KISS An indescribable something that is of no value to any one,
but is much prized by the right two.
KNOCKER A device on doors for rousing people; also, a device on
foot for the same purpose.
Laugh-in-one's-sleeve--The direct route to the Funny-Bone.
L
Two heads are better than one--particularly on a Barrel of Money.
LACE Among women, lace means lesson; wherefore they combine art
and thrift by
lessening the waist.
LACONIC Shy on words. From Eng. lack, meaning want, and
connection; want of connection.
LAMP A light.
LAMPONED To be lighted on.
LARD Fat.
LARDER A fattener.
LARK A short, sweet spree enjoyed by night hawks. Also, an early
rising singing-bird. (Dist. bet. "out on a lark," and "up with the
lark," an impossible combination).
LASSIE One of the weaker sex.
LASSITUDE Slightly weaker.
LAUD Praise for the Almighty.
LAUDANUM Prays for himself--after taking.
LAUNDRY A place where clothes are mangled.
LAUGH A peculiar contortion of the human countenance, voluntary or
involuntary, super-induced by a concatenation of external
circumstances, seen or heard, of a ridiculous, ludicrous, jocose,
mirthful, funny, facetious or fanciful nature and accompanied by a
cackle, chuckle, chortle, cachinnation, giggle, gurgle, guffaw or
roar.
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