H.L. Mencken (1880–1956). The American Language. 1921.
List of Words and Phrases 7
| demeanour, 221 |
| demisemiquaver, 132 |
| demoralize, 59 |
| demote, v., 192 |
| dénouement, 249 |
| dent, n., 185 |
| dental surgeon, 144 |
| dentist, 144, 145 |
| department-store, 114, 118 |
| depos, 421 |
| dépôt, 97, 159, 200, 250, 414, 421 |
| deputize, 60 |
| derange, 59 |
| derby, 114, 118, 163, 164 |
| dern, 153 |
| deserv, 245 |
| desperado, 101 |
| dessert, 127 |
| det, 245 |
| details, 209 |
| determin, 245 |
| determine, 230, 232 |
| dettor, 245 |
| develop, 238 |
| develope, 238 |
| devil-dog, 333 |
| devilled-crabs, 126 |
| dexter meadow, 367 |
| diagram, 246 |
| dialog, 225, 226 |
| diamond, 132, 218 |
| diarrhea, 223, 233 |
| diarrhœa, 223, 233, 241 |
| diary, 218 |
| dicker, v., 60 |
| dicta, 252 |
| dictograph, 195 |
| did, 273, 283, 284 |
| diehlings, 398 |
| die with one’s boots on, vp., 93 |
| diff, 184 |
| different from, 133 |
| different than, 133 |
| different to, 133 |
| dig, 272 |
| digged, 276 |
| diggings, 39, 96 |
| dilatory, 81 |
| dime, 58 |
| dime-novel, 114 |
| diminute, 88 |
| din, 67 |
| diner, 97, 184 |
| dink, 393 |
| dinky, 309 |
| dinner, 119 |
| dinner-dance, 405 |
| di’nt, 317 |
| dioxygen, 196 |
| diphtheria, 211 |
| diphthong, 211 |
| dipo, 414 |
| directly, 24, 133, 135 |
| direct-primary, 124 |
| dirt, 155 |
| dirty, 307 |
| discipline, 232 |
| disorderly-house, 150 |
| dispelled, 241 |
| display-ad, 185 |
| dissenter, 130, 131 |
| distaff, 234 |
| district, 114, 124, 126 |
| dive, n., 15, 15, 100, 159; dive, v., 273 |
| dived, 273 |
| divide, n., 56, 352 |
| division, 114, 115, 124 |
| divorcée, 249, 250, 251 |
| divvy, n., 98, 128, 184; divvy, v., 185 |
| Dixie, 41 |
| do a landoffice business, vp., 93 |
| do, 273, 283 |
| dock, n., 405 |
| docket, 96 |
| doctor, 137, 138, 145 |
| dodge the issue, vp., 93 |
| do don’t, 40 |
| doe, 218 |
| does, 81 |
| dog, 216, 218 |
| dog-gone, 153 |
| doggery, 96, 100, 186 |
| do him proud, vp., 177 |
| do him in, vp., 123 |
| do him up, vp., 123 |
| dol, 245 |
| dole, v., 272, 277 |
| doll, 216 |
| dollar, 58 |
| dollari, 410 |
| dollars to doughnuts, 176 |
| dolled-up, 176, 193 |
| doll-hospital, 194 |
| doll up, vp., 193 |
| dolorous, 227 |
| dom, suf., 187 |
| dominie, 54 |
| don, 121 |
| donate, 36, 62, 162, 163 |
| done, 273, 283 |
| donky, 246 |
| don’t, 177 |
| donut, 246 |
| doodle, suf., 197 |
| dope, n., 16, 34, 366, 384 |
| dope out, vp., 109, 175 |
| dopester, 187 |
| dorm, 185 |
| double-header, 128 |
| double pica, 132 |
| dough, 159, 218 |
| dough-boy, 176, 370 |
| do up brown, vp., 93 |
| dout, 245 |
| dove, v., 273, 277 |
| dowager, 147 |
| down-and-out, 32, 96 |
| down-East, 126 |
| downs, 57, 125 |
| down-town, 93 |
| down-train, 126 |
| downwards, 182 |
| doxologize, 36, 89, 91 |
| draft, 111, 223, 226 |
| draftee, 187 |
| drag, v., 273 |
| dragged, 273 |
| drain, v., 316 |
| drains, 116 |
| drama, 215 |
| drank, 176, 269, 273, 283 |
| draper, 122 |
| draper’s shop, 114 |
| draught, 223 |
| draughts, 113 |
| draw, n., 61, 184; draw, v., 273, 283 |
| draw a bead, vp., 60 |
| drawed, 273, 283 |
| drawers, 127 |
| drawing-pin, 116 |
| drawing-room, 115, 118, 168 |
| drawing-room car, 42, 43 |
| dreaded, 278 |
| dreadful, 39 |
| dreadnought, 225 |
| dream, v., 273 |
| dreampt, 281 |
| dreamt, 240 |
| dreen, 316 |
| drempt, 273 |
| dressing-gown, 113 |
| dressmake, 185 |
| drew, 273, 283 |
| drillery, 187 |
| drily, 224, 240 |
| drink, v., 273, 283 |
| drive, v., 358, 273 |
| driver, 168 |
| drove, v., 273, 277 |
| drown, 273 |
| drownded, 106, 273, 281 |
| drug, v., 273, 278 |
| drug-fiend, 194 |
| druggist, 114, 163 |
| drug-store, 114, 163 |
| drummer, 15, 15, 114 |
| drunk, v., 100, 273, 283 |
| dry-goods, 63, 64 |
| dry-goods-store, 114 |
| dryly, 224, 241 |
| Dschäck, 398 |
| dscheneral-’leckschen, 398 |
| dschent’lleit, 398 |
| Dschim, 398 |
| dschuryman, 398 |
| dub, 15, 166, 366 |
| duck, 100 |
| dud, 166, 368 |
| due, 219 |
| dug, 272 |
| dug-out, 95 |
| duke, 219 |
| dul, 245 |
| dum, 246 |
| dumb, 104 |
| dumbfound, 186 |
| dumb-head, 105 |
| dump, v., 60 |
| Dunkard, 131 |
| during, 183 |
| durn, 153 |
| dust-bin, 113, 117 |
| dust-cart, 113 |
| dustman, 113, 117 |
| Dutch, 397 |
| dutchie, 333 |
| dutiable, 50, 60, 61 |
| duty, 219 |
| dysentery, 210 |
| e, p., 71, 111, 112, 212, 217, 218, 316 |
| each other, 178 |
| eagle, 58 |
| earlier’n, 310 |
| eastbound, 127 |
| East End, 127 |
| East Side, 164 |
| East Side agitators, 147 |
| easy, 306 |
| easy-mark, 366 |
| eat, 273, 277 |
| eat crow, vp., 98 |
| ebaut, 398 |
| eclaircise, 88 |
| éclat, 249 |
| eco, 245 |
| ecology, 223 |
| ecumenical, 223 |
| edema, 223 |