ppressed
peoples--Washington, D.C.

A doubtful commercial experiment.--Wall Street.

The white man's burden.--Kipling.

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=EXPLOSION= A good chance to begin at the bottom and work up.

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=EXPOSITION= An overgrown Department Store, usually opened a year
or two behind time.

It's never too late to spend.

F

A bird on the plate is worth two on the bonnet.

=FACE= A fertile, open expanse, lying midway between collar
button and scalp, and full of cheek, chin and chatter. The
crop of the male face is hair, harvested daily by a lather,
or allowed to run to mutton-chops, spinach or full lace
curtains. The female face product is powder, whence the
expression, "Shoot off your face." Each is supplied with
lamps, snufflers and bread boxes.

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=FAILURE= The quickest method known for making money.

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=FEINT= A pugilist's bluff.

=FAINT= A woman's bluff.

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=FAITH= A mental accomplishment whereby an ear-ache becomes a
Symphony Concert, a broken finger a diamond ring and a "touch"
an invitation to dine.

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=FAKE= A false report.

=FAKIR= A false reporter.

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=FAME= Having a brand of cigars named after you.

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=FAMILY=

[Illustration]

Originally a wife and several children, a matter of pride to the
possessor. Now obsolete among the careful, or confined to the
wife, a bull pup and a canary bird.

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=FARE.= The cost of a ride. See old adage, "Only the brave can
work their fare."

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=FAULT= About the only thing that is often found where it does not
exist.

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=FICTION.= The Constitutional fiat that "all men are created
equal."

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=FIDDLER= A violinist before he becomes the virtuoso who refuses
to play a real tune.

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=FIRMNESS= That admirable quality in ourselves that is detestable
stubbornness in others.

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