overlooked 1901 slang glossary

[Jonathan Lighter]

IIRC, this was later reprinted, incompletely, in another St.Louis paper:

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020274/1901-05-26/ed-1/seq-41/;words=slang+SLANG+Slang

Some interesting original material here.

JL

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