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=SAILOR= A man who makes his living on water but never touches it
on shore.

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=SANDWICH= An unsuccessful attempt to make both ends meat.

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=SAUSAGE= An aftermath of the dog-days.

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=SCAFFOLD= A work of art that rarely fails to get a hanging.

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=SCARECROW= An operator who repeatedly corners corn, without caws.

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=SCORCHER= A chauffeur in an all-fired hurry.

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=SCULPTOR= A poor unfortunate who makes faces and busts.

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=SELF-MADE= Complimentary term for a respectable crook.

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=SHAMROCK= A three-time loser as a racer at sea, but a four-time
winner as an "ad." for tea--and Sir T.

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=SHEPHERD= One who depends on a crook for a living.

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=SHIRT= Every man's bosom friend.

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=SILVER= A metallic form of opium, smoked by Presidential
impossibilities.

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=SINNER= A stupid person who gets found out.

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=SNAP= A brisk, energetic quality that enables a man with ginger
to take the cake.

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=SNORE= An unfavorable report from headquarters.

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=SOROSIS= A female gas company that lays its pipes on cultivated
grounds.

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=SPAGHETTI= A table-dish eaten only by Italians and jugglers. From
Lat. _spadix_, branch, or fork, and _gestamen_, burden. A
burden for the fork.

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=SPIDER= A busy weaver and a good correspondent, who drops a line
by every post.

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=STARS= The greatest astronomers known, having studded the heavens
for ages.

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=STAYS= A sort of straight-jacket employed in reforming women.

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=STOCKINGS= Woman's only savings for A Rainy Day.

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