LANGUAGE 



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Cold shoulder. To give one the cold shoulder 

 is to treat a friend with less than the usual cor- 

 diality. 



Cold water. To throw on, is to discourage. 

 Cold water party. Is the Prohibitionist party. 

 Contraption. A contrivance. 

 Cook one's goose. Is to ruin one. 

 Cop. A policeman. Probably from the brass 

 buttons on his coat. 



Copperhead. Applied to Northerners who sym- 

 pathi/ed with the South during the Civil War. 

 Counter jumper. A clerk in a store. 

 Country jake. A man from the rural districts. 

 Course of sprouts. To put one through, is to 

 initiate him. 



Crab. To catch a crab is to fall backwards by 

 missing a stroke in rowing. 



Crack up. To praise or boast about. 

 Crook. A thief. 



Crooked stick. An ill-tempered person. 

 Crowding the mourners. Pressing one too hard. 

 Cussedness. Malice, spite. 



To cut it means to stop it. To cut one's 

 eye teeth is to be wide-awake. 



Cut of his jib. Means a man's appearance. 

 Cut up didoes. Is to play tricks. 

 Cut under. Is to sell at a lower price. 

 Dabster. An expert. 



Ihi'io. An Italian of the lower order in the 

 United States. 



i>isy. A young girl. 



' to Beersheba. Means a long distance. 

 I)(irk horse. A candidate nominated at the last 

 moment. 



Dead broke. Out of money. 

 Dead horse. Working on the, or to pay for a 

 dead horse is doing work which has been paid 

 for in advance. 



Dead loads. In large quantities. 

 I tokens, The. The devil. 

 /' - // up. To share with another. 

 Dock. To cut one's w/iges. 

 Doctor. To adulterate or to change. 

 Dog-tired. Tired out as a dog is after a long 

 run. 



l><> t> II. Really, indeed. 



ih-head. A stupid fellow. 

 Down in the mouth. Disconsolate. 

 Down on your luck. Unfortunate. 

 Down to the ground. Entirely. 

 '/' it mild. Do not exaggerate. 

 >n<l or darned. Is a Puritan oath. 

 Earth, Wants the. Is said of any greedy per- 

 son. 



I. 'lltow grease. Labor. 



're. To euchre him is to cheat him. 

 > the music. Is to meet an emergency. 

 and square. Honorable. 

 xhake. To give one a, is to use him well. 

 . To swindle. Also a story without 

 foundation. 



' . To bother. 



/'. / . 1 I ; t lamilies of Virginia. 



/ A doubtful *torv. 



' in tin- IMIII. \ failure. It was a fla-h in 

 the pan. 



Nation on tin- Board ..I 

 Ilvr in corn." 



To put one's foot in it is to make a bad 

 ike. 



Foot it. Is to walk it. 



Fork out. Is to pay up. 



Freeze to. Is to attach one's self strongly to 

 another. 



French leave. To take French leave is to go 

 without permission. 



I-'itll blast. In full running order. 



Gab. The gift of, too much talk. 



Gadabout. One who attends to everybody's 

 business but her own. 



Gale, in a perfect. To be full of excitement. 



Galore. He has money galore [in abundance]. 



Game. He is game [plucky]. 



Gas-bag or bag of wind. Is applied to a man 

 who unduly extols nis own merits. 



Get there. He got there means that he was very 

 successful. The superlative is to get there with 

 both feet. 



Get up. He was got up regardless, means that 

 he was dressed without regard to expense. 



Ghost. The ghost doesn't walk means in the- 

 atrical parlance that there is no money to pay 

 the salaries. 



Ghost of a chance, Without the. Means no 

 chance of success. 



Gilt-edged. The best of its kind. 



Give away. One who gives it away, tells what 

 he ought not to. 



Globe-trotter. One who goes to many coun- 

 tries in search of contentment. 



Goat. To ride the. To be initiated into a secret 

 society. 



Go back on a friend. Means to abandon him 

 in any of his undertakings. 



Go it or go it strong. Means to keep up the pace. 



Gone up Salt River. Is said of defeated poli- 

 ticians. 



G. O. P. Grand Old Party, the Republican 

 party. 



Go under. To perish. 



Graft. Is money given to men in power to buy 

 votes, or to put through the legislature any bill 

 not for the interests of the people. 



Great go. Is a success. 



Great unwashed. The lower classes. 



Green goods. Counterfeit money. 



. To come to. Mean* to meet with an 

 accident. 



Grind. Is used of monotonous daily toil. Abo 

 of school or college work. 



.-. To lose one's, is to 1>< di-couraged, to 

 give up an undertaking well begun. 



Crit. Sand, pluck. 



(imnwl floor. To be let in on the. i* to go into 

 a speculation with the original projectors, and 

 on the same terms. 



Gull. To cheat or deceive. 



ip. A dullard, a foolish man. 

 Gush. Nonsense, undue flatt 

 <///. To make fun of to Ins face, to j<> 

 llnlj rocked. To go off. Means to start before 

 ow is ready. 



Il<ind-me-doums. Seeond-hand clothe- 

 timid-out. \ cold lunch given to a beggar. 



Hl>T>y as a clam. The superlative of happy. 



Bora pvatal. Means short ot 



Heeler dually a imn/ heeler; ono who car- 



,lrs of the political bo. 

 // V fnlniin'. Stuck up. too showy. 

 //////i jink*. Full of tn 



