The Foolish Dictionary Part 5
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=COMPLIMENT= v. t., From Eng. _con_,--hot air, and Lat. _pleo_, to fill. Hence, to fill with hot air.
=COMPLEXION= Color for the face. From Eng. _complex_, difficult, and _shun_, to avoid. To avoid difficulty, buy it of the druggist.
=COMMENDATION= From Eng. _con_, a josh, and _mend_, to fix up.
Hence, a fixed-up josh.
=CONDUCTOR= From Eng. _coin_, and Lat. _duco_, to command. One who commands the coin.
=CONSCIENCE= The fear of being found out.
=COOK= A charitable inst.i.tution, providing food and shelter for Policemen.
=CORPS= A big bunch of fighters. (Dist. bet. cores found in apples and corps found in arms).
=CORSET= From Fr. _corps_, shape, and _sec_, rough. Rough on the shape.
=COSMETIC= A new face-maker. From Grk. _kosmos_, order, and Eng.
_medic_, or doctor,--ordered by the doctor. (See Complexion.)
=COT= A snooze for one.
=COTILLON= A dance for eight.
=CREDIT= Something for nothing.
=CREDITOR= Something with nothing.
=CREDULITY= A feminine virtue and a masculine vice.
=CREMATION= A means of disposing of the dead likely to become very popular, especially with women who are so fond of having the last retort.
=CRITIC= A wet blanket that soaks everything it touches.
=CROOK= One who exceeds the speed limit in Law & Order Ave. A Misfit in the Straight and Narrow Way.
=CROW= A bird that never complains without caws.
=CULTURE= A degree of mental development that produces tailor-made women, fantastically-sheared poodles and dock tailed horses.
=CUPID= A driver of sharp darts.
=CUPIDITY= A driver of sharp deals.
=CYNIC= A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
All work and no play makes Jack A Dead One.
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Out of fight, out of coin.--_The Pugilist's Plaint_.
The Foolish Dictionary Part 5
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