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H.L. Mencken (1880–1956). The American Language. 1921.

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legal-holidaybank-holiday
letter-boxpillar-box
letter-carrierpostman
locomotive engineerengine-driver
long-distance-calltrunk-call
lumberdeals
lumber-yardtimber-yard
madangry
mantelpiecechimney-piece
MethodistWesleyan
molassestreacle
monkey-wrenchspanner
moving-picture-theatrecinema, or picture-palace
necktietie
news-dealernews-agent
newspaper-manpressman, or journalist
notionssmall-wares
oatmealporridge
officeholderpublic-servant
orchestra (seats in a theatre)stalls
outbuildings (farm)offices
overcoatgreat-coat
packageparcel
parlordrawing-room
parlor-carsaloon-carriage
patrolman (police)constable
pay-daywage-day
peanutmonkey-nut
pen-pointnib
period (punctuation)full-stop
pitcherjug
plant (industrial)works
poorhouseworkhouse
post-paidpost-free
potpiepie
prepaidcarriage-paid
press (printing)machine
program (of a meeting)agenda
public-schoolboard-school
quotation-marksinverted-commas
railroadrailway 1
railroad-manrailway-servant
railsline
rare (of meat)underdone
receipts (in business)takings
Rhine-wineHock
road-bed (railroad)permanent-way
road-repairerroad-mender
roastjoint
roll (of films)spool
roll-calldivision
roostercock
round-trip-ticketreturn-ticket
saleswomanshop-assistant
saloonpublic-house