H.L. Mencken (1880–1956). The American Language. 1921.
List of Words and Phrases 21
| spread one’s self, vp., 93 |
| spring, v., 275, 279 |
| spritely, 247 |
| sprung, 275, 279 |
| spry, 40 |
| spuke, 39 |
| spun, 279 |
| square, n., 127 |
| square-head, 333 |
| square-meal, 95, 163 |
| squash, 51, 52, 184 |
| squat, 60, 62 |
| squatter, 39, 50 |
| squaw, 52, 160 |
| squaw-man, 100 |
| squealer, 406 |
| squinch, 316 |
| squint, 316 |
| squirrel, 219 |
| squirrel-whiskey, 100 |
| squs me, 319 |
| staebel, 412 |
| stag, a., 15, 15 |
| stage, 40 |
| stage-manager, 145 |
| stag-party, 95, 163 |
| stallion, 149 |
| stalls, 115, 123 |
| stalwart, 98 |
| stamp, v., 111, 317 |
| stampede, 54 |
| stamping-ground, 58 |
| stanch, 222 |
| stand, v., 124 |
| standard, 120 |
| ständchen, 250 |
| standee, 43 |
| ständen, 398 |
| stand-pat, a., 188; vp., 128 |
| stand-patter, 190 |
| standpoint, 36, 37, 61, 105, 162 |
| stang, 263, 275 |
| stank, 275, 278 |
| star, 214 |
| start-off, 193 |
| start off, vp., 193 |
| statehouse, 57 |
| Statler-operated, 192 |
| statutory offense, 150 |
| staunch, 222, 240 |
| stave off, vp., 39 |
| stay put, vp., 193 |
| steady, 230, 232 |
| steal, n., 188; v., 188 |
| steam-roller, n., 362; v., 363 |
| stegnosis, 224 |
| stein, suf., 338 |
| steam-roll, v., 193 |
| steam-roller, n., 124; v., x, 192, 193 |
| steam-rollered, 363 |
| steddy, 232 |
| stein, 104 |
| stem-winder, 35, 116 |
| stenog, 184 |
| stenosis, 224 |
| stent, n., 319 |
| ster, suf., 187 |
| stew, n., 219 |
| steward, 124 |
| stewed, 100 |
| stick, n., 100, 113, 127, 168 |
| stick-work, 129 |
| stiff-ticket, 407 |
| stim-sciabola, 410 |
| stimulis, 252 |
| sting, v., 275 |
| stink, v., 275, 278 |
| stinkibus, 99 |
| stint, n., 319 |
| stirrup, 219 |
| St. Martin’s Summer, 114 |
| stock, 67, 123, 216 |
| stock-broker, 123 |
| stock-holder, 116 |
| stocking-feet, 95 |
| stocks, 116, 123 |
| stogie, 122 |
| stole, v., 275, 277 |
| stomach, 148, 149, 245 |
| stomp, 317 |
| stone, 132 |
| stone-fence, 99 |
| stone-ginger, 99 |
| stone-wall, 99 |
| stoop, n., 39, 54, 406 |
| stop, v., 134 |
| stop-over, 97, 193 |
| stop-over (or off), vp., 97, 193 |
| store, n., 63, 172 |
| store-clothes, 95 |
| store-fixtures, 116 |
| storekeeper, 144 |
| stores, 114, 116, 117, 118 |
| storey, 222, 237, 240 |
| storo, 410 |
| story, 222, 237, 247 |
| strafe, 190, 369 |
| straight, 100 |
| straight-ticket, 98, 124 |
| strap, 317 |
| strata, 252 |
| stratas, 252 |
| street-car, 414 |
| street-cleaner, 116, 122 |
| street-railway, 116 |
| street-walker, 151 |
| stricken out, 125 |
| strike, v., 275 |
| strike it rich, vp., 93 |
| strike out, vp., 125, 128 |
| string, n., 127 |
| strit-kar, 414 |
| stroll, 129 |
| strong-arm-squad, 122 |
| strop, 317 |
| struck, 275 |
| struggld, 245 |
| stuck on, vp., 318 |
| stud, 114 |
| study for the ministry, vp., 130 |
| study medicine, vp., 119 |
| stump, v., 32, 55, 60, 161 |
| stumping-trip, 124 |
| stump-oratory, 161 |
| stunk, 275, 278 |
| stunning, 135 |
| stunt, 159, 319 |
| style, 232 |
| sub, 185 |
| subaltern, 122 |
| sub-deb, 188 |
| submarine, 370 |
| subpena, 245 |
| subway, 116, 127 |
| succede, 245 |
| successor, 227 |
| succor, 221 |
| succotash, 39, 41, 52 |
| succour, 221 |
| sucker, 15, 159 |
| suffragan, 130 |
| sugar, 159 |
| sulfite, 225 |
| sulfur, 246, 247 |
| summon, 308 |
| sundae, 43, 194, 405 |
| sunflower, 352 |
| sung, 278 |
| sunk, 275 |
| sung, 275 |
| supawn, 52 |
| super, pref., 202 |
| supergobsloptious, 196 |
| superior, 227 |
| supertax, 126 |
| supper, 119, 249 |
| sure, 181, 306 |
| surely, 307 |
| sure Mike, 407 |
| surprise, 225, 237 |
| surprise-party, 414 |
| surprize, 225 |
| surprized, 237 |
| surtax, 126 |
| suspenders, 26, 96, 116, 118, 239 |
| sut, 231, 232 |
| suveran, 232 |
| svindlar, 413 |
| swagger, a., 170 |
| swam, 275, 279 |
| swamp, n., 125 |
| swang, 275 |
| swat, 129 |
| swatfest, 199 |
| swear off, vp., 162 |
| sweater, 116, 401, 405 |
| Swedes, 119 |
| sweep, v., 275 |
| sweetheart, 154 |
| sweet-potato, 56, 126 |
| sweets, 113, 118, 127 |
| swell, a., 401; v., 275 |
| swelled, 275 |
| swelldoodle, 196 |
| swep, 275, 280 |
| swim, v., 275, 279 |
| swing, v., 275 |
| swingle-tree, 67 |
| switch, n., 97, 116, 405; v., 97, 116 |
| switchman, 97 |
| switching-engine, 97 |
| switch-yard, 97 |
| swoboda, 196 |
| swole, 275 |
| swollen, 275 |
| sword, 71 |
| swore, 275 |
| swum, 275, 279 |
| swung, 275 |
| sycamore, 352 |
| syphilis, 150, 151 |
| syphon, 223 |
| syren, 223, 237 |
| syrup, 219 |
| t, p., 318 |
| tabernacle, 131 |
| table, v., 59 |
| table-tapping, 163 |
| table-turning, 163 |
| tactic, 308 |
| taffy, 223, 225 |
| tailor, 145 |
| tailor-made suit, 118 |
| take, 275 |
| take a back seat, vp., 93 |
| take in, vp., 118 |
| taken, 275, 278 |
| take on, vp., 39 |