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Authors: H.L. Mencken

gentlewoman, 294

gent’man, 352

genuin, 403

genuine, 347

genuinely, 406

genuinly, 406

Geoghan, 504

George, 486,494, 505, 507, 509, 510, 512, 513, 515, 520, 524

Georgiou, 486

Georgious, 486

Gerard, 503

Gerasimopoulos, 485

Gerled, 538

gerrymander, 148, 171, 228

Gersteinian, 175

Gertrude, 507, 510

Gervaise, 481

ges, 402

geschwister, 460

gesplash, 146

gesture, 210, 211

gesture, to, 195

gesundheit, 157, 347

get, 217, 340

get, to, 150, 197, 210, 432, 604

get ahead of, to, 142, 197, 604

get a move on, to, 95, 227

getaway, 197, 263

get away with, to, 227, 264, 563

get away with it, to, 197

get back at, to, 197

get behind, to, 197

get busy, to, 227

get by, to, 197, 565, 604

get going, to, 197, 604

gether, 360

get it in the neck, to, 609

get off, to, 197, 604

get on, to, 604

get one’s goat, to, 572

get on to, to, 198

get on well, to, 251

get over, to, 604

get religion, to, 197, 604

get-rich-quick, 466

get solid, to, 197

get solid with, to, 142

get sore, to, 197, 609

get the bulge on, to, 142, 197

get the deadwood on, to, 142

get the drop, to, 142

get the drop on, to, 197

get the hang of, to, 99, 232

get there, to, 197

get the works, to, 581

getting, 428

get together, to, 197

get wise, to, 197, 604, 609

Geurdon, 523

gewitter, 602

geyser, 236

gh, 402

Gheorghe, 509

ghost, 587

Giacomo, 509

Giannopoulos, 485

gibe, 252

Gid, 519

gide, 402

Gideon, 519

gift-shop, 266

gigolo, 215

Gila Monster Route, 582

gild, 402

Gillespie, 503

Gillgren, 491

gillotin, 384

Gilsum, 538

gin, 169, 416, 432; -fix, 149; -fizz, 149

gink, 564

Gins, 500

Ginsbern, 500

Ginsbourgh, 500

Ginsburgh, 500

Ginsbury, 500

Ginzberg, 500

Ginzbourg, 500

ginzo, 295

Giovanni, 509

gipsy, 392, 402

giraf, 401

giraffe, to, 568

Girardean, 550

Girl, 505

girl, 346, 367

girl-mad, 561

girt, 438

Giuliana, 509

Giuseppe, 509

giv, 381, 384, 399, 401, 403

give, 383, 384, 416, 422, 432, 440

give, to, 198,432,440,447, 604

give-away, 565

give hell, to, 314

give him the works, to, 564

given, 432, 440

given-name, 129

give out, to, 198

give suck, to, 303

give the once-over, to, 578

give tittie, to, 309

Gizzard, 536

glad-hand, 186

gladiola, 413

gladiolus, 413

glad-rags, 564

Gladstone, 499

Gladys, 512

Gladyška, 512

glands, 307

glas, 401

Glasby, 503

glass, 243, 337, 368

Glazypool, 533

glebe, 248

glee, 126

Glenice, 521

Glenola, 521

glick, 159

glide, 602

glide, to, 432

glode, 432

Gloria, 183

Glover, 516

Gluck, 482

Glück, 482

glug, 184

G.M., 206

gm, 402

go, to, 198,432,604

go-aheadativeness, 96

go astray, to, 303

goatee, 145

Goatleg, 505

go a-whoring, to, 303

gob, 573, 574, 583

go back, to, 198

go back on, to, 142, 167, 198, 232

gobbie, 574

gobble, 574

Gobbler’s Knob, 554

go big, to, 198

God, 305, 312, 318, 343, 397

god, 413

goddam, 315, 316

God-damned, 316

goddspell, 397

Godfrey, 507

go for, to, 143

go gandering, to, 578

go-getter, 96, 565

go-ghetto, 561

go gunning for, to, 95

go haywire, to, 198

go hostile, to, 378

goil, 350, 367

goingest, 463

going some, 95, 254

going strong, 609

go it blind, to, 142, 232

G.o.k., 209

goldarn, 316

goldarned, 316

Goldberg, 487

gold-brick, 227

golden-slipper, 149

Goldfield, 536

Goldfish, 500

gold-fish, 573

gold-mine, 566

Goldstein, 499, 500, 501

Goldstone, 500

Goldwyn, 500

Goldye, 520

golf-engineer, 290

golfer, 579

golfitis, 179

golly, 316

goloshes, 235

Golson, 500

Golston, 500

G.O.M., 183, 208

Gomeria, 522

Gomez, 494

gon, 401

Gonadia, 525

gonads, 307

gondola, 146

gondole, to, 192

gone, 401, 432

gone coon, 100

goner, 117, 231

gonorrhæal, 411

gonorrhea, 304, 306

gonorrheal, 411

gonov, 584

gonta, 471

Gonzalez, 494

goober, 113

good, 253

good-afternoon, 252

good and, 227

good and hard, 254

good and tired, 254

good-bye, 252, 414

good-day, 252

good egg, 257

good-form, 269

good mixer, 47

good night, 414, 566

good scout, 109

good-sized, 352

goods-train, 86, 609

goods-waggon, 147

good time, 580

goof, 96, 263, 562, 577

goo-goo, 296

gook, 296

goom, 360

go one better, to, 232

go on the bum, to, 156

go on the stump, to, 232

go on the warpath, to, 119

go on well, to, 251

goose, 295, 583

goose, to, 197

gooseberry it, to, 582

Goose Bill, 536

Goose Hill, 553

go over big, to, 262

go over the wall, to, 581

gopher, 108

gorilla, 263, 560

gorn, 351

gosh, 316

go slo, to, 407

go slow, 466

gospel, 397

gospel-shark, 187

Gossett, 481

gossipfest, 218

gost, 402

go stir-bug, to, 581

got, 51, 251, 432, 604

got away, 604

Gotham, 101

go the limit, to, 562

go the whole hog, to, 137, 143, 232, 373, 568

go through, to, 143, 167

go to bed, to, 302

got off, 604

go-to-meeting, 143, 150

got on, 604

got over, 604

Gott, 535

gotten, 100, 251, 257, 428, 432

got up, 604

goul, 402

goulash, 263

Gould, 498

go under, to, 232

go up Salt River, to, 148

gover’ment, 353

Government, 245

governmental, 231

government bonds, 244

governor, 243, 266, 395

govrenment, 353

goy, 217, 580

g.p., 209

grab, to, 148

grab-bag, 145, 239

grabber, 583

grab-joint, 584

grad, 170

grade, 15, 241

grade-crossing, 239

grade-school, 241

graduate, 243

graduate, to, 196

graft, 37, 191, 228, 337

Graham, 516

grain-broker, 245

grain-market, 256

gram, 391, 394,401, 403

Gramercy, 532

grammar-school, 241

gramme, 391, 393

gramophone, 235

grand, 99, 210, 557

Grande Ronde, 534

grandificent, 175

grand-marshal, to, 195

grandstand-play, 191

Granger, 503

Grant, 498

grant, 337, 335

Granuloma, 525

grasp, 337

grass, 334, 336, 350, 366

grass-cutter, 562

gratis, 338

Gray, 520

gray, 394

grease, to, 566

grease-ball, 295, 582

grease-joint, 584

greaser, 101, 296

great God, 316

great primer, 250

greats, 243

great Scott, 316

Great War, 248

Great White Father, 150

Great White Way, 546

greef, 381

Greek, 296

Green, 482, 486, 490, 492

green, 99

Greene, 513

greenhorn, 128, 231

Greensboroite, 550

Greensburger, 550

Greenwich, 540

greev, 381

Gregory, 511

-gren, 491

grewsome, 391

grey, 392

Grieg, 478

Griffith, 503

Griffiths, 503

grill, to, 572

grilled, 234

grilly, 109

grind, to, 586

grip-sack, 145

gris-gris, 214

Grisha, 510

Grizzy, 524

groceries, 234

grocerteria, 177

grocery, 176

groceryteria, 177

grog, 155

groggery, 176

Grön, 490

Grondahl, 490

groom, 344

groop, 384

grope, to, 432

grope around, to, 432

gros-bec, 214

Grosscup, 483

Grosskopf, 483

grotesk, 384

grotesque, 384

ground floor, 238

ground-hog, 100, 114, 246

grounds, 462

ground-wire, 236

group,383, 384

grove, 536, 539

grow, to, 432

growed, 432

growler, 243

grrr, 184

grub, 566

grub-stake, 145, 167

gruesome, 393

Grün, 482

grunt, 587

Grzegdrz, 510, 511

guard, 85, 147, 239, 266, 273

guardeen, 346

guardian, 346

Guarinot, 479

gubernatorial, 165, 231

gue, 402

Guela, 524

Guerci, 494

guess, to, 22, 24, 99, 100, 102, 128

guest, to, 586

guffer, 113

Guglielminetti, 494

gu-gu, 295

Guilherme, 509

guillotin, 384

guillotine, 384

guinea, 295

Guinness-Bourg, 500

Guinsburg, 500

Guinzburg, 500

guitar, 360

Guizot, 481

gulch, 144, 231

gullibility, 22

gully, 144

gum, 235

gumbo, 113, 246

Gummeson, 492

gump, 582

gum-shoe, 144

gum-shoe, to, 95

gun, 578, 583

gun-mob, 578

gun-moll, 259, 578

Gunnar, 510

guntzel, 582, 584

Gus, 508, 512

gusher, 86

Gussie, 519

Gustaf, 510

gut, 582

Guthrian, 549

Gutmann, 484

guts, 305, 309

guv, 432

Guy, 515

guy, 39, 254, 564

guy, to, 167, 254

guyascutis, 145

guy-rope, 254

gyarden, 364

gyirls, 364

gym, 170

gyp, to, 577, 581

gypsy, 394, 577

gypsy dom, 178

Gyulay, 496

h, 270, 327, 348, 351, 377, 401, 402, 469

ha, 460

Habella, 524

haberdashery, 254

haberteria, 177

Habib, 513

habitan, 75

habit-disease, 293

hablaing, 376

hacienda, 98, 153

hack, 580, 583

had, 432

hadda, 443

hadda bit, 444

Haddad, 477, 496

hadden, 432, 442

hadn’t oughter, 445

had ought, 420

Hadwen, 522

hæem, 411

hæmophilia, 411

hæmorrhage, 411

Haerlen, 481

Haffner, 514

hafta, 443

Hagerstonian, 550

Hagerstown, 529; -er, 550

Hahti, 492

haidang, 109

haima, 411

hainous, 383, 384

Hakomäki, 492

Hal, 519

halbe, 250

Halcyon, 537

half, 335, 379

half an hour, 251

half-breed, 231

half-brother to the cholera, 137

halfe, 379

half hour, 251

half note, 250

half past ten, 251

half-pint, 243

Halfway, 505

halitosis, 307, 309

hall, 414

hallelujah, 338

ham, 170

Hämäläinen, 492

Hamburg, 530

hamburger, 155, 220

Hamlin, 492

hammer, 336

hammer-gang, 584

Hammerstein, 499

hammock, 112

Hampar, 497

Hampartzoomian, 497

Hampton, 516

hand, 343

Handbag, 524

hand-car, 146

handcuff, 560

hand down a decision, to, 246

hand him a lemon, to, 198, 563

hand it to him, to, 563

handle without gloves, to, 142

hand-me-down, 101, 239

hand-out, 564

hand-pick, to, 227

hand-shaker, 573

handsome, 336

handy, 120

hang, to, 432

hangar, 215

hang-bird, 100

hanged, 432

hang-out, 186, 582

Hank, 519

Hanks, 482

hankstelo, 577

Hanna, 513

Hanska, 488

hant, 360

haole, 373

happify, to, 119

happy, 465

happy hunting-grounds, 150

har, 339

Haralampos, 512

Harald, 510

harang, 402

harangue, 360

harass, 324

harbor, 391

harbour, 391

hard, 336, 349, 464, 465, 466

hard-boiled, 561

hard-cider, 86, 149, 244

Hardened Artery, 561

hard hat, 234

hard liquor, 244

hardly, 335, 466, 467

Hard-Scrabble, 553

hardshell, 143, 150

hard-shell Baptist, 250

hard stuff, 577

Hard-Times Square, 561

hardware, 234

hare, 123, 246

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