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Towne, Charles Wayland (Gideon Wurdz), The New Foolish Dictionary, Goldsmith, Wallace, Boston, John W. Luce & Company, 1914, 12mo (7.25" x 4.5"), HB, brown cloth illus bds w/ embossed yellow decorative titles, VG- / none. Titles rubbed, extremities bumped, spine chipping at head & foot, rear bd soiled, front pastedown has sm. stain, owner's name & address on recto of frontis., text block age-darkened.
149 pp. Numerous b/w drawings. Humor of the era.
ACCENT (Foreign): One of the requisites for becoming a Grand Opera singer or a member of the Black Hand. Opp. to BROGUE, which only makes you a politician, or a policeman.
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DILEMMA: Comes from dill, a pickle, and Emma, a person. A person in a pickle. [Book ID # 872]
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