H.L. Mencken (1880–1956). The American Language. 1921.
List of Words and Phrases 13
| ker-plunk, 96 |
| ker-slam, 96 |
| ker-splash, 96 |
| ker-thump, 96 |
| ketch, 106, 272, 316 |
| ketchup, 224 |
| kettle, 316 |
| key, 54, 352 |
| keyless-watch, 35, 116 |
| khalifate, 249 |
| khilifat, 249 |
| kick, n., 362, v., 92, 362 |
| kicker, 92 |
| kick-in, 193 |
| kick the bucket, vp., 93 |
| kidding, 14 |
| kiddo, 107 |
| kike, 134, 333, 406 |
| kill, n., 348 |
| kilogram, 237, 238 |
| kilogramme, 225 |
| kilometre, 225 |
| kimona, 199, 405 |
| kind’a, 313 |
| kindergarden, 318 |
| kindergarten, 103, 120, 200 |
| kindergartens, 251 |
| kindness, 210 |
| King’s Counsel, 125 |
| kinky, 61 |
| kissing-fiend, 194 |
| kit, 274 |
| kitchenette, 187 |
| kitchen-fender, 164 |
| kittle, 316 |
| kitty, 128 |
| kivver, 316 |
| kjors, 414 |
| klaxon, 195 |
| kn, p., 329, 332 |
| kneel, 274, 281 |
| kneeled, 281 |
| knelt, 274 |
| knew, 274 |
| knickebein, 26 |
| knicker, 185 |
| knickerbocker, 401 |
| knife, v., 192 |
| knob, 56, 353 |
| knock, v., 192 |
| knocked up, 152 |
| knock into a cocked hat, vp., 93 |
| knockout-drops, 384 |
| know, 274 |
| knowed, 274, 276, 277 |
| know him like a book, vp., 93 |
| know-nothing, 43, 160 |
| know the ropes, vp., 93 |
| kodak, 195 |
| kodaker, 195 |
| kodak-fiend, 195 |
| komusta, 203 |
| Kosher, 198, 319 |
| kow-tow, v., 108 |
| Kreisterite, 187 |
| Kriss Kringle, 104 |
| krone, 249 |
| kruller, 39 |
| kruxingiol, 202 |
| kryptok, 196 |
| kumfort, 247 |
| kümmel, 104 |
| kunschtabler, 398 |
| L., 189 |
| lab, 185 |
| lab. monitor, 121 |
| labor, 221, 242, 246 |
| laboratory, 210, 212 |
| Labor Day, 133 |
| laborer, 114, 144 |
| laborious, 227 |
| labour, 221, 227, 242 |
| labourer, 227 |
| lacquey, 240 |
| lacrimal, 225, 233 |
| lachrymal, 233 |
| ladies’ wear, 141 |
| lady, 141, 147, 149 |
| lady-clerk, 141 |
| lady-champion, 141 |
| Lady Day, 133 |
| lady-doctor, 141 |
| lady-golfer, 141 |
| lady-inspector, 141 |
| lady-secretary, 141 |
| lady-typist, 141 |
| laf, 246 |
| Lafayette, 111 |
| lager, 401 |
| lager-beer, 103 |
| lagniappe, 101, 202 |
| la grippe, 249 |
| laico, 409 |
| laid, 274 |
| lain, 274 |
| lam, 246 |
| lamb, 144 |
| lame-duck, 32, 98, 124 |
| lanai, 204 |
| landlady, 211 |
| land-office, 57 |
| landslide, 57 |
| land-slide, 98 |
| lane, 358 |
| large, 214 |
| lariat, 101 |
| lasso, n., 101, v., 101 |
| last, 110 |
| laste, 410 |
| late, 305, 307 |
| lately, 307 |
| lather, 217 |
| lauds, 130 |
| laugh, n., 110, 111, 214 |
| laugh in your sleeve, vp., 365 |
| laundry, 111 |
| lava, 217 |
| lavandera, 203 |
| law-abiding, 61 |
| lay, v., 282 |
| lay-readers, 130 |
| lead, v., 274 |
| leader, 114, 125 |
| leaderette, 125 |
| leader of the orchestra, 145 |
| leading-article, 114, 125 |
| leads, n., 116, 117 |
| leag, 246 |
| lean, 274 |
| leap, v., 274 |
| leaped, 106 |
| leapt, 240 |
| learn, 274, 282 |
| learnt, 274 |
| leatherette, 187 |
| leatherneck, 370 |
| leave, v., 282 |
| leberwurst, 103 |
| led, 274, 277 |
| leery, 309 |
| leg, 217 |
| legal-holiday, 114, 133 |
| Légion d’honneur, 249 |
| Legion of Honor, 249 |
| legislate, 60, 61 |
| Leipzig, 249 |
| lend, 274, 282 |
| lengthy, 41, 49, 60, 61, 159 |
| leniency, 62 |
| lent, 274, 280, 282 |
| leopard, 230, 232 |
| lep, 106, 274, 280 |
| leperd, 232 |
| le’s, 245, 319 |
| les, 318 |
| let, 168, 282 |
| let it slide, vp., 93 |
| let on, vp., 39 |
| le truc du bresilien, 334 |
| letter-box, 115 |
| letter-carrier, 26, 115, 118, 163 |
| levee, 39, 101, 249 |
| leveled, 226 |
| liable, 310 |
| liberty-cabbage, 199, 200 |
| liberty, 318 |
| libretti, 251 |
| licensed-trade, 122 |
| licensed-victualler, 122 |
| lick, n., 352 |
| lickety-split, 55 |
| lie, v., 274, 282 |
| lied, 215, 274 |
| lieutenant, 212 |
| life insurance policy, 126 |
| lift, n., 114, 168, 171 |
| lift-man, 114 |
| lift up, vp., 193 |
| light, v., 193, 274 |
| lighted, 278 |
| lighter, 115 |
| lightning-bug, 56 |
| lightning-rod, 41 |
| light out, vp., 93, 193 |
| like, 269 |
| like greased lightning, 365 |
| likely, 39, 41, 68, 310 |
| lim, 246 |
| limb, 149, 150 |
| limehouse, 190 |
| limited, n., 97, 144 |
| limited liability company, 123 |
| line, 97, 115, 116, 123 |
| lineage-rates, 125 |
| linen-draper, 26 |
| links, 182 |
| listerine, 195 |
| lit, 278 |
| liter, 222 |
| literary, 210 |
| literatus, 88 |
| litre, 222 |
| liturgy, 130 |
| Little Mary, 148 |
| littler, 309 |
| littlest, 309 |
| liv, 245 |
| live-oak, 41, 56 |
| live out, vp., 133 |
| liver, a., 309 |
| liverwurst, 103 |
| livest, 194 |
| livetta, 411 |
| live-wire, 15 |
| living, n., 130 |
| living-room, 118 |
| LL. D., 138 |
| loaded, 100 |