INNATION=

[Illustration]

The hysterical "Ha-Ha." Syn. for Carrie Nation.

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=CADDIE= A small boy, employed at a liberal stipend to lose balls
for others and find them for himself.

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=CAFE= A place where the public pays the proprietor for the
privilege of tipping the waiters for something to eat.

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=CAJOLE= v. t., From Grk. _kalos_, beautiful, and Eng. _jolly_, to
jolly beautifully.

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=CALCIUM= An earthly light that brightens even the stars.

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=CANNIBAL= A heathen hobo who never works, but lives on other
people.

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=CAPTIVATE= From Lat. _caput_, head, and Eng. _vacate_, or
empty,--to empty the head. Note, Women who have captivated
men.

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=CAPE= A neck in the sea.

=CAPER= A foot in the air.

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=CARNEGIE-ITIS=

[Illustration]

A mania for burning money. Contracted in a Pennsylvania blast
furnace, developed in a Scotch castle and now epidemic in
American public libraries.

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=CART= v. t., To take off.

=CARTOON= The take-off.

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=CAULIFLOWER= A Cabbage with a college education.

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=CAVALRY= That arm of the military service that engages in the
real hoss-tilities.

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=CEMETERY= The one place where princes and paupers, porters and
presidents are finally on the dead level.

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=CHAMPAGNE= The stuff that makes the world go round.

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=CHAIR= Four-legged aid to the injured.

=CHARITY= Forehanded aid to the indigent.

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=CHAUFFEUR= A man who is smart enough to operate an automobile,
but clever enough not to own one.

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=CHRISTIAN= A member of any orthodox church.

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=CHRISTMAS= A widely observed holiday on which the past nor the
future is of so much interest as the present.