Chupaflores (humming-bird)
Destripaterrones (navvy)
Lavamanos (wash-hand stand)
Limpiabotas (boot-black)
Matamoros (boaster)
Mondadientes (toothpick)
Papahueros (ninny)
Papamoscas (ninny)
Papanatas (ninny)
Paracaidas (parachute)
Paraguas (umbrella)
Pelagatos (ragamuffin)
Pintamonas (slap-dasher or bad partner)
Sacacorchos (corkscrew)
Salvavidas (life-boats)
Sepancuantos (slap or blow)
The following also are used for both numbers without alteration--
Correveidile (tale-bearer)
Hazmereir (laughing-stock)
Metomentodo (busybody)
Paternoster (Lord's Prayer)
Quitaipon (ornament for headstall of draught beasts)
Sabelotodo (presumptious man)
Sinvergueenza (barefaced man)
APPENDIX III
PRINCIPAL NAMES OF COUNTRIES, TOWNS, ETC., (WITH CORRESPONDING SPANISH
ADJECTIVES)
Abisinia (abisinio), Abyssinia
Adrianopolis, Adrianopole
Africa (africano), Africa
Alava (alaveno, alaves), Alava
Albania (albanes), Albania
Alcala de Henares (complutense), Alcala
Alemania (aleman), Germany
Alicante (alicantino), Alicante
Alsacia (alsaciano), Alsatia
Amberes, Antwerp
America (americano), America
Andalucia (andaluz), Andalusia
Antillas (antillano), West Indies
Arabia (arabe, arabigo), Arabia
Aragon (aragones), Arragon
Argel (argelino), Algiers
Argentina (argentine), Argentine
Armenia (armenio), Armenia
Asia (asiatico), Asia
Atenas (ateniense), Athens
Austria (austriaco), Austria
Avila (abulense), Avila
Barcelona (barcelones), Barcelona
Basilea, Basle
Baviera (bavaro), Bavaria
Belen, Bethlehem
Belgica (belga, belgico), Belgium
Bilbao (bilbaino), Bilbao
Bohemia (bohemo), Bohemia
Bolivia (boliviano), Bolivia
Bolonia (bolones), Bologna
Brasil (brasileno), Brazil
Bretana (breton), Brittany
Brujas, Bruges
Bruselas, Brussels
Buenos Aires (bonaerense, porteno), Buenos Aires
Bulgaria (bulgaro), Bulgaria
Burdeos, Bordeaux
Burgos (burgales), Burgos
Cadiz (gaditano), Cadiz
Calabria (calabres), Calabria
Caldea (caldeo), Chaldaea
Canada (canadiense), Canada
Canarias (canario), Canary Islands
Caracas (caraqueno), Caracas
Cartago (cartagines), Carthage
Castilla (castellano), Castille
Cataluna (catalan), Catalonia
Cerdena (sardo), Sardinia
Chile (chileno), Chili
China (chino), China
Colombia (colombiano), Colombia
Copenhague, Copenhagen
Cordoba (cordobes), Cordova
Corcega (corso), Corsica
Corfu (corfiota), Corfu
Dardanelos, Dardenelles
Dinamarca (danes, dinamarques), Denma
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