The Foolish Dictionary Words starting with D

DABBLE : v. t., To play in water. DABBLE IN STOCKS--Same thing.
DACHSHUND : A low-down dog.
DANCE : A brisk, physical exercise, invented by St. Vitus.
DATES : A fruit commonly plucked from the Family Tree and spread on the leaves of history. (Dist. bet. Dates and Peaches, which are often associated).
DEAD : Without life. See Boston.

DEADBEAT : One who makes a soft living by sponging it.
DEADER : Pompeii.
DEADEST : Philadelphia.
DEBT : A big word beginning with Owe, which grows bigger the more it is contracted.
DEE-LIGHTED : An Oyster Bay localism, derived from delighted.

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