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=HUG= A roundabout way of expressing affection.

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=HUMOR= An outbreak, either of skin or brains frequently branded
as Rash.

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=HUNGER= Ability to eat in a Night Lunch Cart.

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=HUSBAND= The next thing to a wife. From Eng. _hussy_, woman, and
_bond_, tie. Tied to a woman.

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=HYDRANT= From Grk. _hudros_, water, and Eng. _ante_, to give up.
Something that gives up water. (A good synonym for
Dipsomaniac).

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=HYPOCRITE= A horse dealer. From Grk. _hippos_, horse, and
_kroteo_, to beat. One who beats you on a horse trade.

Home is where the mortgage is.

I

Aim at a chorus-girl and you may hit a star.--_Stage-Door
Secrets_.

=ICE= A substance frequently associated with a tumble in winter,
a tumbler in summer, and a skate the year around.

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=ICEMAN= A cool proposition who has Axe-cess to the best families,
makes his Weigh in every home and can take his Pick in the
kitchen, if he leaves his Chips in the street. "How'd You Like
to be The Iceman?"

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=IDIOT= From Eng. _idea_, and _out_. One who is just out of ideas.

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=IDLE= Useless.

=IDOLIZE= To make useless.

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=IMPECUNIOUS= To be in a state of poverty. From Eng. _in_, and
Lat. _pecco_, to sin, poverty being the greatest of all sins.

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=IMPERIOUS= From Eng. _imp_, devil and _aerial_, airy. Airy as the
devil.

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=INCANDESCENT LIGHT=

[Illustration]

From Lat. _incendo_, to burn, and Eng. _cent_, meaning money. An
invention for burning money.

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=INCOME= The reliable offspring of a wise investment. From Lat.
_in_ and _coma_, meaning sleep. Money which works while you
sleep.

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=INDEPENDENCE= Self government. Good enough for a Cuban, but too
good for a Filipino.

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=INDIGESTION= A distressing stomach trouble that is sometim