es
temporarily relieved by kicking the cat or whipping the
children.

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=INDIVIDUALITY= A harmless trait possessed by one's self. The same
trait in others is downright idiocy.

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=INDORSE= To write on the back of; the best indorsed man in town
being the Sandwich-Man.

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=INFANT= A disturber of the peace.

=INFANTRY= A defender of the peace.

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=INHABITANT= A native of any village, town or city. =OLDEST
INHABITANT= The Champion Liar.

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=INTUITION= A fictitious quality in females--really Suspicion.

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=IRRITANT= Something which irritates. =COUNTER IRRITANT= A woman
shopping.

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=ISLAND= A place where the bottom of the sea sticks up through the
water.

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=ISOLATION= From Eng. _ice_, meaning cold, and Lat. _solus_,
alone. Alone in the cold.

After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile-
And every meal's a supper to the Hobo.

J

Lies have no legs--That's why we all have to stand for them.

=JACK= An instrument requiring a strong arm, and used for raising
heavy weights, or for pulling off the boots.

=JACK-POT= An instrument requiring a strong hand, and used for
raising heavy bets, or for pulling off the stakes.

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=JAG= From the Spanish word _zaga_, meaning a load packed on the
outside of a van. In America the load is packed on the inside
of a man.

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=JAM=

[Illustration]

A pantry composition in A minor.

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=JANITOR= From _jangle_, to quarrel, and _torrid_, meaning hot.
Hot and quarrelsome.

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=JELLY-CAKE= Synonym for Belly-Ache.

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=JERSEY= Well knit.

=NEW JERSEY= Well bit. (See Mosquito).

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=JEW'S HARP=

[Illustration]

From Jew, a Hebrew, and Harp, a musical instrument, the Jew's
musical instrument being a "Sell low!" (Old spelling, Cello).

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