The Foolish Dictionary Part 26

The Foolish Dictionary Part 26

=TROUBLE= Something that many are looking for but no one wants.


=TRUST= A small body of capital entirely surrounded by water.


=TWINS= Insult added to Injury.


=TWISTERS=


[Ill.u.s.tration]


An undesirable thing to have on hand.


Its a wise son who can get two birds with One Bone.


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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.


=UMBRELLA= A good thing to put up in a shower--or p.a.w.n-shop; but, like skating, never seen after Lent.


=UNBOSOMED=


[Ill.u.s.tration]


A shirt just returned from a steam laundry.


=UNION= An ailing individual frequently troubled by scabs and liable to strike without warning.


=UMPIRE= No jeweler, but a high authority on diamonds.


=USHER= One who takes a leading part in a theatre.


=VACCINATION= Where "jabbing the needle" is never a vice.


=VAUDEVILLE= From Lat. _vaut_, good for, and _villageois_, countryman. Good for countrymen.


=VERANDA=


[Ill.u.s.tration]


An open-air enclosure often used as a spoon-holder.


=VEST= A waistcoat sold at halfprice.


=VIRTUE= A quality oftentimes a.s.sociated with intelligence, but rarely with beauty.


=VULGARITY= The conduct of others.


A rolling stone gathers no moss--except at roulette.


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But a stony roll always gathers the stony stare.


=WAITER= An Inn-experienced servant.