DRUMMER Something noisy, but impossible to beat. From the Grk.
drimus, meaning sharp. Hence, something sharp, that always carries
its point and sticks whoever it can.
DUST Mud with the juice squeezed out.
DYNAMITE The peroration of an anarchist's argument.
DYSPEPSIA A good foundation for a bad temper
Out of sight, only in mind.--'Ballad of the Blind Beggar.'
E
A word to the wise is useless.
EAGLE The national bird of a Christian country; (the United
States.) Presumably chosen on account of its being a bird of pray.
EARL A title of nobility.
EARLY A title of stupidity. See old saw, "Early to bed and early
to rise, Makes a man a farmer!"
EARTH A solid substance, much desired by the seasick.
ECHO The only thing that can cheat a woman out of the last word.
ECONOMY Denying ourselves a necessary today in order to buy a
luxury to-morrow.
EGG A wholesome, yet fowl, product, of no use until broken.
Sometimes a cure for indigestion or bad acting.
ELECTION A periodical picnic for the American People. Held in
booths, where the Voter puts in his ballot, and The Machine elects
whatever it chooses.
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