Chapter 3: 14-29
Contents
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Spiritual Day-Book
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another Term in the Contract
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Motrix
Female motor. GoogleBooks
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edging away
Pynchonian cliche.
the forms of You
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the other fellow
Satan?
latest Eclipse
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mirror'd Lanthorns
'Lanthorn' is a mistaken variant of 'lantern'. etym
Not mistaken, just a choice of spelling; Shakespeare and many others used this form. --Volver 08:56, 9 January 2007 (PST)
Norfolk Terrier
pix
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Ministerial
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Integral of One over (Book) d (Book)
Freshman calculus gag. The antiderivative or integral of the function 1/x is the function logarithm of x. Written (integral sign) 1/x dx = log x. Substitute (Book) for x. Answer: log (Book) = logbook.
Pistoles
Coins. pix
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upstart Chapels
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singing
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Fender-Belly
Fender: a cushion hung on the side of a ship to protect it if it bumps into a wharf or so. Old tires now serve this function. Fender-Belly has such a cushion in front.
Coconut-Ale
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Macaronis
A British and American subculture inspired by the fashion of continential Europe eps. that of Italy. The term comes from the Itallian "maccherone" which means "boorish fool" but was taken on by the British to mean over the top fashionable.
Macaroni
They would often speek in an affected manner and mix latin into their speech.
Macaronic Verse
Lunarians
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Hostlers
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Glim-Jacks
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praeternatural... supernatural
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'Macaroni Italian Style'
454 hits
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circle of Absence
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fathom
Six feet.
Bahf
Bath.
Fabulous Jellows
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a-lop
Lopsided. (One OED cite from 1865)
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the Point
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Welsh Main
"...in which eight pairs were matched, the eight victors being again paired, then four, and finally the last surviving pair" EB11-cockfighting
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Fulhams
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Three-Threads
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Euphroe
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Hepsie
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smoaks
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'pert
Shortened form of 'apert' (open, bold).
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share quarters
Quite possible Mauve and Hepsie are the same girl.
