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| collar-button | stud |
| commission-merchant | factor, or commission-agent |
| commutation-ticket | season-ticket |
| conductor (of a train) | guard |
| corn | maize, or Indian corn |
| corner (of a street) | crossing |
| corn-meal | Indian meal |
| counterfeiter | coiner |
| cow-catcher | plough |
| cracker | biscuit |
| crazy-bone | funny-bone |
| cross-tie | sleeper |
| crystal (watch) | watch-glass |
| department-store | stores |
| derby (hat) | bowler |
| dime-novel | penny-dreadful |
| district (political) | division |
| druggist | chemist |
| drug-store | chemist’s shop |
| drummer | bagman |
| dry-goods-store | draper’s-shop |
| editorial (noun) | leader, or leading-article |
| elevator | lift |
| elevator-boy | lift-man |
| enlisted-man | private-soldier |
| excursionist | tripper |
| ferns | bracken |
| filing-cabinet | nest-of-drawers |
| fire-department | fire-brigade |
| fish-dealer | fishmonger |
| floor-walker | shop-walker |
| fraternal-order | friendly-society |
| freight | goods |
| freight-agent | goods-manager |
| freight-car | goods-waggon |
| freight-elevator | hoist |
| frog (railway) | crossing-plate |
| garters (men’s) | sock-suspenders |
| gasoline | petrol |
| grade (railroad) | gradient |
| grain | corn |
| grain-broker | corn-factor |
| groceries | stores |
| hardware-dealer | ironmonger |
| headliner | topliner |
| hod-carrier | hodman |
| hog-pen | piggery |
| hood (automobile) | bonnet |
| hospital (private) | nursing-home |
| huckster | coster (monger) |
| hunting | shooting |
| Indian | Red Indian |
| Indian Summer | St. Martin’s Summer |
| instalment-business | credit-trade |
| instalment-plan | hire-purchase plan |
| internal-revenue | inland-revenue |
| janitor | caretaker, or porter |
| laborer | navvy |
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