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=CHUMP= Any one whose opinion differs radically from ours.

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=CIGARETTE= A weed whose smoke, some say, should never be inhaled,
and still more insist should never be exhaled.

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=CINDER= One of the first things to catch your eye in travelling.

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=CIVILIZATION= An upward growth or tendency that has enabled
mankind to develop the college yell from what was once only a
feeble war-whoop.

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=COLLECTOR= A man whom few care to see but many ask to call again.

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=COLLEGE= From Fr. _colle_, pasted or stuck, and _etude_, study. A
place where everyone is stuck on study. (?)

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=COLONEL=

[Illustration]

A male resident of Kentucky.

See =KERNEL=.

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=COMPLIMENT= v. t., From Eng. _con_,--hot air, and Lat. _pleo_, to
fill. Hence, to fill with hot air.

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=COMPLEXION= Color for the face. From Eng. _complex_, difficult,
and _shun_, to avoid. To avoid difficulty, buy it of the
druggist.

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=COMMENDATION= From Eng. _con_, a josh, and _mend_, to fix up.
Hence, a fixed-up josh.

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=CONDUCTOR= From Eng. _coin_, and Lat. _duco_, to command. One who
commands the coin.

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=CONSCIENCE= The fear of being found out.

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=COOK= A charitable institution, providing food and shelter for
Policemen.

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=CORPS= A big bunch of fighters. (Dist. bet. cores found in apples
and corps found in arms).

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=CORSET= From Fr. _corps_, shape, and _sec_, rough. Rough on the
shape.

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=COSMETIC= A new face-maker. From Grk. _kosmos_, order, and Eng.
_medic_, or doctor,--ordered by the doctor. (See Complexion.)

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=COT= A snooze for one.

=COTILLON= A dance for eight.

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=CREDIT= Something fo