The Foolish Dictionary

About this eBook

Author

Wurdz, Gideon, 1875-

Title

The Foolish Dictionary An exhausting work of reference to un-certain English words, their origin, meaning, legitimate and illegitimate use, confused by a few pictures [not included]

Credits

Produced by David Garcia, Michelle Croyle, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Vocabulary -- Humor

Category

Text

eBook-No.

1989

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1989

Release Date

April 1, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The FOOLISH DICTIONARY — An exhausting work of reference to un-certain English words, their origin, meaning, legitimate and illegitimate use, confused by — A FEW PICTURES — By WALLACE GOLDSMITH — Executed by
2. 2.GIDEON WURDZ — Master of Pholly, Doctor of Loquacious Lunacy, Fellow of the Royal Gibe Society, etc., etc. — To MY DOG, Who first heard these lines And didn't run away MAD, I Reverently Dedicate This Tome — "A Fool may give a Wise Man counsel."
3. 3.Preface. — ABBREVIATIONS. — It's a long lane that has no ashbarrel. — Distilled waters run deep. — Fine feathers make fine feather-beds. — A stitch in time saves embarrassing exposure. — People who live in glass houses should dress in the dark. — Don't put all your eggs in one basket—try an incubator. — All work and no play makes Jack A Dead One. — Out of fight, out of coin.— The Pugilist's Plaint . — Out of sight, only in mind.— Ballad of the Blind Beggar . — A word to the wise is useless. — It's never too late to spend. — A bird on the plate is worth two on the bonnet. — As ye sew, so shall ye rip. — Money makes the mayor go.— Proverbs of Politics. — There's many a slip twixt the toe and the heel. — Where there's a will there's a lawsuit. — Home is where the mortgage is. — Aim at a chorus-girl and you may hit a star.— Stage-Door Secrets . — After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile- And every meal's a supper to the Hobo. — Lies have no legs—That's why we all have to stand for them. — A chip of the old block—A daughter of the Tenderloin. — One man's meat is another man's finish—Canned Beef in Cuba. — Laugh-in-one's-sleeve—The direct route to the Funny-Bone. — Two heads are better than one—particularly on a Barrel of Money. — Hell is paved with good intentions—also asbestos. — A fool and his wife are soon parted. See Alimony. — All gone to 6's and 7's—Ladies' Footwear in Chicago. — Time and tide wait for no man—But time always stands still for a woman of thirty. — Out of the frying-pan into the face—Mothers' doughnuts. — Many hands make light work—also a good Jackpot. — Handsome is what hansoms charge. — Soap, long deferred, maketh the dirt stick. — Never make a mountain out of a mole-hill—Try gold, silver, copper or radium—there's more in it. — Charity begins at home—but ends when you reach The Cook. — Faint heart never won fair lady—but a full purse can always pull the trick. — Man proposes, then woman imposes. — Beggars should never be choosers—though the beggar often chews what he begs. — A miss is as good as her smile. — Fortune knocks only once at a man's door—And she's the worst Knocker in the world. — Brevity is the soul of wit—and the sole charm of of a bicycle skirt. — It's a wise son who can get two birds with One Bone. — There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to Fortune—But most of us catch our watered stock on the ebb. — A rolling stone gathers no moss—except at roulette. — But a stony roll always gathers the stony stare. — It's the first straw hat which shows how the wind blows. — A Ride goeth before a Fall.— See Automobile, Bucking Broncho, Bicycle, Air-Ship, Patrol-Wagon, Rail, and Go-Cart.
4. 4.Postage and Postal Information .
5. 5.A Few Mythological and Classical Names.
6. 6.Legal and Local Holidays in the United States.

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