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hoodoo: a bringer of bad luck. 



hoof it: to walk. 



hot: wide-awake and, further, expressing general admiration, 

 coupled with warning. 'A hot man' is about the same as a 'bad' 

 man, though the former does not bluster. 



hole, in 'in the hole': short on a speculation, as ' I'm in the hole,' 

 i. e. I have lost, or 'How much are you in the hole?' 



honest Injun: honestly, a common phrase of asseveration among 

 boys. Comp., 'Hope to die' and 'Cross my heart.' 



honey: anything well approved, see 'dandy'; also, the person 

 sought, as 'you're my honey,' i. e. the one I am looking for. 



horse-shed: to try to win over by personal appeal or bribery, as, 

 'I concluded to horse-shed the judge and try to get a pointer on his 

 decision.' 



hustle: rustle. 



hustler: rustler. 



into: in, as 'Is there any milk into that pail?'(N. J.) 



jig"ger: a small glass of whiskey as dealt out to railroad hands. 



jim-jams: delirium tremens. Comp., 'horrors,' and 'snakes.' B. 



jo-dandy: intensified form of 'dandy,' q. v. 



josh: to knock about, to 'bum.' 



Jonah: a bringer of bad luck. Comp., hoodoo. 



jug: to catch fish by a certain method. (Missouri.) 



kid: a child. 



lay-out: prospect, opening. 



lickety-clip, v.: to go fast, as 'He lickety-clipped it.' 



lickety-brindle: at headlong speed. 



licking good: very good. 



like: like to have, as, ' I'd like you to do this.' 



lint one's jacket: to 'dust' one's jacket. 



listen at: listen to. 



lulu: same as 'daisy' and 'honey.' Is it Loo-loo, or Lou-lou? 



mash: to make an impression on one's heart. 



masher: a street-corner ogler and lady-killer. 



Maverick: a waif, any unclaimed article. Maverick was a cattle- 

 man who claimed as his brand no brand at all. Of course on the 

 range many calves escaped branding, and at the 'round up' all un- 

 branded calves were claimed as ' Maverick's.' A boy in Wyoming 

 calls a book without the owner's name a maverick. Bartlett has not 

 the 'straight' of the story of its origin. 



Methodist Church West: No church. (Southern Kansas.) 



moke: a clumsy, would-be 'fly' young man. 



mud: failure, as 'His name is mud.' 



