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THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE

American

car (railroad) checkers (game) chicken-yard chief-clerk city-editor city-ordinance clipping (newspaper) coal-oil coal-scuttle commission-merchant conductor (of a train) corn corner (of a street) corset counterfeiter cow-catcher cracker cross-tie delicatessen-store department-store Derby (hat) dime-novel druggist drug-store drummer dry-goods-store editorial elevator elevator-boy excursionist express-company filing-cabinet fire-department fish-dealer floor-walker fraternal-order freight freight-agent freight-car frog (railway) garters (men's) gasoline grade (railroad)


English

carriage, van or waggon draughts fowl-run head-clerk chief-reporter by-law cutting paraffin coal-hod factor guard maize, or Indian corn crossing stays coiner plough ^biscuit' sleeper Italian-warehouse stores bowler shilling-shocker chemist chemist's-shop bagman draper's-shop leader, or leading-article lift lift-man tripper carrier nest-of-drawers fire-brigade fishmonger shop-walker friendly-society goods goods-manager goods-waggon crossing-plate sock-suspenders petrol gradient