| scenarioize, 191 |
| sceptic, 224, 241 |
| sch, p., 73, 329 |
| schadchen, 198 |
| schedule, 73, 212 |
| scherzo, 215, 320 |
| schidü, 411 |
| schmierkäse, 251 |
| schnitzel, 103 |
| schooner, 58, 100, 122 |
| schützenfest, 104 |
| Schwaben, 334 |
| Schweizer, 103, 320 |
| sciabola, 410 |
| scientist, 36, 37, 157 |
| scimetar, 223 |
| scimitar, 223 |
| scolar, 245 |
| scool, 245 |
| scoon, v., 58 |
| scoot, 92 |
| scow, 50, 54, 58, 115, 128 |
| scowegian, 333 |
| scrap, 160 |
| scrape, 96 |
| scrotum, 152 |
| scrumptious, 96 |
| scullery-maid, 118 |
| sculp, 185 |
| scuppernong, 51 |
| sea-board, 39 |
| seafood dinner, 126 |
| Sears-Roebuck, 369 |
| sea-shore, 39 |
| season-ticket, 114 |
| seat, 149 |
| sechenze, 410 |
| secondary-school, 120 |
| second-floor, 117 |
| second-hand, 144 |
| second wing, 149 |
| second-year-man, 121 |
| secret disease, 150 |
| secretary, 125, 169, 210, 212 |
| section, 126 |
| see, 274 |
| seen, 274, 276 |
| see the elephant, vp., 93 |
| segar, 247 |
| seidel, 104 |
| selectman, 39, 57 |
| self, 303 |
| sell, v., 274 |
| semibreve, 132 |
| semi-brevis, 132 |
| semiminima, 132 |
| semi-occasional, 36, 96, 163 |
| semi-quaver, 132 |
| senator, 227 |
| send, 274 |
| senery, 246 |
| senior, n., 121 |
| senior-prom, 121 |
| senor, 250 |
| senorita, 203 |
| sent, 274 |
| sented, 246 |
| septer, 246 |
| septicæmia, 223 |
| septicemia, 223 |
| septums, 251 |
| serape, 202 |
| Serbia, 249 |
| servant, 117, 144, 161 |
| service, v., 192 |
| services, 130 |
| servile, 218 |
| sesech, 186 |
| set, v., 274, 282 |
| seven-and-forty, 132 |
| Seventh Day Adventists, 131 |
| sew, 231, 232 |
| sewerage, 116 |
| seyd, 249 |
| sez, 274 |
| shack, 15 |
| shaddock, 126 |
| shaikh, 249 |
| shake, v., 274, 283 |
| shaken, 274, 283 |
| shal, 245 |
| shall, 178, 179, 270, 288, 289, 384 |
| shan’t, 214, 289 |
| shanty, 101, 414 |
| share, 123 |
| shareholder, 116, 123 |
| shares, 116 |
| shave, v., 274 |
| shaved, 274 |
| she, 291 |
| shebang, 108 |
| shed, v., 275, 278 |
| sheik, 249 |
| shell, 100 |
| shell-road, 57 |
| sherry-cobbler, 99 |
| shevaleer, 232 |
| shew, 224, 225 |
| shillelah, 105 |
| shily, 240 |
| shimmy, 201 |
| shin, v., 60 |
| shine, v., 275 |
| shined, 275 |
| shingle, n., 57 |
| shingle, v., 58 |
| shinola, 195 |
| shipt, 245 |
| shirt, 149 |
| shirtwaist, 116, 118 |
| shoat, 41 |
| shod, 282 |
| shoe, n., 62, 63, 116, 127, 168, 239; v., 275, 282 |
| shoed, 275, 282 |
| shoeing, 282 |
| shoemaker, 116 |
| shoe-shine, 116 |
| shoe-smith, 194 |
| shoestring, 116 |
| shoe-tree, 116 |
| sholder, 246 |
| shoo-fly, 367 |
| shook, 274 |
| shoot, v., 275 |
| shooting, n., 114, 134 |
| shoot-the-chutes, 190 |
| shop, n., 63, 122, 168, 172; v., 172 |
| shop-assistant, 115 |
| shop-fittings, 116 |
| shop-girl, 172 |
| shop-walker, 114, 144 |
| shoplifter, 172 |
| shopper, 172 |
| shopping, 172 |
| shop-worn, 172 |
| short and ugly word, 362 |
| shot, v., 275 |
| shot-gun, 95 |
| should, 289 |
| should of, 313 |
| should’ve, 313 |
| should ought, 269 |
| show, v., 193, 224, 225, 275 |
| show-down, 10, 193 |
| shown, 275 |
| show up, vp., 193 |
| shredded, 278 |
| shrub, 99 |
| shuck, v., 58, 283, 274 |
| shunt, 97, 116 |
| shut out, 128 |
| shut up, vp., 404, 407 |
| showed, 275 |
| shyster, 104 |
| siamese, v., 192 |
| sick, 10, 67, 116, 148 |
| sick at the stomach, 148 |
| sick-bed, 148 |
| sick-flag, 148 |
| sick-leave, 148 |
| sick-list, 148 |
| sick-room, 148 |
| siddup, 212 |
| side-hill, 39 |
| side-stepper, 14 |
| side-swipe, 97 |
| side-track, v., 97 |
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