Authors: H.L. Mencken
Kerttu, 510
Kester, 483
ketch, 161, 339, 429
ketcht, 339
ketchup, 391
kettle, 346, 368
key, 112, 115
keyless-watch, 96, 235, 239
key-man, 227
Keystone, 552
Key West, 535
Khachadoorian, 497
Khouri, 496
Khoury, 496
Khuri, 496
ki, 113, 490; -ki, 296
kibitzer, 217, 578
kibosh, 263, 573
kick, 142, 227
kick, to, 141
kicker, 142
kick in, to, 198
kick the bucket, to, 142
kick up hell, to, 314
kidding, 37
Kiercereau, 495
kife, to, 585
kike, 295, 305
kiki, 296
Kilander, 491
Kilberg, 490
Kilgren, 490
kill, 109, 532
killflsh, 109
kill-joy, 187, 564
Kill van Kull, 532
kilogram, 390, 391
kilometer, 325
Kilpatrick, 501
Kilström, 490
kilt, 360
kilter, 129
kin, 339
kinda, 443, 471
Kindberg, 490
Kindbloom, 490
kindergarten, 112, 155, 235
Kinderhook, 532
Kindlund, 490
kindness, 348
King, 485, 498
king-pin, 583
King’s Counsel, 246
king snipe, 583
King Solomon, 525
kinker, 584
kinky, 120
Kirk, 485
Kirkeslager, 485
Kirstein, 499
Kish, 496
kishkes, 217
Kiss, 496
kissingest, 463
kitchen-cabinet, 228
kitchenette, 178
kitchen-fender, 256
kittenship, 118
kittl, 217
kittle, 346
kitty, 191
kiva, 151
kiver, 22, 129, 346
Kizirboghosian, 497
Kjellman, 490
Kjellstrand, 490
klainzaric, 109
klassy, 407
kleen, 407
kleenex, 173
Klein, 483, 499
Klicklighter, 505
Kline, 483
kloof, 532
klothes, 407
kn, 484
Knapp, 493
kneel, to, 433, 439
kneeled, 433, 439
knelt, 433, 439
knew, 433, 437
knew not, 469
knickebein, 85
knicker, 170
knife, to, 148
knob, 115
knocked-up, 309, 310
knock into a cocked hat, to, 143
knockout-drops, 609
knock out of the box, to, 191
Knoebel, 484
know, to, 433
knowed, 424,433,436,437
know him like a book, to, 142
know-nothing, 102
know the ropes, to, 142
Knoxville, 529
Knut, 510
Knutson, 492
Koch, 485
kodak, 172, 173, 559; -er, 173; -fiend, 173
kodak, to, 173
Koesegi, 496
Koester, 482
Koevesh, 496
Kohler of Kohler, 504
Koith, 522
kokshut, 151
kolach, 216
kolic, 382
kollege-kut, 407
komusta kayo, 376
König, 484, 485
Koning, 485
Kookno, 503
Koorey, 496
korus, 382
Korzienowski, 489
kosher, 216, 217, 299, 347, 578
Koski, 492
kosy, 407
Köszegy, 496
kotex, 172, 173
Kouba, 488
Kovács, 477, 496
Kov´r, 477
Kovář, 486
Köves, 496
Kowalczyk, 477, 488
kowtow, to, 162
Krankheit, 483
Krantz, 484
Krauswood, 529
kraut, 295
Krawiec, 488
kreem, 406
Kreil, 483
Krejčí, 487
Krisking’l, 156
Kriss Kringle, 156
Kriton, 486
kruller, 98
kruxingiol, 214
Kuba, 488
Kubíček, 512
Kucharz, 488
Kuehle, 483
Kühn, 500
Kühne, 484
Kuhns, 483
Kuiper, 481, 485
kuleana, 373
kümmel, 157
Kuntz, 482, 483
Kurtz, 484, 485
Küssemich, 501
Küster, 480
Kutiš, 486
kutlery, 407
-kvist, 491
kwality, 407
-ky, 296
Kyle, 481
L, 208
l, 348, 352, 375, 377, 402; -l, 380
lab, 373
Labelle, 533
labor, 390, 397, 402
laboratory, 325, 373
laborer, 239
laborious, 395
Laboris, 500
La Borwit, 500
Labouiss, 500
labour, 395, 397
labourer, 396
Labovitz, 500
lace-engineer, 290
lachrymal, 411
lackey, 393
lacquey, 392, 393
lacrimal, 394, 411
La Crosse, 539
Lacygné, 533
ladder, 235
ladened, 193
ladies’ championship, 293
ladies’ international, 293
ladies’ room, 414
ladies’ round, 293
ladies’ wear, 293
ladrone, 221
lady, 69, 284, 293, 302; -actor, 293; -champion, 293; -doctor, 293; -golfer, 293; -inspector, 293; -secretary, 293; -superintendent, 294
læt, 465
laf, 381, 402, 403
Lafayette, 337, 519, 529, 533, 542
Lafe, 519
lag, 215
lager, 112, 368
lager-beer, 155
lagged, to be, 581
lagniappe, 151, 214
Lagrange, 533
Lähteenmäki, 492
Laib, 484
laid, 433
lain, 433
Laine, 492
La Junta, 543
Lake, 492, 493
Lake George, 532
lallapalooza, 160, 175
lam, 402
lam, to, 579
Laman, 516
La Mar, 516
lamb, 582
lame-duck, 92, 148, 187
laminated - wood - engineer, 290
Lamiza, 522
Lamoine, 533
Lamonte, 533
lamp, to, 263
lanai, 377
Lancastrian, 550
Lance, 493
landläufer, 156
land-office, 116
landscape-architect, 288
landscape-gardener, 288
land-slide, 115, 148
Landsschaffshausen, 497
Lane, 479, 492
lane, 547
Lang, 483, 484
Langestraet, 480
Lantz, 484
Lanza, 493
Lápaček, 487
La Pache, 487
lap-robe, 237
Laramie, 541
larcensy, 353
Larch, 495
L’Archevêque, 495
(la)reata, 152
larf, 351
lariat, 152
LaRiviére, 495
lark, 124
larn, 339
Larraby, 495
La Rue, 495, 516
La Salle, 520
Las Palomas, 534
lass, 334
lasso, 152
lasso, to, 152
last, 334
last waltz, 581
late, 465, 467
lately, 467
Lath, 522
lather, 338
Latrina, 521
laud, 249, 328
laudanum, 155
Laudenschläger, 483
Laudenslager, 483
Laudensläger, 483
laugh, 334, 336, 366
laughingest, 463
laugh in your sleeve, to, 563
laugh like a hyena over a dead nigger, to, 137
laugh that off, to, 560
La Una, 521
launch, 344
laundry, 344
laurel, 124
Lauria, 493
Lauten, 484
Lautenberger, 483
Lautenschläger, 483
Lautenschleger, 483
L’Auvergne, 482
lava, 338
Lavake, 482
lavandera, 376
Lavar, 516
lavatory, 373
Lavaun, 521
La Verne, 512, 516
law, 577
law-abiding, 120
lawn, 349
Lawrence, 494, 507, 509, 511
lay, 420
lay, to, 309, 433, 439
lay off, to, 40
lay-reader, 249
Lazarre, 507
lazo, 152
ld, 438
lead, to, 433, 437
leader, 228
leader of the orchestra, 289
leads, 238
Leadville, 536
leag, 402
leakingest, 463
lean, to, 433, 439
leaned, 439
leap, to, 433, 439
leapt, 392
learn, 339
learn, to, 433, 435, 440
learnéd, 438
leather, 406
leather and finding store,
Leatherhead, 552
leather-neck, 187, 263, 570, 573, 574
leave, to, 433, 440
Lebenschweiler, 485
leberwurst, 155, 220
LeBlanc, 495
lecturer, 242
led, 433, 437
Lee, 492, 498, 506, 507, 508, 513, 517
Leebakken, 492
leech, 272
leery, 464
Le Esta, 522
Leetha, 522
leetle, 346
lefse, 215
left, 433, 440
left at the post, to be, 142
Left Hand, 537
left-luggage room, 238
leg, 302, 308, 309, 340
legal holiday, 237
légion d’honneur, 409
legion of honor, 409
legislate, to, 118, 119, 120, 191
Lehi, 516
Lehman, 500
Lehn, 480
Lehnert, 479
Leider, 514
Leilabeth, 521
Leipzig, 530
Lejitta, 522
Lekander, 491
Lem, 523
Le Maine, 479
Lemon, 525
lend, 439
lend, to, 433, 439
length, 360
lengthy, 15, 100, 119, 120, 223
leniency, 121, 165
lens-hog, 587
lent, 433, 438, 439
Leon, 506
Leonard, 479, 508
Leonhard, 479
Leonhardt, 479
leopard, 383, 384
Leora, 522
lep, 161, 433, 437
leperd, 384
lepero, 153
lepper, 269
lernt, 433
Les, 507
les, 352, 401, 402
Leser, 484
Leslie, 512, 516
Lester, 506, 507
let, to, 433, 440, 604
let George do it, 572
let-George-do-it-itis, 179
lether, 406
Let her go, Gallegher, 566
Letitia, 519
let it slide, to, 143
Letizia, 509
let on, to, 99
let’s, 352
letter-box, 235
letter-carrier, 85, 235, 238, 266
letters, 238
Leuvenmark, 490
Levay, 498
levee, 98, 151
level-crossing, 260
leveler, 389
leveller, 389
Levene, 498
l’Evěque, 482
lever, 340
Levering, 480
Leveson-Gower, 503
Levey, 498
Levie, 498
LeVie, 498
Levien, 498
Levin, 498
Levine, 498
Levitt, 498
Levoy, 498
Levvy, 498
Levy, 477, 498, 500
lewdness, 303
lewd woman, 303
Lewis, 494, 499, 505
Lewy, 498
ley fuga, 221
L.G., 183
Li, 513
Liam, 513
liar, 306
libertad, 75
Liberty, 537
liberty-cabbage, 155
libretti, 412
lib’ry, 353
-lic, 464
-lice, 464
license, 394, 462
licensed trade, 243
licensed victualler, 243
Liceta, 524
Lichtenstein, 498
Lichtman, 498
lickety-split, 114
lick to a frazzle, to, 95
lid, 368
lie, to, 433, 439
Liebel, 506
Liebering, 480
lied, 433
lieutenant, 243, 345
lieutenant-colonel, 283
lieutenant-commissioner, 283
lifebelt, 252
lifeboat, 252
lifeguard, 252
life-preserver, 252
lift, 234, 239, 368
liftman, 234
Lige, 519
light, to, 198, 433
lightning-bug, 114
lightning-rod, 100
light out, to, 142, 167, 198
Liisa, 510
like, 420,424,425,458,472
likeable, 389
like a snowbird in hell, 314
like greased lightning, 563
like hell, 314
likely, 99, 100, 128
Liliecrona, 491
lilj, 490
Lilja, 510
Liljedáhl, 491
Liljegren, 491
Liljeqvist, 491
Lillian, 510, 520
Lillquist, 491
Lilydahl, 491
Lilygren, 491
Lilymary, 521
Lilyquist, 491
lim, 402
lima-bean, 260
limb, 302, 304
limberger, 295
lime-juicer, 295
lime-tree, 115
limey, 55, 295
limited, 147
limited liability company, 244
Limmer, 524
Limus, 524
Lina, 509
Lincoln, 480, 498, 508, 517
Lindbergh, 491
linden, 115
line, 147
linen-draper, 85
Lingo, 525
lingon, 215
lingreese, 216
Linkhorn, 480
Lionel, 507
lip, 566, 576
liqueur, 347
Lisi, 510
Lister, 516
listerine, 172, 173
lit, 368, 433
lite, 406
literat, 75
literature, 352
lithographic-engineer, 289
Little, 493
little, 346
Little Giant, 101
Little Mary, 310
Little Snoring, 537
liturgy, 249
Litvinoff, 499
liv, 399, 401, 403
livd, 403
lived, 368
live-oak, 100, 114
liver, 463
livercheese, 220
liverwurst, 155
live-wire, 37
living, 248
I living-room, 219, 235, 266
Livingston, 499
Lizard, 552
Lizzie, 509, 510, 519
lj, 491
Ljung, 491
Ljungdahl, 491
ll. 401; -ll, 380
LL.D., 273
Llewelyn, 508
Lloyd, 516
(l)m, 335
load, 586
loaden, to, 193
loaf, 156
loaf, to, 156
loafer, 99, 155
loaflng-place, 156
loan, 439; -office, 292; -shark, 186
loan, to, 128,195,433
loaned, 433
lobby, 237
lobby, to, 148, 232
lobby-display, to, 195
lobbyist, 254
Lobe, 484
Lobenstein, 498
Lobenstine, 498
locate, to, 7, 31, 118, 119 120, 165, 191, 232
loch, 544
locker, 368
locoed, 153
loco foco, 99
locomobile, 173
locomotive, 149
loco-weed, 152
locum tenens, 248
locust, 100, 115, 536
lodger, 235
Loeb, 484
Loeser, 484
log-cabin, 57, 115
log-house, 115
logroll, to, 114
log-rolling, 227, 228
lohengrined, 561
Lom, 519
Lomoe, 492
Lömoe, 492
London, 527, 528
Lonesomehurst, 546
Lone Star, 552
Lone Wolf, 514
Long, 483
longa, 250
long-distance, 235
long-haul, 239
long-horn, 582
long primer, 250
long sauce, 100
Longstreet, 480
Lonnquist, 490
Lony, 523
look, 159
loom, to, 199
loop-hole, 128
Loose Creek, 533
loosen, to, 433
loosened, 433
Looson-Gor, 503
loot, 169
Lopes, 495
Lopez, 494, 495
Lord, 272, 305, 318, 349
lord, 328
lorn, 349
los, 401
Los Angeles, 542
lose, to, 433
lose out, to, 198
Los Gatan, 549
loss, 603
lost, 433
lot, 98, 121
Lotawana, 522
loud, 465
Loudenslager, 483
Louis, 505, 506, 515, 524
Louisviilain, 552
Louisville, 529, 541
Louisvillian, 550
lounge, 243; -lizard, 187, 263, 569 572; -suit, 235
Lourenço, 494, 509
louse, 305; -cage, 583
lousy, 566
Louvenia, 524
lov’d, 438
love, 308, 406
loved, 438
lovefest, 218
love her up, to, 308
lovely, 257
love-nest, 186, 570
Lovern, 482
low-brow, 186
low-down, 102, 231
Lowe, 482
Löwe, 482
Lowell, 498
Lowery, 493
low-flung, 143
Low Freight, 533
low-gear, 237
low-life, 564
lowly, 467
lozenger, 353
Ltd., 244
lubritorium, 179
lucer, 402
Lüchow, 482
Lucien, 508
Lucille, 507
lucky-dip, 239
lucre, 386
Lucybelle, 521
Luda, 522
Ludie, 524
Ludwig, 505, 507
luggage, 85, 233, 254; -shop, 266; -van, 147
Luiz, 494
Luke, 506
Lum, 523
lumber, 7, 12, 57,122, 123; -jack, 123; -man, 123; -room, 123; -yard, 123
lump, 582
lump o’ lead, 578
lunatickest, 463
lunch, 240
lunch-counter, 239
luncheon, 171
lunchery, 176
luncheteria, 177
Lundquist, 514
Lunette, 521
lunger, 563
lure, to, 199
lustre, 383
lutfisk, 215
Luther, 512, 513, 515, 517, 525 535
lux, 172
lv, 335 401 -ly, 464, 465, 466, 467
lynch, to, 141, 231, 232
lynching-bee, 142
lynch-law, 98
Lynner, 549
Lyons, 499
lysol, 173
M., 348
m, 375
ma, 170, 284
Mabel, 512, 513
mac, 235
Macá, 486, 488
MacEochagain, 504
machete, 221
Macheyovsky, 489
machine, 148, 227, 382, 384
machine-shop, 123
MacIlleathiain, 479
Mack, 490
Mackey, 492
mackinaw, 105
mackintosh, 235
Mackis, 512
MacMahon, 489
MacSuihhne, 504
Macy, 486, 498
mad, 12, 143
madam, 305
Madame, 283, 503
Madames, 412
Madames of the Sacred Heart, 412
mad as a hornet, as, 144
mad as a March hare, as, 144
mad-dog, 144
made, 433
made-to-measure, 234
mad-house, 144
Madison, 537
Mae, 507, 520
ma femme, 75
mafia, 222
Magazine, 525
magazine, 325
Magdalene, 510
Maggie, 509
Maggio, 493
magnisonant, 118